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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

[chottala.com] Election commission - will it give a credible election??????????????????????????????

Several members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's standing committee, including expelled former secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, met late Monday night and elected former finance minister M Saifur Rahman the party's acting chairperson and former commerce minister Hafiz Uddin Ahmed the acting secretary general. Khandaker Delwar Hossain, who did not attend the meeting, was relieved of his responsibilities as secretary general considering 'the existing political situation and his health condition,' according to Saifur. Although the committee did not reinstate Mannan Bhuiyan as secretary general, it did not approve his expulsion either. That the meeting was orchestrated is made obvious by reports that several members of the committee, who had until Monday night intentionally kept their distance from the 'reformist' faction of the party, were accompanied to the meeting by members of the intelligence agencies. Also, Delwar's statement on Tuesday that he had received death threats from a certain quarter trying to force him to attend the meeting suggests that not all had attended the meeting on their own volition and that the decisions taken may not reflect the true will of the majority of the BNP's highest policymaking body.
   It is also curious that Delwar was relieved of his duties on grounds of ill health when Saifur's health has been much worse of late and prompted him, only some weeks ago, to announce his retirement from politics. While Saifur and Hafiz have both claimed that the decisions taken by the committee are aimed at keeping the party united, the meeting itself came in the backdrop of separate attempts by different factions of the BNP to unite, which reportedly enjoyed the consent of the party's chairperson. It seems, therefore, that the meeting on Monday was hurriedly organised and carried out by certain quarters to subvert the attempts by the opposing factions of the party to unite under the leadership of Khaleda Zia.
   While we are for an end to the iconoclastic politics practised in the subcontinent, we must nevertheless point out that this will remain a reality in our country until society is further enlightened, both politically and culturally. Therefore, the decisions taken at the meeting will only be acceptable and the committee itself under the new acting chairperson and secretary general will only be considered as the mainstream BNP by the party's rank and file if Khaleda gives her consent to the changes brought about, and not otherwise. We, however, do not believe that the 'midnight coup' carried out on Monday has yet received Khaleda's seal of approval, given the statement of Delwar, her trusted deputy, that the meeting itself is not in line with the BNP's constitution as only the chairperson can call a meeting of the standing committee.
   The meeting, we believe, represents nothing more than the latest manifestation of the military-driven interim government's 'minus-two' scheme. While that scheme is not new in any way, we do have reason to believe that the Election Commission may have gotten entangled in it this time around, given that an election commissioner, Sohul Hossain, said, earlier on Monday, certain issues were going to be solved within the BNP so that the commission would not have to choose which faction to invite to talks, as if he were already aware of what was to take place that night. We view this as being very ominous for the future of democracy in our country as this will undoubtedly lead to the loss of credibility of the commission. Therefore, we urge the commission not to become party to any political scheme of the government and ask the government once again to abandon its attempts to restructure the political order and focus instead on bringing about electoral and administrative reforms.


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[chottala.com] DGFI & Militarism in Bangladesh [Some background]

Militarism in Bangladesh

Public procession against the 1st Paki military dictator General Ayub Khan (Dhaka 1968)
 
"The hidden hand of the market" wrote Thomas Friedman, the guardian of American foreign policy in the New York Times, "will never work without a hidden fist. McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's technologies is called the US Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps" 
"We have 50 per cent of the world's wealth but only 6.3 per cent of its population. In this situation, our real job in the coming period...is to maintain this position of disparity. To do so, we have to dispense with all sentimentality.....we should cease thinking about human rights, the raising of living standards and democratization. George Kennan, US Strategic Planner, 1948
John Pilger: The New Rulers of the World
List of the richest military officers of Bangladesh
Name Details of assets owned
General Ershad  
General Amjad  
General Wahid  
General Mahmudul Hasan Former head of DGFI
General Atik  
General Mahbbat Jan Chowdhury  
Brig Anis Waiz  
Colonel Tafsir  
Maj Gen Rezakul Haider Sacked NSI chief
   
 
Shame: Salman Rushdie
"....about the issue of Time magazine (or was in Newsweek?) which never got into the country because it carried an article about President Ayub Khan's alleged Swiss bank account; or about the bandits on the trunk roads who are condemned for doing, as private enterprise, what the government does as public policy; or about genocide in Baluchistan (Chittagong Hill Tracts); or about the recent preferential awards of State Scholarships, to pay for postgraduate studies abroad, to members of the fanatical Jamaat party; or about the extra hangings-the first for twenty years- that were ordered purely to legitimize the execution of Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; or about why Bhutto's (General Manjur killed under Ershad's instruction without any trial) hangman has vanished into thin air, just like many street-urchins who are being stolen every day in broad daylight; or abut anti-Semitism, an interesting phenomenon, under whose influence people who have never met a Jew vilify all Jews for the sake of maintaining solidarity with the Arab states which offer Pakistan (Bangladeshi) workers, these days, employment and much-needed foreign exchange; or about smuggling, the boom in heroin exports, military dictators, venal civilians, corrupt civil servants, bought judges, newspapers of whose stories the only thing can confidently be said is that they are lies; or about the apportioning of the national budged, with special reference to the percentage set aside for defense (huge) and for education (not huge).
 
It is a shame that Bangladesh, which emerged as an independent country through  long political struggle against Pakistani military dictatorship since 1948, should undergo military autocracy again within four years of its birth. It is beyond the scope of this page to discuss, in depth, all the factors  that account for the revival of militarism in Bangladesh in 1975. Fourteen years of military dictatorship (Zia & Ershad) has ruined almost everything Bangladesh had won through its political struggle for years against Pakistani colonialism. The impact of militarism in Bangladesh:
It ruined socio political institutions  Created opportunities for the bureaucrats and the mafia to exhaust national resources
It destroyed the democratic system of governance Caused dichotomy in national identity
It degraded the educational and research institutions Revived Islamic medievalism
It rehabilitated the anti liberation forces in Bangladeshi society and politics Nipped in the bud the growth of local industries by opening the market to foreign capital 
It strengthened the Islamic fundamentalists in Bangladeshi politics Incurred billions of dollars of foreign loans
Introduced terrorism to silence public opinion Spread corruption to grass root level
Top army officers intervening politics
Colonel Taher: A honest patriotic officer whose political naivety cost Bangladeshis a lot
 
Brig Khaled Musharraf: victim of personal ambition
 
Major Hyder
 
General Ziaur Rahman : 1st military dictator in independent Bangladesh
 
General HM Ershad : 2nd military dictator in independent Bangladesh
 
Myths of Militarism
Myth  Reality
Army is crucial for political sovereignty

Not in 21st century. example: Switzerland and Luxemburg. Switzerland is a wealthy country with billions of dollars in each Swiss  bank. Swiss cops are enough to protect the money or the  independence of the country with people of  multi-national origin (Germans, Belgians, Russian) not only two communities (Hindus and Muslims).

 

Army will defend Bangladesh against Indian expansionism.

India is only interested in Bangladeshi market, not liability due to political occupation. 

 

Bangladesh army should be expanded to defend the Muslims against the Hindu big brothers.

With the present strength exhausting  60% of national budget, the army is able to stand Indian attack only for 8 hours, barely enough for the generals to fly to US. (source: a popular joke, accurate figures though, among the junior  officers  of Bangladesh army which is sarcastic about the generals' tendencies to acquire wealth to buy properties in USA) 

 

Army is the symbol of  political independence Not army but the people that define as well as defend a nation. Army is to serve the people under constitutional oath, not to rule them.. For the violation of the constitution both Zia and Ershad can be tried and punished.
Army is the most disciplined and  organized institution Not enough for the money spent for them. They don't pay taxes, enjoy free housing and medicine.
 
Ever since the murder of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the military has been, directly or indirectly, controlling political power. The killers of Sheikh Mujib did not capture political power, they rather worked as tools for the more influential senior officers (playing behind the curtains) in the Army. Generals of Bangladesh army inherited this legacy of military coups from its parent organization, the Pakistani army. Due to some intrinsic propensities, both the armies are rather keen to  rule, instead of being ruled by, their taxpayers. In wars with the enemies they are always losers: Pakistan army was defeated by both the Indians (1965) and the Bangalees (1971); and Bangladesh army had never fought any war in its history. There is  any scarce possibility that they would have to in future. But still the army consumes 60% of the national budget.
Peoples' procession against the last (?) military dictator: Gen Ershad ( Dhaka 1990)
In reality the army is the most organized institution in Bangladesh and as such they can exert their power over the illiterate and unorganized people. The military dictators of Bangladesh, namely Zia and Ershad ruined almost all the civil institutions in last 15 years. The people of Bangladesh is a bit fortunate than the Pakistanis as there is no feudal class in Bangladesh. In absence of the feudal class the army is allied with the corrupt civil bureaucrats and businessmen. This oligarchy (the army, civil bureaucrats and businessmen) has been ruling Bangladesh, officially or unofficially,  for last 25 years. The profiles of general Zia and general Ershad offer insights into the process of militarism in Bangladesh.  
ISI, DGFI and collaborating officers of Bangladesh Army  
 1. Colonel KM Rahman: Director of the Pakistani Martial Court-1 in Dhaka during the liberation war of 1971. After liberation Col Rahman was appointed the director of the Supply for the Army recommended by General Osmani. 
2. Colonel Feroz Salauddin: Second-in-Charge of the Razakar forces during the liberation war.
3. Captain Hakim: Served as an officer of the 31 Field Regiment of the Pakistani occupation army during the liberation war and was responsible for killing hundreds of freedom fighters and Bangalee civilians in Teliapara, Mantala and Akhaura areas. After independence he was appointed as the Commanding Officer of the Military Police (MP)
4. Commodore Aminul Islam: Director of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of the Eastern Wing during the liberation war. Towards the end of October, being aware of the victory of the Bangalees, he fled to India. Indian authority arrested and imprisoned him. After independence he was handed over to the government of Bangladesh. Bangladesh government, hard to believe, appointed him as the chief of the Bangadesh Military Intelligence

Military dictators of Bangladesh:

1. General Ziaur Rahman: The sole beneficiary of the assassination of Mujib and the key person behind the Pakistanisation of Bangladesh.
2. General  Ershad: the successor of  General Zia.
3. DGFI: The most powerful cell that controls government and politics in Bangladesh.
Reference:
Killers and Collaborators of 1971: An Account of Their Whereabouts, compiled and published by the Center for the Development of the Spirit of the Liberation War Commission on War Criminals of Bangladesh
Saiduzzaman Raushan: Speeches and Statements of Killers & Collaborators of 1971
Muyeedul Hasan: Muldhara: '71
Major Rafiqul Islam: Tales of a Million
Muntassir Mamoon: Democracy in Bangladesh: Elements of Consensus and Process.
Muntassir Mamoon: Je deshe Razakar Bara
Dr Mazharul Islam: Mujiber Atmajibani
 
 
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[chottala.com] Shah Abdul Hannan Talk show in ETV and Media distortion

Hi All
you can see how anti-bangaldeshi media (daily star, janakantha) can distore the live talkshow of a prominent citizen. The ETV talk show can be viewed in the following link:
 
 
 
 
 
Hasan
 

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[chottala.com] Participation of war criminals in polls unwarranted: CA

Comment:

 

Any individual or an organisation that collaborated with the

occupation forces, the perpetrators of collective rape and

murderous genocide in any form, shape or color is a war criminal

and must be punished and barred from participation in the polls.

Hope, Dr. Fakaruddin Ahmed and the Jalpai Regime would

not bypass the real issue through innuendoes …….

 

- Syed Aslam

BREAKING NEWS
Participation of war criminals in polls unwarranted: CA
 
 
Wed, Oct 31st, 2007 6:22 pm BdST
Dhaka, Oct 31 (bdnews24.com) – Chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed has said the participation of war criminals in elections is "completely unwarranted".

"But how do you define war criminals? It has to be done through a legal process," Fakhruddin told editors at a meeting at the Chief Adviser's Office Wednesday.

"If any aggrieved person wants to take any legal course, the door is still open," he said.

"I would always welcome (any such move)," Fakhruddin said.

Answering a question from an editor, the chief adviser said: "I would not deny that some fundamental rights have been curbed because of the state of emergency."

But Fakhruddin has disagreed with the editor's comment that "people are entrapped".

At some point, the meeting also focused on the political parties' demand for lifting the emergency rules.

"There is no doubt that we have to lift the state of emergency," Fakhruddin said.
 
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[chottala.com] Where is Moeen? [Shada Kalo Blog]

October 30, 2007

Where is Moeen?

http://shadakalo.blogspot.com/2007/10/where-is-moeen.html

http://shadakalo.blogspot.com/

The BNP drama continues, with Khandker Delwar Hossain claiming from his hospital bed that he and his family was threatened.

"They came into my house on Sunday night and told me that I would have to agree to resign from my post, accept the new chairperson and secretary general of their choice, and would have to join Monday's standing committee meeting, or else the lives of my family members and my own would be in danger," Delwar Hossain told journalists from a hospital bed in Birdem about the threateners, while terming the NSC meeting held in Saifur's house as illegal and unethical by the standard of the party constitution.
In related news, his son Paban, a known criminal who was free until now has been arrested. The warrant was issued in the afternoon, and the police showed remarkable ability by locating and arresting him within a few hours.

So far, nothing unexpected. But while this staged coup is going on, we are beginning to miss our favorite face in the government, Gen. Moeen. He returned to Dhaka on the 28th, with a 3-line story in Daily Star, and no press conference at the airport. Strange for someone who loves the camera, but we attributed this to jet-lag and thought nothing further of it. Then 29th comes, and there is the BNP midnight coup. Still no Gen. Moeen. October 30 comes, we read through 6 different newspapers, and still no mention of Moeen.

Then we noticed something else: a rather tame story about President Iazuddin going on a 7 day tour to the USA in various newspapers like Daily Star and Amader Shomoy. The story is important because of what it does NOT say.
President Iajuddin Ahmed left Dhaka yesterday for New York on a weeklong official visit to the United States.

Caretaker government advisers Barrister Mainul Hosein and Maj Gen (Retd) MA Matin, head of the diplomatic corps, cabinet secretary, navy and air chiefs, charge d'affaires of the US Embassy and high civil and military officials were present at the airport to see him off.
Like the dog that did not bark in the Sherlock Holmes story, what does this mean? Is Moeen jet-lagged? Is he ruminating over his triumphant seminar at Harvard and looking at the photos?

Or has he been "Delwared" at the CMH (combined military hospital)?

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