Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said that his party will not compromise on the country’s sovereignty and national interests while addressing a meeting with leaders of the 11-party alliance and journalists at the Sylhet Circuit House on Sunday night.

“On matters of independence and sovereignty, we will not make any compromise. Our top leaders embraced martyrdom with a smile on their faces but never compromised with the fallen fascist regime,” he said.

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Shafiqur Rahman said Jamaat remains committed to the country and its people, adding that the party would not step back from implementing the ‘July Charter’ and the verdict of the referendum.

“We will not step back from implementing the people’s mandate. If a solution is found in Parliament, the movement on the streets will continue. We will force the government to implement the people’s verdict,” he said.

He said that a good election does not necessarily ensure good governance. He alleged that the current government, which came to power through what he described as a “bloody July uprising,” has ignored the July Charter and annulled the referendum verdict where around 70 percent of people voted in favour.

On border tensions,  he said provocation was coming from across the border. “We have become independent twice, but have we achieved real independence? We will not compromise on the sovereignty of the nation,” he said.

“We do not want to turn Parliament into Mamtaz’s Parliament,” he also said, adding that debates in Parliament should remain respectful and issue-based.

He also criticised recent parliamentary remarks against religious values, saying such behaviour undermines national commitments.