Chief Coordinator of National Citizen Party (NCP) Nasiruddin Patwary has called upon Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and his advisers to formally announce the implementation of the July Charter at Shaheed Minar.
He asserts that the families of those martyred and those injured in the July movement must be present during this announcement. He also stated that the NCP will sign the Charter on that day.
He made these remarks at a roundtable discussion titled “Outline for Implementation of the July Charter” organised by the NCP at the Zahurul Huq Hall of the National Press Club in the capital on Tuesday afternoon.
At the roundtable, Nasiruddin Patwary said that the July Charter is currently with the Law Commission. Addressing Law Adviser Asif Nazrul regarding the Law Commission’s involvement: “We want to see Asif Nazrul sir work for swift implementation without any procrastination, standing on the side of the people. He should come to Shaheed Minar with the chief adviser.”
He further added, “Asif Nazrul wanted to be the chief adviser. Now the ball is in his court, let’s see how well he can play.”
The NCP chief coordinator described the submission of the National Consensus Commission’s report as a “major achievement for the July martyrs and the people.”
He claimed that the Charter was at risk of being lost because it had not been signed, but because the NCP took a stand despite the risk. That is why the people have benefited from the Consensus Commission’s report, he said.
He sharply criticised the country’s constitution, stating, “This country can no longer run with the rotten Constitution of ’72. This constitution gave legitimacy to the murder of our brothers.”
Nasiruddin Patwary also questioned the competence of the Election Commission formed by the interim government led by Yunus. He claimed that the government has formed an “incompetent Election Commission,” and the NCP does not want an election that is ‘just old wine in new bottles’.
He criticised other political parties, saying that BNP-Jamaat are “playing an opposition drama” and are ‘one foot in India and the other in Pakistan.’
Issuing a warning about the future of politics, he said, “If anyone tries to do politics with tankers of blood, the people will respond through a ballot revolution after the bullet revolution.”
He warned those obstructing the reform process, stating, “If anyone tries to stop the reform as a party loyalist, they will not get a safe exit.”
Expressing hope that the NCP will form the government, he noted that his party will not go through the ‘back door’ to the cantonment or any embassy, which is why people will vote for the NCP.
