DHAKA, Sept 18, 2018 (BSS) – Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, a forum for secular Bangladesh and trial of war criminals, today urged the country’s political parties not to nominate as candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections people who were involved in the genocide and crimes against humanity in 1971.
“Please do not give nomination to those against whom there are allegations of involvement in the genocide and crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971,” Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee President Shahriar Kabir said at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club in the city.
He called upon the political parties not to nominate in the general elections the offspring of the people convicted for crimes against humanity, if they do not regret and seek apology to the nation and the families of martyrs for their parents’ crimes in 1971.
“Please do not nominate those who do not believe in the spirit of the Liberation War or connected directly or indirectly with the terrorists and anti-liberation fundamentalist and communal forces,” Shahriar said, adding, “We also urge them (political parties) not to nominate those involved in smuggling, drug peddling and corruption”.
He hoped the political parties will make declarations in their election manifestos about completing the ongoing trial of war criminals. He urged the government to ensure security of the people belonging to different minority communities during the elections so that the communal forces cannot harm them.
Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Vice Presidents Professor Muntassir Mamoon and Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury, Adviser freedom fighter Shahabuddin Ahmed and Justice Mohammed Nizamul Huq, among others, attended the press conference.