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BNP govt has lost legitimacy: Hasina

President urged to take over, set up caretaker govt

By Staff Correspondent
Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina has requested the President to take over the country's administration since. she said the BNP government has lost Its legitimacy after being lioycottro by the people in the elections held yesterday.
Addressing a press conference shortly alter the voting ended, the AL c hief also urged the President to exercise his constitutional powers and set up a caretaker government with the Chief Justice or a Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court or an eminent person as its head.
'Now there's no government in the country. Hasina said. "Over 95 per cent of the people have expressed no confidence in the present government."
Hasina called upon the
administrative machinery, the Armed Forces and the law enforcing agencies to take orders directly from the President.
Senior AL leaders were also present at the press conference.
Hasina alleged that the 'real voters' did not turn up
to cast their votes in yesterday's elections and most of the polling centres remained empty while In the others, polling officials were absent.
She said democracy-loving people have defied threats and foiled forcible attempts to take the voters to the polling stations.
T have no doubt that the people will treat these (official) figures (of votes cast) with contempt," she said. Tn the absence of voters . these figures can have no credibility."
The nine point announcement made by the AL Chief at the press conference includes:
As the BNP government is no more a legitimate one. in order to avoid constitutional crisis, administration and all lawful authorities of the
In the city, ballot papers were seen being distributed by the police at a polling centre at Mohammadpur.
In hundreds of polling centres across the country, there were no polling agents of even the BNP candidates while most centres did not have the non-BNP candidates’ polling agents.
In several instances, our correspondents found that indelible ink was not used to mark thumbs of persons who had cast votes giving scope for them to cast votes repeatedly.