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Farooq on Indemnity Ordinance

If repealed, all political killings will be unearthed

By Staff Correspondent
Freedom Party Chairman Col. (Retd) Faruk Rahman Thursday accused BNP. Jallya Party and Jamaat-e-Islaml of collaborating with the Awami League and said this would Jeopardies the country's sovereignty
Col (Retd) Faruk was addressing a discussion meeting in observance of August 15 at the party central office here. Freedom Party observed the days as a day of emancipation' Party's Co-Chairman Col (Rtd) Rashid. Vice-Chairman Bazlul Huda and Chowdhury Mohammed Faruq also addressed the meeting.
Col (Retd) Faruq said they have Joined hands with the Fifth columnists' in the par liament which will drag the nation towards foreign subjugation.
The return to parliamentary system, will bring back neo-autocracy' the nation had witnessed during the regime of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he said. "Slxtyfive days' session of the Parliament ended amid cheers and rejoicing of the
MPs but resulting nothing for the peoples' emancipation", he said.
Faruk claimed to have faclll tated the BNP and Jamaat win the February 27 parliamentary polis hoping that they would resist the 'fifth columnists.' But these parties betrayed us by establishing friendship with the AL', he remarked.
Referring to the AL demand for trial of Mujlb's killers by passing the Indemnity Ordinance (Repeal) Bill in the JS, he said if Mujlbs killers are tried, then all the killings during 1972-75 must also be tried.
The FP leader reiterated his confession of ordering the killing and said they did It to free the nation from the single-party BKSAL repression. We killed BKSAL and its founder 16 years ago and the party burled itself by merging with AL Wednesday.' he said
Faruk called upon the BNP and other nationalist forces not to pass the Indemnity Ordinance (Repeal) Bill and
cautioned that Its passage would result in "widespread crisis in the country." 'This would Idad to unearthing all the political killings in the country," he said,
Addressing the meeting. FP Co-Chairman Col. (Retd) Rashid, said the except Awami League, all the parties in the JS are enjoying the fruits of the August 15 incidents. 'We, by leading the change-over facilitated the BNP, JP and Jamaat do politics in the country. But these parties embraced the 'fifth columnists.' he regretted and called them munaTek' (betrayers). 'These parties must suffer the consequences of the pre-75 ruler if they did not correct themselves." he warned. The BNP and JP have also buried their founder leaders by voting in favour of parliamentary system, he said and termed the two parties as opportunists.'
1 was waiting to see the Parliament pass the Indemnity (Repeal) Bill and who was to try me and Faruq. Rashid said.
The FP Co-Chairman was also very critical of Justice Shahabuddtn Ahmed s assuming the acting presidency and validating all his actions through constitution amend ment. If Shahabuddtn Ahmed's taking over power and other acts were legalised through constitution amendment, then the incidents from August 15. 1975 .to Zia's assenting to power should also be legalised, he opined.