484 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ গলপ্রতিনিধিদের কাছে ক্ষমতা হস্তান্তর, এক ব্যক্তি এক ভোটের क्रा छन्। ২৯ নভেম্বর, ১৯৬৯ ভিত্তিতে নির্বাচন ও অধিক স্বায়ত্তশাসনের প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়ে ইয়াহিয়া খানের বক্তৃতা EXTRACTS FROM PRESIDENT YAHAYA KHAN’S ADDRESS TO THE NATION (NOVEMBER 28, 1969) My Dear Countrymen, I addressed you last on July 28. Since then a number of development have taken place in the country in various sectors and certain specific actions have been taken by my Government to lead the country forward towards the main objectives that I had outlined in that Address.
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Now I come to the political and constitutional problems facing this country. In my last address, I had expressed the hope that the political leaders of the country would come up with a consensus on certain major issues relating to our future Constitution. It is regrettable that they have not been able to do so, but one can understand and appreciate their difficulties. I had, however, continued with my discussions with individual political leaders and others concerned with these problems since I spoke to you last and while no formal consensus has been produced, I am now fully aware of the views that various people hold on these important matters. Transfer of Power Ever since the responsibility for the administration of this country devolved on me, one of the most important problems which has been agitating my mind is the mode of transfer of power to people’s representatives. My aim is to transfer power to the elected representatives of the people, but this aim cannot be achieved without a legal framework. This, as you know, is not available to us today. It is, therefore, necessary for me, in my capacity as the President and Chief Martial Law Administrator of this country, to take initiative in this matter. I have naturally given deep thought to this problem and could think of four possible alternatives whereby a legal framework for the holding of elections could be evolved. One method could be to have an elected constitutional Convention whose task would be to produce a new Constitution and then dissolve itself. This would have been a meat arrangement, but then it had certain disadvantages: the main one being that it would have
