DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim govt took the unprecedented step of issuing a gazette notification banning all actions of Awami League – the nation’s oldest political occasion – and its affiliated outfits, in a transfer critics say displays a deepening political disaster following the ouster of longtime PM Sheikh Hasina.The ban, enforced beneath a rapidly amended Anti-Terrorism Act, marks a dramatic escalation within the Muhuammad Yunus-led govt’s efforts to reshape the post-Hasina political panorama.The house ministry invoked Part 18 of the brand new Act to impose the ban, citing “affordable grounds” that the occasion and its associates had been concerned in terrorism. The revised regulation permits govt to declare any ‘entity’ – not simply people – as terrorist if ample grounds exist. In accordance with the gazette, the ban will stay in impact till Worldwide Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh completes the trials of Awami League members and activists accused of crimes in opposition to humanity throughout final yr’s anti-govt protests, which led to the ousting of Hasina on Aug 5, ending her 16-year rule.On Saturday, the interim govt introduced the prohibition of all Awami League actions, together with on-line engagement, press statements, and public gatherings. The next evening, President Mohammed Shahabuddin promulgated an ordinance reinforcing the regulation by banning all types of publicity or expression of assist for people or entities charged beneath Part 18(1). Awami League has rejected govt’s choice and vowed to proceed its political actions “in an acceptable method”.The ban shall be there till ICT completes the trial of the occasion and its leaders.In the meantime, Gono Odhikar Parishad, a political occasion, has urged Election Fee to cancel the registration of Awami League and different members of the 14-party alliance, together with Jatiya Get together. Nonetheless, the CEC, AMM Nasir Uddin, stated, “Let the official notification come first. We’re ready for the gazette.”
