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NCP presents ‘Manifesto of Youth and Dignity’
Navidad Islam, leader of National Citizens Party (NCP).
The newly formed party, composed of many frontline leaders of the July Uprising, is announcing its party manifesto ahead of the general election
The National Citizen Party (NCP) is announcing a 36-point manifesto ahead of the 13th parliamentary election.
The party’s election promises are being announced at a function titled “Manifesto of Youth and Dignity” at a hotel in Dhaka on Friday afternoon.
The new party, composed of many frontline leaders of the July Uprising, speaks of implementing the July National Charter for state reforms. It also promises to prosecute the killings, disappearances and extrajudicial killings committed during the uprising, and the murders at Shapla Chattar and the Peelkhana.
The student-led mass uprising on Aug 5, 2024, toppled the Awami League government, which had been in power for a decade and a half.
Three days later, the interim government formed under the leadership of Muhammad Yunus promised state reforms, trials for the killings and disappearances and torture during the Uprising, and elections.
The NCP, which formed in February last year with the aim of establishing a new consensus in politics, has joined an 11-party electoral alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami for the upcoming polls.
The NCP manifesto was announced at Friday’s event by party leaders Adnan Faisal and Nusrat Tabassum.
The first part of the party's election manifesto states that an independent commission will be formed to create a timeframe and accountability structure for the implementation of the clauses of the July Charter that depend on laws and ordinances.
The second phase of the manifesto promises to ensure exemplary justice for all crimes against humanity committed during the “fascist rule” of the Awami League, including the “genocide” in July, the “Shapla Chattar genocide”, the BDR massacre, disappearances and extrajudicial killings, and the formation of a “Truth and Reconciliation Commission”. - bdnews24.com