Fascists won’t be allowed
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disclose the decisions made by the advisory council at the Chief Adviser’s Office in the afternoon.
Asked whether fascists would be rehabilitated in the country after the completion of the trial, Asif, hinting at the Awami League regime, said, “We have left the decision to the people whether the political party or alliance, which had established fascism in Bangladesh, will be able to do politics until their trial is complete.”
He, however, said that the meeting did not discuss whether the fascists would be able to hold any public programme.
“But we will completely discourage it. The law ministry has started work on holding the trial for committing crimes against humanity.”
Enquired whether the AL would be tried as a political party, the adviser said no decision was made in this regard. “A clear outline will be presented before everyone soon.”
Asif said, “Since the Awami League committed genocide in the country, the people will decide how they would return taking the responsibility for the genocide or if they will be allowed to return at all.”
He said the advisory council decided to turn the Gono Bhaban, the former official residence of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, into a museum to preserve the memories of the July mass uprising, its martyrs, and all the misdeeds of the fascist government.
The adviser said this work will start very soon.
The Gono Bhaban will be opened to the public, he added.
Asif, also the adviser for labour and employment, said a museum was built in South Korea to preserve the memories of a mass uprising there.
“There are such museums in other parts of the world too.”
He said steps will be taken on how to make it a great museum and the ministries of public works and foreign affairs will jointly carry out this job.
The adviser said a list of the martyrs of the July uprising is being prepared and the chief adviser and the advisory council members will meet the martyrs’ family members soon.
About the recent labour unrest, Asif said the government was holding series of talks with the stakeholders and the issue was also discussed in the advisory council.
“The situation is fairly under control today [yesterday]. The labour ministry has decided to form a review committee to solve the workers’ problems. An announcement on the committee will be made soon and the workers will be able to place their demands before it.”
He said the review committee will solve the problems within a short time.
He said the committee will work on the workers’ short-term demands which can be met promptly. “It will also work on the demands of the workers of the non-RMG sectors.”