‘We want democracy, no more Hasina’

Staff Reporter  :
Hundreds of Pro-BNP lawyers of the Supreme Court on Tuesday held a demonstration in front of the European Union (EU) pre-election observation team on the Attorney General Office premises. At that time, they displayed placards and chanted slogans— “We want democracy, no more Hasina, we want Caretaker, no more Hasina, we want free fair election” and, “DSA is a black law” etc.
The situation created in front of the Attorney General office when a four-member European Union (EU) delegation came to meet with Attorney General AM Amin Uddin.

The EU delegation came to the attorney office at 2.00pm and held a one-hour meeting with the Attorney General. Additional Attorney Generals SM Munir, Sk Md Morshed and Barrister Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury were also present.

Later, when asked about the discussion of the meeting, Chief Law Officer of the state Amin Uddin told reporters that the delegation wanted to know about the Representation of the People Order (RPO), criminal-civil law and citizen’s rights. Apart from this, the application of different acts has been discussed.
When asked if there was any specific issue in the discussion, the Attorney General said, “There was nothing specific. They wanted

to know about the laws of Bangladesh. I have informed them what is in the laws and what is not there.”
However, AM Amin Uddin did not say anything specifically about which laws were discussed in the meeting. The Attorney General also said there was no discussion on Digital Security Act, its application or any specific case.

Meanwhile, on information that the EU representatives are coming to the Attorney General office, hundreds of pro-BNP lawyers gathered in front of the gate of the Attorney General office. Later they protested there with placards.
After the meeting, Additional Attorney Generals Sk Md Morshed and Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury bid farewell to the four EU representatives. Pro-BNP lawyers led by Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokan, Barrister Kayser Kamal, Advocate Gazi Kamrul Islam Sajal and others were still protesting in front of the gate.
They were chanting slogans— “We want democracy, no more Hasina, We want voting rights, no more Hasina, We want justice, no more Hasina, We want Caretaker, no more Hasina,” and, “DSA is a black law” etc.

At that time, the EU representatives were standing for some time and tried to understand the situation. After two minutes, they left through the protest march. After the EU delegation got into the car, protesters surrounded the car. Then the police tried to remove them but failed. After some time, the delegation’s car left the place.
Earlier on Sunday (9 July), the European Union’s six-member Election Exploratory Mission arrived in Dhaka to assess the prevailing atmosphere here ahead of the next national election.