TIB ED’s rejoinder

Dr. Iftekharuzzaman, Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), has expressed his disagreement with a portion of a news report titled ‘Politics heading for confrontation’ published in the front page of The Independent on Saturday. A highlighted box in the news report quoted Dr. Iftekharuzzaman as saying “I believe that a 1/11-like situation will not be created again. But something might happen.’’ In a rejoinder yesterday, Dr. Iftekharuzzaman said that he did not utter the word 1/11, nor did he say anything close to “something might happen.” He actually said: “In my view, a ‘low intensity’ conflict is likely to continue as a part of political activism of both sides. However, I don’t see any possibility of recurrence of the kind of violence that preceded the 2014 election.”

 

TIB EDs rejoinder

Dr. Iftekharuzzaman, Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), has expressed his disagreement with a portion of a news report titled Politics heading for confrontation published in the front page of The Independent on Saturday. A highlighted box in the news report quoted Dr. Iftekharuzzaman as saying I believe that a 1/11-like situation will not be created again. But something might happen. In a rejoinder yesterday, Dr. Iftekharuzzaman said that he did not utter the word 1/11, nor did he say anything close to something might happen. He actually said: In my view, a low intensity conflict is likely to continue as a part of political activism of both sides. However, I dont see any possibility of recurrence of the kind of violence that preceded the 2014 election.