Yet another white wash of history and utter hypocrisy. Everyone is a lawyer when it comes to the house of their enemies just not when it comes to their own.
Mujib reconciled the 1971 war criminals and normalized relations with Pakistan before any apology or reparations had been agreed.
Treason is an interesting charge. If its just violation of the constitution then we have no-one but traitors in politics. If it includes (as it does in my view) working against the nation then we certainly have traitors in power.
And of course let's not forget the political nature of our judiciary. It renders every such ruling suspicious. Yet another delicious and juicy legacy from our Father of the Nation.
As much as I despair about the state of our country, I know that the house of Mujib is happy about the same.
May they rot in hell.
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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: HC verdict on 7th amendment released
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina waves at a public meeting in Rangpur yesterday. Jatiya Party Chairman and local lawmaker HM Ershad is also present. http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=169338 On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote: HC verdict on 7th amendment released The High Court on Wednesday released the full text of its judgement declaring illegal constitutional amendment that had legitimised the military rule by Hussain Muhammad Ershad. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain that delivered the watershed judgment earlier on August 26 made the full text available at around 3:00pm, reports our staff correspondent. Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam later briefed the press about the judgement."Proclaiming martial law ravaging the constitution accounts to treason. It can't be pardoned," the AG said quoting from the judgement.Pointing out that different countries in the world have duly punished the autocrats. This should be the case in Bangladesh too. The parliament and the government can decide on his fate, the AG said while reading out from the verdict. Parliament can make law to stop further extra-constitutional usurpation of state power and bids to grab state power. Ravaging the constitution, Khandker Mushtaque Ahmed proclaimed martial law, the AG said, adding that the HC verdict also denounces Ziaur Rahman for introducing military rule in the country. Ershad had usurped power following the path shown by Zia, the verdict says. Ziaur Rahman made a bigger blow to the nation by wiping out the fundamental state principles --secularism and Bengali nationalism -- that were the main spirit of the Liberation War, the AG said quoting from the verdict. Zia had released the anti-Liberation War forces that committed crimes like murder, rape, and arson during the Liberation War in 1971 by repealing the Dalal Ain, the verdict says, adding that he had rehabilitated the local collaborators of Pakistan's auxiliary forces. "In
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