National Consensus Commission vice-chairman Professor Ali Riaz on Thursday said that fascism might return if any government was formed through a fair election without completing reforms.
Ali Riaz made the remarks at a roundtable organised by Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik-SHUJAN on 鈥楶olitical Consensus on State Reform and Citizens Thought鈥� at CIRDAP auditorium in the capital on Thursday, said a press release of SHUJAN.
鈥楩ascist rule may return even after forming a government through a fair election if the reforms programmes are not implemented and administration and judiciary are not reconstituted,鈥� said Ali Riaz.
He said that structural change would be made in the country to resist the return of fascism in the coming days and reform programmes would have to be implemented to ensure accountability. 聽
鈥楾he question of reforming the state arises as its organisations were made fragile in the past 15 years. No initiative was taken to construct those organisations in the 54 years of the country鈥檚 independence. We have seen how the country鈥檚 judiciary was destroyed in the past 15 years,鈥� Ali Riaz explained.
He urged the citizens to be vocal about establishing a national consensus and forming a citizen charter.
SHUJAN secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar, also a member of the NCC, said that an outstanding scope was created to create a fresh state structure after the fall of Sheikh Hasina amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5, 2024.
鈥楽heikh Hasina had created a fascist rule. She required 15 years to reach that stage. She had destroyed the country鈥檚 electoral system and organisational structures,鈥� Badiul added.
Former Jahangirnagar University associate professor and political analyst Dilara Choudhury, Chief adviser鈥檚 special assistant Monir Haider and University Press Limited managing director Mahrukh Mohiuddin, among others, also spoke.