প্রকাশ: 25/09/2022
Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina today reiterated that election process only becomes transparent
in the tenure of the Awami League (AL) government which was not in the past,
saying AL always comes to the power through the people's votes.
"AL never ever came to the power through rigging votes
rather AL always comes to the power through the votes of the people," she
said.
The premier said this while responding to a question at a
press conference held at Bangladesh Permanent Mission in the United Nations
here.
She said, "Who are those people who wanted to raise
questions regarding elections? AL always fought to establish democracy in the
country".
Sheikh Hasina categorically said that people will cast their
votes freely in the elections and assured BNP that there is nothing to be
worried.
"I think they (BNP) are really worried when there will
be a transparent election, as they are not going to get the scope to be in the
power through vote rigging and keeping 1.23 crore fake voters in the voters'
list. Otherwise there is nothing to be worried," she said.
The premier said that she doesn't know what is there to give
so much importance on those people's question regarding the election those who
never came to the power by getting votes from the people.
"People cast their votes in the election freely in
2009, 2014 and 2018 elections held under such environment," she added.
Talking about the participation of BNP in the election, she
said, BNP didn't participate in the 2014 elections. It was their party's
decision, she added.
Sheikh Hasina said, "They knew that they don't have any
possibility to come to the power through an accurate election process. They are
habituated to come to the power through killing, coup and conspiracy. That is
the reality."
The premier firmly said that the AL government has ensured
the people's right to vote.
Sheikh Hasina also claimed that the AL government has put
the election process of the country on the right track which had been derailed
during the military regimes and BNP-Jamaat tenures.
About Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs), she said that EVM is
a modern system and used in many countries around the world.
"We saw that the elections where the EVM was used got
quicker election results and people could give their votes freely," she
said.
Sheikh Hasina, however, said that it is right that there are
some people against this EVM.
Replying to another query on investment of expatriates of
the country, the premier said that investment opportunities have been created
so that the expatriates can invest in the country. The government is
establishing 100 economic zones for domestic and foreign investment, she added.
In response to a question, she said, among the expatriates
who do not have NID, they can open bank accounts with their passports.
"That arrangement has already been made."
Answering to another query on 'with what you are returning
home from this UNGA', she replied that "Friendship, I am returning home
with friendship for Bangladesh and everyone tried to say that about the
development of Bangladesh."
"The most important thing is that we want peace; I
don't want war; I don't want conflict. I think the biggest thing is that I have
been able to convey this message to everyone and everyone has appreciated
Bangladesh and appreciated our role," she said.
- BSS
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