AL stand on Saarc Summit
Saarc is the solitary organisation for the South Asian nations. So it has an important role to play in the economic, political, cultural and social advancement of the South Asian people. The delegations of the member states generally assemble every two years to find out ways for mutual development through cooperation. So, and for various reasons, the Dhaka Summit had great significance for the region as a whole. Despite two postponements, Bangladesh has been able to organise the Saarc Summit successfully. But our main opposition party, the Awami League, unfortunately did not agree with the idea of holding the summit and refrained from attending it. Not only that, its leadership criticised the holding of the summit and was quite vocal against the security measures adopted by the government. The party was even critical of adorning the late president Ziaur Rahman with the Saarc Award for his outstanding contribution to the formation of the regional grouping. By all actions and reactions, the AL displayed that the party was not in favour of holding the Saarc Summit.
Undoubtedly, people were awaiting peaceful completion of the summit. I think, the AL has missed the opportunity to show their political broad mindedness to the people and the honourable foreign guests by attending the assembly.
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