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. bangladesh as prime minister faces cause to resign, opposition supports as demand a caretaker government overseas elections at the end of next year. cricket these protests and is a political rivalry stretching back decades eroding democratic freedoms. this is inside story. ah hello there and welcome to the program. i'm laura kyle. the main opposition party
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in bangladesh has been holding anti government protests for months. wednesday, up to a 100000 people, turned up the latest b and p rally in the capsule decker on saturday. a poor economy rising food and fuel prices and power carts appear to have galvanized long standing anger at the prime minister, a protest as one shake athena to step down and to make way for a caretaker government ahead of elections due next year. all 7 m p 's from the b and p have resigned police storms, the ban piece headquarters earlier this week. and these one person was killed and hundreds of opposition activists were arrested. we'll bring in our guests in just a moment. first, this report from tampa child re indica. ah. during the past few months, the government has climbed down on the opposition, bangladesh nationalist party. several people have been shot dead by police. hundreds injured and thousands have been arrested at rallies across the country.
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but i didn't stop tens of thousands of opposition supporters from gathering in dhaka on saturday. and people don't have any security here. they don't have the right to vote in the skates of injury outdoors because of repression. we demand the autocratic government resigned. mean, oh, we want this government to resign and release from a prime minister carlita zia. we want real democracy on wednesday, shortly after an interview with al jazeera, the part is later futrell islam was arrested, along with 500 supporters. bunker hill, fortunately, facing one of the most severe political crisis. now it, because that the people of discontinuing the drivers and 14 guys democracies totally absent vowing mileage. unfortunately, the whole scenario is dest justin, alternatively, and government is running this country, the u. n. and the us have condemned the violence and called for an investigation.
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while 12th advocacy groups and rights watchdogs have he shouldn't join statement expressing concerns about gross human rights violations. in a statement amnesty international as accused the government of having coat very little regard for human life, saying its action. send a chilling message to those who dare exercise their human rights. for its part. the government accuses the opposition of trying to destabilize the country. it says protesters are gathering illegal last leg under no circumstances. should there be any disturbance on the roads people down wanted nor do you want any unruly incidents by blocking roads. it has also rejected demands for an election time. caretaker government securities heavily beefed up across the capital city, docker the bangladesh nationalist party. the main opposition party is headquartered is totally coroner by police. no one is allowed in the parameter of the economy spirals and the cost of living source. one additional faces, the addition of children, job growing called for regime change. heard of the mix,
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general elections, 100 chaudhry. i'll just it are darker. so how did we get him? o prime minister shake has he now has had a long rivalry with b, n, p leader and former prime minister kelly the via dating back to the 19 ninety's. and 2018 there was jailed in a corruption case of supports of say was politically motivated. athena has, has it be a why me league policy that's been empower since 2009 a caretaker government act introduced in the 90s to oversee national elections was nullified under her rule. and there have been 2 national elections under her siena, marked by opposition boycotts and allegations of fraud. ah, well let's bring in our guests now and in darker we have remained for harness. she's one of the 7 b m. p members of parliament who resigned on saturday, also in darker tanveer shack hill joy, a member of parliament for the governing,
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a whammy league party. and in the town of normal in illinois, ali re as president of the american institute of bang for their studies at me, annoyed state university of a warm welcome to all of you. where me, let's start with you. why have you and all 6 other b and p members of parliament quit? and she so much thank you so much for inviting me. know, discuss matters not elected in 2018. this election is called midnight election because it is, it is, it's created history. in fact, no other country in the world have this sort of connection. so the 7 members be bearing the parliament mission of body and body made this decision because we try to use as much as we can the platform of parliament and we tried to be tried all level best, but unfortunately you are not given time proper time. are my been stopped by the
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speaker, and this is the time i believe that this decision resonate with the people a expected asked to step down from the parliament. and so i used to say that the elections in 2018 we're, we're not valid. so in the last 4 years, what efforts have you been making while you've been in parliament was all the efforts that have failed? you must know that in the last few years be right under tremendous oppression. our job is actually in jail for 2 and a half years and now she called the rest are acting chairman is not allowed to come back to our sex 2 general is now in jail lower than most of cases have been fined against our activists that are out so we are going to a very,
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very tight, in fact, bangladesh is going to a very tough time. there's no democracy, there is no credible base. there is no freedom of expression. did you just the good the actors backs, so they best buy cars every back in last 4 and a half years we tried to, you know, reorganize ourselves, but i think now we are on our feet and we are ready now. ok, we'll come back to that in just a moment. tom. good jack. hill. first of all, let's get your response. the government's response to the question of all of the bank us national policy and peas, they feel silenced. what's the government say about that? thanks for having me on the show. first of all, my question is that like as they are saying that government is not legitimate and the parliament is not legitimate. then what they were doing in this parliament for last 4 years. you know, they read, ending the parliament station. they took all the benefits of the parliament indians
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. and as it was a few that they were not given time, it's actually not true at all because they were given much, much more time then government lawmakers at the parliament and in every bill that was offering the parliament, they were given more believe dances to give their books in those laws and abuse, and many of their recommendations were included in the laws and views. so we can say that they had ample jones's. do say they prevent sense to criticize the government, what it will be as they had. but unfortunately when the n p was in power from 2001 to 2006 all mc lawmaker, there did not have many chances in the parliament. i just want to say one incident in 2004, there was a ghastly grenade attack on now prime minister shake hands siena. and during that
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time, she nearly escaped. and when she went back to parliament that then she was opposition only that she wanted to discuss the matter. she was not even given the job to discuss this matter on the parliament. ok. so right saw hollywood what, what would be the thing that she has been the she says yes for the last 4 years, but she has tried to make a difference in the parliament for those efforts have failed. i think the point that i mostly picked up on is that the p m. p leader is in jail currently now under house arrest, that's carlita. zale via b m. p. leaders were arrested ahead of the saturday protests as being 2000 people. others arrested ahead of all these protests, many b, m p members have also been abducted disappeared. not to mention hundreds of extra additional killings. there is a silent thing of the opposition is not. no, i don't agree with that. first of all,
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that as i was mentioning that they were given ample chances and they took all the, you know, all the people in the parliament giddeons got and they had many jumping the parliaments of talk over. but they did not take it. it was a very unwise decision for them to quit. and as you mentioned that the b n p leaders where jill, you know, like 2 days before the so called a dan, december procession. this blog that already in front of the party of the or was it total and i'll be on the road and they actually attend the police and that time for the, for stabilizing the law and order situation. the police, other stuff, some people and the some one of the leaders. so that was for the sake of keeping the law an order situation. and some of them already got be and they got released. and so the some case has been filed, it will be prosecuted in, according to the law of the country. so we don't think that there was any on local
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activities. and then they can see that the end december procedure rally the gathering was very be split. i want to bring in points because i want to get an idea as to 1st, whether you were surprised by the show of strength amongst the protest that despite efforts to keep them away. but also, as tut, investor kill says how peaceful they ended up being and no surprise because this is a 10th december gathering that you are referring to. it has been a build up to that and there has been previously 9 such kind of gather needs to be in p organized all around the country. and all of them tend to be peaceful just by the fact that there have been obstruction to joining those. that had been transport strike orchestrated by the government and if somebody comfort walkers union owners . but the point is here or that it is not about b and b versus
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a question with respect to the governance issue. and what we have see over the last 2 years, the governance guy says, says the issue in an unprecedented proportion in the sense that you look at the economy crises, what happened for decades, you're not or against for the, the government was claiming that they are having an anonymous development and the growth is fantastic, yet the economy crisis has befallen on the common people. so the peaceful party is there to be in p n people. among the days i would suggest that they would like to express their opinions. the restrictions have been in both lot have been both digital security act is a good point. and also we have seen extra judicial kili enforced it. so it is a question of the democracy of having the right going back to 2018 election or for that matter, you can go up to 2814 election. there hasn't been in design to exercise voting
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rights. what we have seen is that this is the situation. so generally speaking, the question is whether bangladesh or don't have the opportunity to express themselves. whether in the parliament or not, it is a 2nd question to me at this point to. most importantly, it is the question of your not expressing or participating in assembly as an invite to assembly. inalienable human. that can be simply float a disposition ok remain a back to you in the quitting of parliament. if you are not expressing yourself and parliament which tom bush, i kill, said you were able to do. how are you going to? how are you going to speak for the b m p? there are many based parliament is one of the platforms that be where you say, we have top shows in our television channels. we can organize them in our meetings and public meetings as well. so there are many that can be used. i personally use
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facebook go i have a few cases against me on the digital security act because of my writing in the facebook and my commands and sharing things against kaufman. so yes we have, we are, we are under tremendous pressure, but we are trying to make the best use of the small space that we have conversica. one of the protesters key demands is a return reinstatement of the caretaker government as was a non political group that would be in power for 13 months during the transfer of power during elections. why did shake her siena get rid of that? it was a very popular system and it worked well in bangladesh. yeah, this and setting that just 2 seconds. first of all, you know, right? yes, emily is there and we always respect that. but for the right assembly does
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not mean that you can block the road and hamper that job. people's right, that's like government requested the n p and also government barbie. having all of them meeting in philadelphia not on the rules. so that should be the norm. and when coming back to the get the government thing that you have to go on meant was it. what will i see them, which was actually in acted by j casino, 996. when i got b, n p, head of a partial list on 15 november bands, i'm going to use the only part b who is fully actually handed the power in the history of it after 2001 election. but what we saw in 2000 m. c. b and b actually for some, i don't know for some very we have the then the increase the limits of the of the, of our core because he was supposed to become the gifted argument. and then the
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conflict started. and we all know what happened after that he, 2 years the government had been limit, had administered it. all, you do that and this and you have to get a government become very controversial. and for that reason, the high gold not check of the, not the high gold actually canceled that you have to government system, which was appealed by the epic school supreme court. and when it came back and this is done, then this ended back to the parliament and even the parliament been upholding the government of the high school in the supreme court. the guest to get a moment work density. and i just want to mention in 2014 election before the election on, on the board, prime minister call lit ex prime minister color that the, to propose that there, there is, don't get to go on mental, why don't we bought it? electron been government comprising what all the members in the parliament all the party. and unless you let me color those yet,
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you really rejected the offer. and she did not even hit 3. so that was brought down by the board. and then it was supported by the parliament, and we're for the 1st time in the history of bunger. this has a new election commission. election commission on the law was actually proposed by b and b. i will come back in just a moment. i want to put those 2 remaining because right now as soon as governments and power, they on the fire for the abuses, alleged abuses of power that they are committing at the moment. but if we look back in history, the b, m. p has its own very check history as time vicious kill has just mentioned. and indeed it could be says that the b m. p kelly's as it had its own role in this current political crisis by trying to bias the can take a government in 2006, what is the response of the b and b to that? my response is very clear. there is a clear difference between all melick,
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reggie and b, p time because b n p was elected by that. and since it was elected, it was accountable. since all, many is not connected for from 2014, it is not accountable to it stable and it is using forces like killing extrajudicial appearance and stuff like that. to our press, the opposition and to operate the voice of people who, you know, criticize government and stuff like that. so you just cannot compare the time of b and b with the b because it's not connected. but 1st of all, secondly, what i want to say is constitution is not totally book. it's not, we're on our bible that you can never change. it has already been changes 16 times and it can be changes for a 70 time as well. so it cannot be a reason that the government is not in the constitution so it can never be you know,
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in 90 there was no getting a government issued, but there was dr. enough nest city. and after the fall of a shot ready, some sort of getting a government was formed at that time. and we have been the election of 919620012006 election. the only 4 elections backward accepted by more or less of the parties. so it shows that our quantity of culture is such that you're not have their feet under and part it is. i mean it's basically effort. 1973. if you want to go back, let's a, do you agree that bangladesh does need a, can take a government in this very polarized environment? absolutely, absolutely. a government election government,
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what is a necessity? is a government which an act, new york city. and they would not be a partisan bias. and if you look at the 11 elections from the ford of the elections in bangladesh, which turned out to be free and fair to me except related with the body are totally to have been conducted under it. need to get to pick up. the point is, number one is demetrius distrust between the 2 can integral part is not only 2 political parties. as a matter of fact, it is not only demand of the b b. if you look at that opposition parties, they're demanding the same demand at the same thing. another matter for them to talk to me because i do want to meet with just a 2nd thing is that we, what we have see is the entered administration, including law enforcement agencies, have been pretty much made it very much parties and other than having an administration dad, he's beyond a political greek, meaning that there's no political bias for political an election that would not be
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acceptable. and as a matter of fact, we have seen the lack of participation as well. i mean, if you look back in 2014 election, that hasn't been more than 20 to 24 percent participation then. then what happened in 2018. it is reported international media that the valid staffing took place with the support of the administration. the night before, to all these things actually indicate that it has to be assessed it well, no political, but i'm not talking about only 2 political to then say no political parties have these on do advantage and a level 3. what we have seen the use of the law enforcement agencies against all pollution political parties, and it is not going to be again what we have seen over the last 40 years. he's not wont that the opposition political parties had no state under me and very little of independence to speak out, tad tan versa, kale. we've had 15 western embassies when he's
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a joint statement. the un also had been calling for free and fair elections. if you had a can take a government in place as the protesters are demanding, wouldn't not legitimize the elections? no, we don't think so. first of all that, you know, as it was just be said that maybe there is distrust between political parties. but if we said i would be, become the member, get the government, you know, the data from others, right? so they're definitely having political by us. do any, i'm really going to be on any other way. and we see that, you know, what happens with the, get the government from 2006 to 2008. we had 2 years of military rules. so we strongly believe that whatever government, whatever is the name, it should have, you know, people representative then maybe from army b and b and all of the parties together. and that's can be called it some type of government as it was proposed by hon premier until of them for beef. but we don't
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think they're going to get a bigger bomb and will be the solution because we never know that that you have to go home and we will bring another, you know, government or any back civilian government in by this. so i think that will not be a solution. and when it was talking about 2014 election, who taught them 40 lives, did not particular do you have the right not to do it or not just one second, but you don't that right. who? barn down again, you don't write bond own living people to find that election. so i think, i think, you know, our, this is the 1st time we have a law of the election commission and election commission is very strong. we are hoping that the electron, michelle will have all the power. ok. you may be hoping hoping for that. so i mean, just finally what it sounds. if the shake has seen a government has heard the demands of the protest, the will act on them. so what will the b n p do next,
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we are now trying to strengthen our organization, our we are trying to make our lives, we've fallen off to you. at the same time, you can see that people are with us. they are expressing their support. they are coming to our meeting. they are, you can see, but i mean if you see the mediate, you see that they are. so hopefully we will overcome the trish ok, well you said people that have a pre bangladesh remains a very polarized society. people supporting the b, m p. people supporting the leak. it does not seem as if the middle shall be met, that we do have to leave the discussion for the moments. thanks very much to all gastro mean for hon. i have in 10 vish, kill joy and ali, and thank you to for watching the can see the program again anytime by visiting our website. that's al jazeera dot com. and the discussion to go to our facebook page at facebook dot com forward slash ha inside. so you can also join the conversation
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