Protesters demand removal of Bangladesh president over comments on Hasina’s resignation

The Anti-discrimination Student Movement, which spearheaded the run that led to the ouster of Hasina, rallied successful beforehand of the Central Shaheed Minar here, demanding Shahabuddin’s resignation.

“The president is an state of fascism. He was successful favour of genocide. We request his resignation,” Nasir Uddin Patwari, a protestation leader, said. Some of the protesters besides said that the president mightiness look a run against him.

A radical of protesters nether the banner of Shadhinota-Shorbobhoumotto Rokkha Committee (Committee to support independency and sovereignty) besides staged a sit-in protestation astatine the Dhaka University campus, demanding Shahabuddin’s resignation and calling for the termination of the Constitution and the enactment of a “revolutionary government”.

The protesters besides demanded the disbanding of Hasina’s Awami League enactment and its allies from governmental activities. They aboriginal marched towards Bangabhaban, the president’s authoritative residence.

A salient person of the group, Rafiq Khan, called Shahabuddin a “culprit” arsenic helium was “unlawfully” appointed by “killer Hasina”. “We petition him to resign instantly and vacate the Bangabhaban. Otherwise, we volition commencement different question similar the 1 successful July,” helium said.

In his interrogation with the Bangla Daily, Shahabuddin said helium heard that Hasina had resigned arsenic premier curate earlier she fled Bangladesh, but helium does not person documentary evidence.

Despite galore efforts, the president said, helium had failed to find immoderate documents. “Perhaps she did not person the time,” Shahabuddin said.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, 84, became Bangladesh’s interim government’s Chief Adviser connected August 8 aft Prime Minister Hasina fled to India connected August 5.

Narrating the events of August 5, Shahabuddin told the regular that astatine astir 10:30 am, a telephone came to Bangabhaban from Hasina’s residence, informing him that Hasina would conscionable him. However, “within an hour, different telephone came, saying she was not coming”.

Shahabuddin said earlier helium administered the oath of bureau to Yunus and his advisory assembly members connected August 8, helium had sought the sentiment of the Supreme Court, which advised him spell up successful presumption of the bonzer situation.

The interim government’s Law Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul connected Monday accused the president of “falsehood”, saying his remarks were “tantamount to usurpation of his oath of office”. He said if Shahabuddin remained steadfast connected his comments, the interim authorities would request to deliberation whether helium was inactive qualified to clasp his office.

In a televised code connected August 5, Shahabuddin said, “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has tendered her resignation missive to the president and I person received it.” Meanwhile, the president’s bureau issued a connection urging radical not to reignite immoderate contention implicit a “settled issue”.

“This is simply a wide connection from His Excellency the President that, each the answers regarding the resignation and departure of the Prime Minister (Hasina) successful the look of the students-people wide revolution, the dissolution of the Parliament and each the questions raised successful the nationalist caput astir the Constitutional validity astir the incumbent Interim Government are reflected successful the bid of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court successful Special Reference No-01/2024, dated August 8, 2024,” it said.

According to Constitution adept Shahdhin Malik, an “unnecessary statement is going connected implicit the documentary grounds of Hasina’s resignation missive amid the existing reality”.

“After the toppling of Sheikh Hasina’s government, the interim authorities has been formed connected the ground of the Supreme Court’s opinion…no statement is required astir it,” helium said