Turning DSA into CSA an act of cheating: BNP

Staff Reporter :
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday said turning the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA) into the Cyber Security Act (CSA) is nothing but an act of cheating with the people of the country.

The party demanded cancellation of the DSA as the one of the most draconian law for democracy and people’s freedom.’

“The position of the BNP is very clear as we are in favour of complete annulment of the notorious Digital Security Act.

This act should not remain in place in any form as it is the worst black law for democracy and people’s freedom,” BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said it while speaking at a press conference at the party Chairperson’s Gulshan office in the capital.

The BNP’s press conference delivered the outcome of the BNP Standing Committee Meeting virtually held on Monday.

Mirza Fakhrul also said the government’s move to replace the DSA with the Cyber Security Act (CSA) is clearly cheating with the people.

The BNP Secretary General said canceling the DSA is one of their demands for which they are waging the ongoing anti-government agitation.

“Complete repeal of the notorious act-the DSA- is our main demand since it’s a law against democracy, people’s rights, and freedom of the press. So, there is no justification to keep this law in any way,” the BNP leader said.

The government has taken the move to transform the DSA into CSA in a bid to deceive the countrymen.

As the government is under tremendous pressure from the international community, they are also trying to calm down them with such tactics, he added.

“You know, the ostrich has a tendency to hide its head into the sand when face a storm. The government’s tactics is like that. They think they are doing a very smart thing by be-fooling the people this way,” Mirza Fakhrul said.

The BNP leader said they will come up with their party’s formal reaction to the government’s move later after collecting detailed information about the government’s move to transform the law.

Earlier on Monday, the cabinet agreed in principle to replace the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA) with the Cyber Security Act (CSA), amending some sections of the act.

After the cabinet meeting, Law Minister Anisul Huq told journalists that they brought many changes to the sections of the DSA and changed its name as the CSA.