Staff correspondent <\/span>
\nThe main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said it would lend \u2018moral support\u2019 to trial of war criminals \u2018if it is done properly\u2019.
\n\u2018BNP was never against holding trial of war crimes. We have moral support to the demand for trial of war criminals. But it must be done properly. It must not be politically motivated,\u2019 BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain said Friday at his Armanitola residence in the Old Town of Dhaka.
\nWhen asked to clarify the word \u2018properly\u2019, Delwar, also a senior lawyer, said, \u2018The government must maintain international standards and conventions while trying war crimes. The process must be transparent.\u2019 He warned the\u00a0government of dangers of a non-transparent process.
\nJatiya Sangsad on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution on \u2018immediate\u2019 trial of war criminals of 1971.
\nTerming the trial of war crimes an old issue, he said, \u2018It should have been settled long ago.\u2019
\nWithout naming Awami League, the BNP leader said, \u2018Those who had been in power after the war of independence were expected to try the war criminals. But they did not do it.\u2019
\nReferring to the Awami League\u2019s \u2018reluctance\u2019 in the past to hold trial of the war criminals, he said the party had come to power again in 1996. \u2018I do not understand why they did not try the war criminals at that time.\u2019
\nWhen asked about the progress in the move to reorganise the BNP, Delwar said letters had been sent to the district and thana level leaders to attend consultation sessions with party chairperson Khaleda Zia. \u2018The [party] standing committee will meet on February 1 to decide the mode of consultations and next strategies,\u2019 he said.
\nAsked if there was any possibility of changing the party secretary general, he said the standing committee was the appropriate body to take a decision on the issue.<\/p>\n

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