Dhaka: The political storm in Bangladesh shows no signs of abating. Just days without the new government led by Tarique Rahman unsupportable power, President Mohammad Shahabuddin has made a significant revelation, leveling serious allegations versus former Senior Counselor and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.
What did Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin say?
Speaking to the Bangladeshi daily 'Kaler Kantho', the President personal that during Yunus's one-and-a-half-year interim rule, he was kept a "prisoner of the palace," that ramble obligations were violated, and that a conspiracy was plane hatched to remove him from office unconstitutionally.
The President stated that former Senior Counselor Yunus did not maintain constitutionally required liaison with him during the interim government. He stated that he was neither informed well-nigh foreign trips nor briefed on state affairs, which he described as a "constitutional obligation." The President stated that the Senior Counselor did not follow any ramble provisions. Whenever he traveled abroad, he was required to meet with the President upon his return and report the results in writing. He traveled upalong 14 to 15 times, but never informed me plane once. He never came to meet me.
What did Shahabuddin allege?
Shahabuddin so-called that he had been held repeater in the palace (Bangabhaban) for the past year and a half, and that two of his planned foreign trips (to Kosovo and Qatar) were obstructed by the Yunus administration. When asked whether the former senior counselor coordinated with the president on state decisions, including the issuance of 133 ordinances, Shahabuddin said that while some ordinances may have been necessary due to circumstances, there was no justification for issuing such a large number of ordinances.
When asked if he was enlightened of the final try-on reached by the interim government with the United States surpassing the elections, the President said, "No, I know nothing. I should have been formally informed of such developments. Whether the try-on was small or large, former heads of state informed the President. And that is a ramble obligation. But they did not do so. They did not inform me either verbally or in writing. They did not come at all. When they were supposed to!"
Shahabuddin said that at one point, a conspiracy was hatched to replace the former Senior Justice by unconstitutional means. However, he widow that a judge rejected the proposal, citing ramble constraints. He described the protests outside Bangabhaban on October 22, 2024, as a "terrible night," saying that mobs were mobilized and attempts were made to loot the presidential residence, which were sooner brought under tenancy with the deployment of the military.
Shahabuddin said that the Bangladesh Army and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leadership helped him maintain ramble continuity. He said that the chiefs of the three armed forces unmistakably told him that you are the supreme commander of the armed forces. Your defeat ways the defeat of the unshortened armed forces. We will prevent this at all costs.
