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Trial of War Criminals

Process to form tribunal in six months: Muhith

BNP will help, says Hannan Shah

Staff Correspondent
The new government will start the process of forming a special tribunal and appoint a special prosecutor within six months to try war criminals with the help of United Nations, newly elected Awami League lawmaker z\MA Muhith said yesterday.
He said this at BBC Bangladesh Sanglap where another panellist Brig Gen (retd) ASM Hannan Shall, adviser to the BNP chairperson, said BNP will help the government in the process of forming the tribunal.
"BNP also want trial of the war crimi nals. This is one of the issues we need to settle," he said replying to a question from the audience.
He, However, said the nation is yet to set the definition of war criminals.
Hannan Shall also said BNP, as a responsible opposition party, will support the government in and outside parliament so that Awami League can implement its six- point election pledge.
Nazrnul Ahsan Kalimullah of JANIPOP, an election observation group, and Salma Khan of Women for Women also attended the programme as panellists.
Muhith said the first taskof the government would be to lower the prices of essentials.
"The situation in international market is now normal. So I think, it will be easy to reduce the prices,” he said, but did not give any timeframe.
But Hannan Shah said it would be difficult for the government to reduce the prices of essentials.
If the Awami League government can provide free fertiliser to farmers, it would
be possible to lower the prices of rice, he said, adding that but it will cost Tk30,000.
Salma Khan said the people should sec the price hike issue from a practical point of view. The price would not fall drastically.
The government has to monitor the market and the syndicate very carefully, she said. She hoped that the rice price may be fixed at Tk 20 to 25 per kilogram.
About December 29 parliamentary election, all the panellists said the election was free and fair.
However, Hannan Shah said at least 15 to 20 percent of votes cast in his centre were fake. "The vote rigging was held at the room of the presiding officer, ” he said.
But a polling officer of the same constituency, who was present at the Sanglap, protested the remarks and said he never saw such a free and fair election in his life.