Addressing the party leaders and activists, Mirza Fakhrul said, “We have many tasks ahead. Many thought Sheikh Hasina had fled and their works were completed. A few minutes ago Sultan Salauddin Tuku said, ‘Our movement will continue until the election.’ No, we have to reach the stage where democracy will turn into our culture and a system.”
“The democracy we are talking about, that democracy is not just for words. That is a culture. How you and I will talk, how we would talk to our neighbours, with our political opponents – all these have to be learned through this democracy,” he stressed.
Mirza Fakhrul stated, “Democracy does not mean, chop off the head of someone if he is involved with the politics of Awami League or BNP. Democracy means learning to respect dissents. You have the right to speak, even against me. I will protect that (right), that is democracy.”