NN Online :
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said no real reform is possible without involving people’s representatives and establishing a proper democratic structure through a national election.
Speaking at a discussion, he also criticised those who think reforms can happen overnight or just through a few meetings. “Reform must be carried out through a process. It is a continuous process,” he said.
The BNP leader said if the government thinks the police will stop taking bribes from tomorrow just because it wants them to, it will not happen. “You have to build a structure where bribery is discouraged.”
Zia Parishad organised the programme titled ‘July Uprising: Expectation and Achievement at the Jatiya Press Club,’ marking the first anniversary of last year’s mass uprising that led to the fall of what he described as the fascist rule of Sheikh Hasina.
Fakhrul also blamed the existing bureaucracy for holding back the country’s development.
“Our bureaucracy is a major obstacle to development. It is a negative bureaucracy and must be turned into a positive one. To do that, we mainly need to involve the people in the process,” he said.
No real reform possible without elected representatives: Fakhrul
