Dhaka, March 1 -- The mechanisms and processes of the state system also contributed to transforming Sheikh Hasina into a "dictator", Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik, or SHUJAN, Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar has said.

Speaking at a human chain on Manik Mia Avenue in Dhaka on Saturday, he said: "This system must change to prevent future leaders from becoming oppressive figures like her."

SHUJAN organised the event to demand the restoration of law and order and the establishment of a truly democratic state through reforms.

On the July uprising, Badiul said: "The movement sought to dismantle an authoritarian system that had turned the former prime minister into a despotic ruler."

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