Today I’ll invite readers to read today’s blog post of legendary photographer and celebrated activist Shahidul Alam. This post articulated many worries I have been stuck with last few days. Here’s how Shahidul Bhai starts…..
The newly appointed education adviser has my sympathy. He had spoken the truth. With scandals emerging about departing advisers, and accusations flying about the gross incompetence of the ‘PhD’ government, he must have felt the need to demonstrate the character of the cabinet.
Having lost the Candy Man, we now have an adviser who is candid in his remarks. “Regardless of the verdict of the court, the teachers shall be freed, ” he had said. Great news for the teachers. Sad news for justice.
But the candor of the education advisor is unlikely to inspire confidence in the government. He might equally have said, “regardless of the verdict of the court, we shall find Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia guilty,” or any other convenient outcome for the many flimsy cases against politicians, business people, students or any other member of the public. The fact that the government finds the judicial system irrelevant, while confirming people’s fears, does do away with their flicker of hope for justice. This was a lamp that needed to stay lit.
The anniversary party could have done without the media gatecrashers. The weeks leading up to the 11th January 2008, have been particularly difficult for the government. In August, it had taken violent protest by the students for the military presence in campus to be removed, but it is the fallout of the government’s heavy-handed response that they now need to deal with. Having closed the 24 hour news channel CSB and intimidated others with barely veiled threats, ..
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January 15, 2008 at 10:46 pm
The country that becomes 5 times world champion in corruption, I don’t think, have any good man. All are bad, corrupt or worthless in doing something healthy and genius in doing everything ill. That’s why it’s difficult to get a good man for us to guide and rule. Even if there goes somewhat a half-good-man in power being goaded from all around they fail working.
How come the nascent candid adviser say “Regardless of the verdict of the court, the teachers shall be freed”. It is really as Rumi said, good news for the teachers and the bullying students but sad for the justic and as well as for the nation.
The puppet Phd FAKHA’s government has so far been drumming their success of separting judiciary from the executive. From the adviser’s comment it seems the everything getting funny and regressing. Now the judges are free to write and read the verdict looks right. But excutive branch also got freedom to show thumb up to the judiciary and to undo the verdicts if they like to unleash their whims.
This kind of example will instigate people towards rule f lawlessness. If government doesn’t follow the rules how come they expect the unruly anachry-prone nation to follow the rules of law! Things seems going weird funky!
May God send us savior. Ameen.
January 16, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I request all to read the news regarding the statement by DU teacher Dr. Anwar Hossain at court:
http://www.dailyinqilab.com/
BTW, I didn’t know that he is the brother of Col. Taher!