The current opposition leader’s statement that “you did not accept Justice Hasan, we will not accept you”, does not hold ground since Justice Hasan was not a candidate of natural progression of the CTG. He was the result of a constitutional manipulation. What happened at the end was the manifestation of evil designs of the then PM, blatantly violating, not one but three provisions of the constitution, to impose her handpicked President Dr. Iajuddin to self-assume the position of the Chief Adviser. In fact, the political alliance that opposed his assumption of CA displayed their statesmanship by not rejecting him outright; instead they gave him the opportunity to prove his neutrality in creating a level playing field for the participants of the ensuing election. Contrary to their expectations, he colluded to implement the blue print of his mentor in the infamous, ‘Hawa Bhaban’. The aggrieved political leaders filed a writ petition in the superior court challenging the constitutional legality of Iajuddin’s assumption of the office of the CTG, a conventional avenue in any Republic where rule of law and constitution prevail. After due hearings, when the judges were about to deliver their ruling, the Attorney General, personally delivered an order on a plain paper from the Chief Justice staying the delivery of ruling, an unprecedented phenomenon in the country’s legal chronicle. So, the essence of the CTG system was wrecked by Iajuddin-led CTG at the behest of nobody else but the current leader of the opposition herself. Referring back to the PM’s address to the nation (excepting for the damaging DMP order) proposing an all-party interim government, given the context as outlined above, it could be attributed as positive, ground breaking and constructive. The BNP in particular does not have any high moral ground to bypass it; rather it must respond positively to evolve a middle ground. As opposed to the dark situation prevailed during Hawa Bahban-dictated Iajuddin government, the current situation is quite reassuring in multiple ways. Firstly, the EC for the first time has been constituted in consultations with all the major stakeholders. Its members have conducted five thousand or so elections with utmost neutrality and fairness. The EC might not have been immune from criticisms, but probably not for partisan reasons. Secondly, no CEC ever appointed by any AL governments had to leave in disgrace and the current one is not expected to be any different. Thirdly, every voter has a national ID card and the voter list does not contain 12 million or so fake voters. Fourthly, excepting the Premiership, there is a strong likelihood that the main opposition might bargain for a couple of important ministerial portfolios that could be strong deterrent for any potential fixing of the election results. Lastly, given the free print and electronic media in the country, bulk of which are not so sympathetic to the government, it would be impossible to hold a Magura or a Dhaka-10 type of elections. thedailystar.net/beta2/news/ctg-system-revisiting-the-issue/
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 05:27:33 +0000
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