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At a program for lawyers at the Dhaka Bar on Sunday, the acting chairman of the BNP said, “We are noticing that from the conversations of various people in the government, it seems to us that they and the discussions of various people that they (the interim government) are probably deviating from their goals to some extent. In this case, in particular, and from the various statements of various people, various kinds of confusion are being created… People are being confused in various ways.”

“Very naturally, when there is confusion in politics, instability will arise. Due to this instability, every person in the country will face problems. Because whenever there is political instability… if we cannot ensure political stability, then no matter how many reforms we announce, no matter how many policies we adopt, none of them will be successful.”

Tarique said, “If the politics of the country is unstable, it will affect the economy and the economy will affect everything. Even those of you who are in the legal profession will very naturally affect your profession.”

“Let’s say a small grocery shopkeeper, let’s say a rickshaw puller, let’s say a CNG driver, let’s say a medium-sized businessman, no matter who we talk about, it will affect every field and every person will be affected.”

‘If the parliament is delayed, instability will increase’

Tareek Rahman said, “This should be our main goal, the main goal of every person, including the interim government, should definitely be to bring the country to a stable state as soon as possible in the coming days. When we bring the country to a stable state… what is acceptable in the whole world, whether it is political instability or political discussion, political debate, we should bring it to the parliament. Parliament is the most important place where whatever the discussion and decision is, it takes place inside the parliament.”

‘‘We will delay the functioning of a parliament, this instability, this debate will spread all around outside the parliament, and the more it spreads outside the parliament, the more instability will appear everywhere, starting from the economy, starting from the social situation, starting from all places, which will harm the country as a whole.”

On Sunday afternoon, the Dhaka Bar Nationalist Lawyers Forum organized a training workshop titled ‘31 Points for Repairing the State Structure and Public Relations’ at the auditorium of the Dhaka Bar Association.

Describing lawyers as a mirror of society, Tarique Rahman wanted ‘the role of lawyers in bringing stability to the country’.

He said, ‘‘The sooner we establish a status quo in the country, whether we will do this first or that first, whether we will do that first or that first… If this debate continues, the nation as a whole will suffer more… The country will definitely suffer and various problems will arise.’’

‘‘That is why we, from the position of BNP, think that as a political party, as a political activist, the sooner we can bring a status quo in the country, the sooner we can gradually pull the country out of the brink of destruction.’’

Tarique said, ‘‘Many people say, some people say that all problems will be solved if elections are held. Instead of saying that all the problems will be solved after the election, we can think that after the election, a stability will come in the country and gradually the reform work will start, the intensity of the problems will gradually start decreasing.”

“How to solve the problems after the election will be the responsibility of different people, when they are responsible, they will sit down, discuss and work normally. Nothing will happen in a day. But the possibility of solving the problems will start.”

Tareq, citing the statements of different people and media, said, “I see an instability prevailing everywhere. The main reason for this instability may be that, naturally, there is an interim government at this moment… We think that this interim government means agreeing with the decision that the people of the country want to make and helping the people of the country to make decisions.. Making arrangements to help them make political decisions… This should be their (interim government) main goal.”

“Those who are talking about reforms… Parliament will be needed to implement these reforms.”

At the same time, the acting chairman of BNP also called on lawyers to spread the 31-point booklet among the public by highlighting the fact that the 31-point reform of the state structure was formulated by BNP and like-minded parties more than two years ago.

Under the chairmanship of Advocate Khorshed Alam, convener of the Nationalist Lawyers Forum Dhaka Bar Branch, Advocate Zainul Abedin, central president of the Nationalist Lawyers Forum, Secretary General Barrister Kaiser Kamal, former teacher of Dhaka University Professor Borhan Uddin Khan, BNP Media Cell’s Moudud Hossain Alamgir Pavel, Dhaka Bar Advocate Khorshed Mia, Advocate Syed Nazrul Islam, etc., spoke.

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