Are military personnel exempt from punishment for
corruption?
By
Zillur Ahmed, Elkridge, Mayland , USA.
I would like to make some comments on Mr. Zillur
Ahmed, Elkridge, Maryland, USA. E-mail on the above
caption.
Perhaps he knows the story of our corrupt leader H. M.
Ershad who is known to be the killer of democracy in
Bangladesh. He is also known to be a leader of a lot
of corruptions. He has investment in Saudi Arabia but
DDK may not know a lot of corruptions done by
H.M.Ershad. He was military personnel and hence was
exempted from punishment for his numerous corruptions.
However it is not true for Gen. Moeen Ahmed as we have
seen. He did not force the present government to
handover power to him rather he is helping Bangladesh
to be a corruption free country.
I may be wrong but truly I understand that Mr. Zillur
Ahmed is a member of Awami League or BNP - USA. He
should make his way to be one of the leaders in 2008
election. Most of us are happy with the performance of
our CTG. We can count on their performance for the
past 8 months. We have seen democracy for the past 35
years which was dominated mostly corruption and
nepotism.
Our constructive suggestion will help the present CTG
to do a better job. We are really annoyed with
democracy in Bangladesh for the past 35 years. Let us
come forward and help the CTG to reach their goal.
The court will decide the fate of 250,000 arrested so
far. I may be wrong but believe that these 250,000 are
some how related to any type of corruption. The law
enforcement authority took actions against those who
are related to corruption out 150 Million. It does not
fall even in any percentage.
Most of the Bangladeshi including some foreign
countries like U.K., USA and even European countries
are happy with the performance of CTG. It is really
necessary to expand CTG to do their better job for the
next 14 months.
Mohammed Sobhan
Toronto
--- Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are military personnel exempt from punishment for
> corruption?
>
> By Zillur Ahmed,
>
> Are military personnel so special that they are
> exempt from
> punishment for corruption? All patriotic
> Bangladeshis and well-
> wishers of their country would unequivocally answer
> "NO" to the above
> question.
>
> Here are a few points we need to ponder over:
>
> (1) General Moeen Ahmed has repeatedly stressed that
> all the
> approximately 250,000 people arrested so far and the
> unknown number
> still detained are all corrupt. There have only been
> 20 or so trials
> to date. How has General Ahmed determined that these
> people are
> guilty? These people are being presumed guilty and
> the onus is on
> them is to prove their innocence in order to obtain
> their freedom.
> This is an egregious violation of human rights and
> due process.
>
>
> (2) General Moeen Ahmed has announced at a press
> conference in London
> that he intends to expand the size of the present
> cabinet. The
> current regime has run for 9 months now. Therefore,
> if elections are
> to be held as soon as possible, there is no reason
> to expand the
> size. Our constitution also has absolutely no
> provision for any
> alteration of the size or form of an interim
> government. His
> intention to expand the government is an indication
> that rather than
> hold elections as soon as possible, he intends for
> this regime to
> stay longer.
>
>
> (3) He has further floated the idea of forming a
> National Security
> Council which will have veto power over Parliament.
> This is
> completely undemocratic and follows the same path
> that General
> Musharraf took in Pakistan. It is simply another
> vehicle for him to
> hold on to power and will have the same consequences
> it did in
> Pakistan.
>
>
> (4) General Moeen Ahmed has proposed changing the
> structure of our
> government to alter the power balance. This can only
> be altered by a
> two thirds majority of an elected Parliament. There
> are absolutely no
> other provisions in our constitution for such
> changes. Past
> constitutional changes made by dictators include the
> removal of the
> separation of church and state by General Ziaur
> Rahman and the bar on
> floor crossings by Members of Parliament by General
> Ershad. Much of
> the present difficulties in governing Bangladesh are
> a direct result
> of these unconstitutional changes. Unfortunately, it
> also takes a two
> thirds majority to reverse them.
>
>
> (5) The military regime has announced that it will
> hold municipal
> elections between January and March. Yet the state
> of emergency is
> still being maintained. It takes several months to
> gear up an
> effective election campaign, which is completely
> prevented by the
> state of emergency and the climate of fear it
> projects. Any elections
> held under such circumstances will be meaningless.
>
>
> (6) The voters list and electoral laws used in the
> municipal
> elections are the same as the ones for national
> elections. Therefore,
> if municipal elections can be held by March, there
> is absolutely no
> reason why national elections cannot be conducted in
> this timeframe
> as well. The only reason to hold municipal elections
> earlier is that
> they receive far less monitoring and are, therefore,
> easier to
> manipulate. Once municipal posts are controlled,
> then it becomes
> easier to manipulate the national elections far
> ahead of election
> day. This is a tactic that has been employed by all
> past military
> regimes.
>
>
> (7) General Moeen Ahmed has publicly stated in a
> speech
> that " Bangladesh will have to construct its own
> brand of democracy…
> with religion being one of several components of its
> national
> identity." This further explains the near total
> immunity the Islamic
> parties, particularly Jamaat-e-Islami, have enjoyed
> in spite of
> evidence of terrorism and corruption against them.
>
>
> (8) Some of the most corrupt politicians from both
> the major parties
> remain immune from prosecution and in fact are being
> actively
> supported by this regime in trying to break up the
> two major parties
> and form new ones. Without the two major parties,
> the fundamentalist
> parties will inevitably be the most powerful voice
> in any new
> coalition.
> *Zillur Ahmed, Elkridge, Mayland, USA*
> zillur.ahmed@hotmail.com
>
> Source:
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/44411
>
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