Govt working with security forces to keep law, order: Prof Yunus

Chief Adviser Prof Younus.

Dhaka, Feb 7 - Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Friday called on all citizens to materialise the dream of building a country where all Bangladeshis can live in security and dignity.

This, he said, is needed to act with self-discipline and to channel the people’s energy into productive and peaceful efforts to support positive changes.

The government is working with the country’s security forces to preserve law and order and to protect the lives and property of all Bangladeshis, he said.

"If any attempt is made to destabilize the country through any kind of provocative activities, law enforcement agencies will immediately take strict action against anyone acting to create chaos and anarchy, which emphatically includes the destruction of property. The government will bring the responsible individuals and groups to justice," according to a statement shared by Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam.

The chief adviser called on all citizens to immediately restore complete law and order and to ensure there will be no further attacks on property associated with the family of Sheikh Hasina and politicians of the fascist Awami League party or against any citizen on any pretext.

"The whole world is with us. Any deterioration of law and order will give a wrong message to the world," said the interim government.

The anger of the activists who have attacked properties is understandable because they and their relatives and friends lived through years of tyranny under Hasina, said the statement.

The government said it understands the activists’ sense of outrage that even from her refuge in New Delhi Hasina continues to try to mobilise her militants to hamper Bangladesh’s recovery from her years of abuse.

Despite this understanding, the government appeals to the citizens to abide by the law to show the world "we are a nation that respects of the rule of law", said the CA's press wing.

Respecting the rule of law is what differentiates the new Bangladesh "we are working together to build from the old Bangladesh under the fascist regime". "Let us not undermine Bangladeshis’ sense of security and stability; any disregard for the law endangers the lives and property of citizens."

For the citizens who rose up and overthrew the Hasina regime in July and August to realise their dreams for the country, it is imperative to prove to ourselves and our friends around the world that their commitment to their principles – respecting one another’s civil and human rights and acting under the law – is unshakable, the statement reads.

Champions of a just new Bangladesh must never act in ways that could support any perceived equivalence, however unjust, between the behaviour of today’s institutions and those of the ousted autocrats, said the interim government.

The leaders of the fascist regime have left the country in complete ruins, the government said.

"They have no chance to come back as long as we remain alert and retain the moral high ground. Any attacks to their properties give them an excuse to draw international attention to themselves and dish out their fabricated stories. We are in the process of trying them for their crimes against humanity," said Yunus. - UNB