Hakim hoya hukum koro, President hoya charo?
[Update: Prothom Alo is reporting that the 4 professors will be able to keep their jobs as the president has exempted the 4 professors from the law that results in mandatory loss of government employment after a conviction. Now we wait to see how the courts will rule although now "Not guilty" seems pre-ordained.]
Good news. No, GREAT news: the four imprisoned RU teachers have been pardoned by the president. But even that is done in a strange way.
Syed Muztoba Ali once wrote about someone that his brain is so twisted, if you drive a nail through it, it will come out as a screw. Seems like our government is becoming like that: unable to state clear facts clearly, or act in a transparent manner.
First there was the mysterious postponement of the sentencing while the magistrate allegedly went for a sudden training in Dhaka, after which he returned and sentenced the professors to jail terms.
Now the government is claiming the families filed a mercy petition, and the president acted on that. There is only one problem: the families are claiming there was no mercy petition. The families are saying that they requested that the professors be freed, but they did not apologize.
This face-saving claim was unnecessary: the president could have easily said that given the lack of past criminal history and their current job as respected university teachers, he was freeing the professors.
Despite the lack of clarity around the process, we would still like to thank the CTG for belatedly coming to their senses.
Now the question remains: as convicted criminals, will the four professors be allowed to return to their jobs?
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| Clockwise… Rajshahi University teachers Moloy Kumar Bhoumik, Dulal Chandra Biswas, Abdullah Al Mamun and Selim Reza Newton walk out of prison as they were released from Rajshahi Central Jail yesterday. Photo: STAR |
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