The interim government has taken no initiative to remove the president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, for his recent remarks that he has no documentary evidence of the resignation of the ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.
鈥楾here is no initiative of the government to remove the president. So, there was no discussion in the government about the legal way of his (president) removal,鈥� chief advisor鈥檚 deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said at a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka.
The media briefing was organised following a meeting of the advisory council at the state guest house Jamuna, the residence of chief adviser Muhammad Yunus.
Replying to a question, the chief adviser鈥檚 other DPS, Apurba Jahangir, said that Monday鈥檚 remark of law adviser Asif Nazrul on president鈥檚 remarks was the government鈥檚 statement in this regard.
Asif Nazrul on Monday said that President Mohammed Shahabuddin had made a self-contradictory statement while saying that he did not have the resignation letter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
鈥楾he president himself in his address to the nation in the presence of the chiefs of the three forces at 11:20pm on August 5 had said 鈥淭he former prime minister has tendered his resignation letter to him and he accepted it鈥�. So, by saying that he doesn鈥檛 have the resignation letter of the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, the president has made a self-contradictory statement,鈥� the law adviser said on Monday.
However, in a special interview with Manab Zamin editor Matiur Rahman Chowdhury on October 19, President Shahabuddin said that he did not have 鈥榓ny documentary evidence鈥� of the former prime minister鈥檚 resignation.
Later on Monday, Shahabuddin urged all to refrain from destabilising or embarrassing the interim government centring on 鈥榤edia publicity鈥� by quoting him regarding the resignation of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, said a release from the president鈥檚 press wing.
鈥楾he clear statement from the president is that all the questions that have arisen in the public mind regarding the resignation and departure from the country of the prime minister in the face of the student-people uprising, the dissolution of the parliament, and the constitutional validity of the incumbent interim government are answered in the order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Special Reference No-01/2024, dated August 8, 2024,鈥� said the release.
