Source: bdnews24.com
The second term Sheikh Hasina Government has taken the country to a low of unbelievable proportion. Injustice, anarchy, suppression, hypocrisy — all have attained a level beyond the most skeptic’s wildest nightmarish imagination. Be it judiciary, be it defense forces, be it police forces, be it medical profession — all the government jobs are grabbed by political cadres and goons of the ruling party.
Let’s talk about assistant judge Javed Imam. This man was caught with a huge supply of illicit drugs when he was transporting those from a border district to capital city Dhaka. Definitely he and his handlers thought his position of a judge will ensure his protection and immunity from police checks.
Like any other drug haul or arms haul, this case was also published in newspaper with photographs. This is a news media tradition to report such hauls.
Under second Hasina regime the judiciary in Bangladesh has earned extreme notoriety to abusing contempt of court for all sort of personal or partisan or vested interests. e.g. a judge purchased an economy class sit for his personal trip via Government owned airlines Bangladesh Biman — he calls the chairman, Managing Director, Politics, cabin crew to his court for contempt for not automatically upgrading his ticket to First Class. All a police did was to ask a judges car to stop at red light. The judge made the police do ten situps holding his ear and then called all the top police bureaucracy for contempt of court.
So when the news that a judge was caught red handed in illicit drug haul, the skeptic in me wanted to make a joke as a caption to the news. The caption I wanted to make was that our judiciary would charge the police for contempt because they arrested the judge in this drug haul. But the sanity, the reason, the sense of practicality in me stopped me from doing such an extreme joke.
But it seems under Hasina’s second rule, insanity in Bangladesh have crossed the limit of sanity. It is insanely insane these days.
Our judiciary acted swiftly to protect it’s sanctity. Court indeed called five police official to court for letting journalists photograph the judge with the drug haul.
December 4, 2012 at 5:52 am
Both BNP and AL are guilty of appointing unqualified and incompetent judges for political reasons. It will be interesting to know on whose term this particular judge was appointed for which AL is now getting the blame….
December 4, 2012 at 5:32 pm
If you (and many here already tried) are to use template to equate Awami League wrong doing with BNP or past then claim that Awami League better than other political choice does not hold. But offcourse to defend Awami League you would slice and dice your narrative selectively.
December 6, 2012 at 7:07 am
“many here already tried” meaning AoD bloggers or commenters?
December 6, 2012 at 5:50 am
If AL is guilty of the same crime as BNP, then AL’s crime is twice as criminal as BNP’s. Why?
Because AL is the “jaatir party, gonotantrik, bongo-chetona, juddho-bijoyi, shadhinota-nayik, jamat-pitayik, bissho-bijoyi” party, there is no comparison to BNP, you “must call a spade a spade” , how dare you say AL’s crime is the same as BNP ?
AL is far superior CRIMINAL than BNP, and let no man say the crime is the same !!
December 4, 2012 at 8:54 am
Show me a ridiculous contempt of court case during any government prior to this Hasina Government.
I think this is about the time to get above the silly “… BNP also did that during their time” reasoning. Something happening during BNP era does not, by any means, justify any wrongdoing during AL era. We are tired of hearing that all Chhatra League anarchy are in fact works of Shibir activists hiding within chhatra league.
Javed Imam is a minor problem. The contempt is a bit bigger problem. Much bigger problem in Judge Manik. Way bigger trouble was partisan Judge Khairul Haque. And the biggest problem is the top judiciary – the appellate division who are sitting there to religiously execute government’s political decisions.
December 4, 2012 at 9:12 am
Agree with you Mr. Rumi. BNP guilt does not excuse AL guilt.
December 4, 2012 at 1:52 pm
I find the Bangladeshi institutions of injustice highly contemptable. The case to bypass this muppets and go for more accessible ADR arrangements grows stronger every day. Rumi, I found this statement of yours about sanctity highly amusing.
“Our judiciary acted swiftly to protect it’s sanctity.”
December 6, 2012 at 7:08 am
Mr. Rumi was being sarcastic!
December 6, 2012 at 9:36 pm
@khujeci
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December 6, 2012 at 10:32 pm
idune, You haven’t read anything properly if you think I’m interested in defending AL. I think AL govt has failed and it is time for them to go, via elections.
December 7, 2012 at 4:06 pm
I agree with all your points. Unfortunately, I think you missed mine. I was only interested in the possible irony of it all, if there was one; not in any great debate about AL vs BNP and the relative wrongdoings of each other; perhaps a trivial pursuit for many, but nevertheless interesting to me. Glad it sparked off a more interesting and engaging discussion instead.
December 8, 2012 at 12:29 am
I get it. When it’s “but BNP also did this corruption judicial interference etc”, we say “two wrongs don’t make a right, BNP past guilt doesn’t excuse AL” etc. But, when, e.g. on Hartals, holding country to ransome with violence etc – it’s ok for BNP supporters to say, “But, AL wreacked havoc on country with their hartals as well” etc.
Today, BNP leaders said, don’t go out on the streets, don’t take your cars out, don’t keep your shops open. THat’s not observing a spontaneous and voluntary strike. That’s hooliganism, terrorism. But is it justified because AL did same? If you are consistent, you should condemn this.
Yes, it is insane, but AL is not only culprit.
December 8, 2012 at 6:38 am
Just got accidentally deleted was 3 paras I typed with numerous reasons why AL’s crimes are 1000 times more damaging to BD than BNP’s counter. Basically, AL has a significantly greater moral responsibility than BNP, **while carrying the Jatir Pita & 1971 flags**, to uphold the national integrity, without which the nation will quickly crumble.
The 2012 corruption Index in which Bangladesh fell 24 places, is a crisis of AL’s disastrous politics, and needs serious correction, NOT to be ignored in blogs.