Former Prime Minister and chairperson of one of the largest political party in the country, Khaleda Zia suffered from a stroke on 05 June 2018, inside the so-called special prison ; where actually she has been kept in isolation since 08 February 2018. Policymakers of the ruling party are branding Khaleda Zia as a corrupt person. It is true that she has been convicted in a corruption case by a lower court in a country where independence and even dignity of the judiciary are already on dock. According to specific evidences, the chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, a loyalist of ruling party had already been proved as a thief, culprit, criminal, money launderer and a person of moral turpitude. Similarly too more high profile prosecutors appointed by the ruling party - barrister turin Afroz a prosecutor of the self styled International Criminal Tribunal and S M Wazeed Ali Khokan a prosecutor who had ulterior motives of generating unwanted enmity between the Bangladesh Armed Forces [ law enforcing agencies] and the ruling party- more precisely Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Khokan has also been caught red handed in a series of corruption allegations. Considering the above evidences, any one in the world can have serious doubt about the existence of rule of law in Bangladesh. I will not be surprise, if one day it is proved, the allegations brought against Khaleda Zia are politically charged. The way government is obstructing Khaleda's release on bail even by unduly influencing the lower courts would give a very negative signal to the international community. This claim gets strong substances as a High Court bench of justice Enayetur Rahim and justice Shahidul Karim made the observation on 06 June 2018 that magistrate proceeded with the matter in a wrong way.
Should such observations were made by the apex court in any decent and truly democratic nation, the magistrate concern should have been either demoted or even sacked. Because a person occupying the dignified seat of the court of law doesn't have any right of playing foul with such esteemed position. But unfortunately, in Bangladesh, not only the magistrate but even the members of the lower and higher courts are regularly performing as shameless clown of the ruling elites. This indeed is no good signal for any country.
Let us not forget, Khaleda Zia not only is a former Prime Minister, a leading politician but she also is a senior citizen of the country by exhibiting our 'stone aged' mentality by ignoring the health concern of this esteemed individual, we not only are proving ourselves as worst than beasts. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina must remember no government is the last government in the world. She should remember, Mahathir Mohammad sent Anwar Ibrahim in jail with false charges and even got him convicted in a kangaroo court with the wild aspiration of remaining in power indefinitely. But, the same Mahathir had not only virtually been kicked out of his party and had to apologise to an imprisoned Anwar Ibrahim - seek Anwar's political blessings and then only liberate Malaysia from the evil clutches of Najib Razak and his band of looters and culprits. In my previous articles, I have repeatedly said- being in jail doesn't mean end of the world. It was proved number of times. Nelson Mandela[branded as traitor and culprit by the South African government] walked out of the prison as an icon of democracy and liberation of people from the enslavement of corrupt regimes. Anwar Ibrahim has walked out of the prison proving the world, he is innocent! Rather those who sent him to prison [ both Mahathir and Najib] were political crooks. Who knows, if Khaleda Zia too walked out of the prison as a hero and sent her political rivals loaded in caravan of lorries to prison.
An imprison person deserves full right to all and any sorts of medical assistance and treatment. The post 11January 2007, military backed government didn't waste even a secant in ensuring total medical assistance and treatment both to Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia whenever it was required. They never played foul with this extreme important issue. But the way our so-called elected representatives are behaving with the imprison individual [ in case of medical assistance and treatment] are not only shameful to the highest order but it also is a clear violation of human rights - more precisely crime against humanity.
Politics should not be always directed towards vindictism. We all know, during the campaign of the presidential election in the United States, hundreds and millions of Trump's supporters chanted - "lock her up". Meaning they wanted Donald Trump to sent Hillary Clinton into prison after his victory. Mr. Trump too repeatedly said- " We would lock her up". But after the election - as Trump's daughter Ivanka said- "President Donald Trump is completely a different person. His agenda is not sending his political rivals into prison". Instead he has been tirelessly and relentlessly trying to improve lives of the people of his country. He is trying to improve America's economy. He is trying to play important role in establishing global peace. In brief he is behaving like a real patriot and a true statesman. Wish Bangladeshi politicians would take any lesson from it.
This article also published at:
1.Modern Ghana, Ghana : 11 June 2018
2.Globoble.com
3.Sunnyfmgh,Ghana
4.wn.com
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