Administration of justice impaired by latest appointments to
Attorney General's Office
A further 3 appointments were made on Thursday (16-10-2008) to the Attorney Generals Office (AGO) but this time to the position of Deputy Attorney General (DAG). Ignoring standards of competence and integrity the Law Advisor has unilaterally approved these scandalous promotions in an overt act of unbridled nepotism and probable corruption. It appears that as the Advisors to the Caretaker administration prepare to leave office they are appointing their favorites to positions of power and influence disregarding all norms and standards of conduct and behavior. It is quite unfortunate and deeply distressing that the country's press and media have overlooked these obvious signs of moral degeneracy in what may be described as an apparent act of complicity since these dubious appointments are being made quite publicly but nevertheless remain largely unquestioned and unchallenged. This is clearly a throwback to the pre-1/11 days but the difference in this case being the lack of democratic credibility and accountability of the present administration.
This untoward turn of events is a clear reversal of the principles and justifications upon which 1/11 was based. Presumably the same principles and justification will be used in aid of legitimizing the acts perpetrated over the last two years by the armed forces and the Caretaker government but what credibility will these arguments have in the face of the present acts of the Law Advisor whose appointment was also made under suspect circumstances. The question now confronting the nation is whether the Chief of Army Staff Moeen U. Ahmed will show the necessary resolve, character and leadership qualities (which has thus far been lacking) to restrain these perverse acts of a few of his Advisors before they leave office and escape. The alternative may be that the whole bunch will have to face trial for the acts committed since 1/11 which would be quite an irony of fate. If the country is to face a stalemate between the contending parties (i.e. the CTG and army against the politicians) then the solution may turn out to be quite brutal as is the way in this part of the world and especially in Bangladesh. The warning of Khaleda Zia that revenge will be meted out in the form of cases is a foretaste of what might come.
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MBI Munshi
Facebook ID - Mohammad Munshi
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