Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon on Tuesday said it is true that people’s mistrust of the elections could not be removed.
“Influence of black money, control of special agencies, helplessness of Election Commission in some cases and low voter turnout in urban areas undermined the credibility of elections. But that in no way calls into question the acceptability of the election,” he said.
Menon, who was elected with Awami League’s boat symbol, said this while participating in the discussion of the thanksgiving motion on the president's speech.
He commented that there was a domestic and foreign conspiracy around the election.
“Western countries, including the United States, were threatening to enforce visa policies and labor rights policies in the name of free and fair elections. Their usual partner in this country was BNP-Jamaat. They tried to create all kinds of anarchy in the name of a movement to overthrow the government. But the strong political decision of the Prime Minister and the country’s people foiled all their conspiracies,” he added.
He said that a political victory against domestic and foreign conspiracies and unconstitutional trends, especially the US imperialist intervention, took place through the complicated circumstances of fire terror, burning people in trains, uprooting of railway lines.
Referring to the election of 62 independent parliamentarians, Menon said that this year's parliament is somewhat diverse.
“This is the first time that such a large number of independent members have come to Parliament. As a result, some new rules will be created in the parliament. But it should not be such that the beauty of the parliamentary system is lost.”
Menon said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the elections open to making the elections competitive.