Law Adviser Prof Dr. Asif Nazrul has said that as advisers, they do not need a safe exit.

"Currently, many are talking about a safe exit. I want to say that as advisors, we do not need a safe exit. However, this nation needs a safe exit from the terrible state structure."

Asif Nazrul made the remarks while speaking at a national consultation held at the InterContinental Hotel ballroom in the capital.

He recalled the past 15 years of misrule, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and the looting of public funds from banks, terming it as a "fearful and self-destructive state structure" from which the nation requires a safe exit.

Referring to judicial independence, he said the Constitution of 1972 envisioned that the President would appoint judges independently, free from political influence. "But everyone knows that the President has never been able to exercise that independence. In practice, judicial appointments have always reflected the will of the Prime Minister."