EXCERPT FROM PRESIDENT YAHYA KHAN'S
BROADCAST (MARCH 26, 1969)

 

 

Fellow countrymen, I wish to make it absolutely clear to you that I have no ambition other than the creation of conditions conducive to the establishment of a constitutional Government. It is my firm belief that a sound, clean and honest administration is a pre­requisite for sane and constructive political life and for the smooth transfer of power to the representatives of the people elected freely and impartially on the basis of adult fran­chise. It will be the task of these elected representatives to give the country a workable constitution and find a solution of all other political, economic and social problems that have been agitating the minds of the people. I am, however, conscious of the genuine difficulties and pressing needs of various sections of our society, including the student community, the labour and our peasants. Let me assure you that my administration will make every endeavour to resolve these difficulties.

 

 

 

(THE DAWN, Karachi, March 27, 1969)

 

 

Source: Bangladesh Documents, vol - I, page no - 38