?BNP must place its alternative proposal for interim government, if any, in parliament, but not outside the House. The political dialogue must not be conditional,? he told reporters Thursday after chairing a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on health ministry.
He expressed his opinion a day after AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam spoke in favour of a dialogue as the only effective way, as such, to resolve the ongoing political stalemate.
?We will not discuss anything on reinstatement of the non-party caretaker system of government to hold the next polls. We can only discuss the overall conditions to hold the polls in a fair manner,? Selim said.
The former health minister said they (BNP) must come to parliament and place their alternative proposal for the interim government, if any. ?We did the same when they were in power.?
No dialogue will take place outside the House, he said, adding that the dialogue cannot be conditional. ?We can discuss everything related to elections.?
Syed Ashraf on Wednesday told reporters that political parties had no alternative but to hold talks to end the ongoing political deadlock over the next general election scheduled for early 2014.
He was the first responsible party figure who spoke in favour of a dialogue between the Awami League and the BNP to continue the ongoing democratic practices following the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Bangladesh. Hillary urged the two major parties to hold talks for settling their political differences over the caretaker system of government.
Parliament on June 30 abolished the non-party caretaker system of government in line with a court verdict. The court, however, said parliament is the authority to decide on whether the next two elections could take place under a non-party caretaker administration.
Source: daily-sun.com
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