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Friday, August 20, 2010

Re: [chottala.com] On when judges become the enemy of democracy and the people



 
Nation wide quality knowledge schools are needed to open to provide quality knowledge respective education under UN supervision

I)                     to the people for educating them to understand what are going on in the country to know & to learn for doing what their respective works correctly

II)                   to the politicians  for educating them to know to learn & to understand what the duty of politicians what the duty of Parliament members  what duty of law makers for constitution what the lawful democracy what the lawful administration what the humanity & human right to learn for doing their works correctly.

III)                  to the judicial judges for educating them what the judicial functions what the rules of law to learn for doing  lawful justice protecting the rules of constitution law. 

 

 

 



--- On Fri, 20/8/10, sohailtaj2008 <sohailtaj2008@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: sohailtaj2008 <sohailtaj2008@yahoo.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] On when judges become the enemy of democracy and the people
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Received: Friday, 20 August, 2010, 9:53 AM

 

On when judges become the enemy

of democracy and the people

 

 

In an earlier article I expressed my distaste for the Acting Editor of Amar Desh, Mr. Mahmudur Rahman, who I felt was intellectually arrogant, pompous and a self-publicist who possessed a knack of popularizing issues through clever editing and presentation.  If anything he is merely a showman who has a gift for selling newspapers but unfortunately not of ideas which takes a much more substantial intellect and character to do with any true success in terms of leaving a tangible imprint on the national consciousness. However, the ruling of the Supreme Court against Mahmudur Rahman for Contempt of Court was an act of utter folly with a bench of `by-chance' judges (who in any other civilized country would not make it beyond the first tier of the judiciary) passing judgment on a `by-chance' acting editor of a popular bangla daily. A clear case of the mediocre passing judgment on the mediocre.

 

It is my opinion that of the two mediocrities it is the judges on the Supreme Court who has committed the graver offence by placing themselves above the law and the Constitution. There seems to be no legitimate restraint on the higher judiciary or any avenue for constructive criticism of their rulings nor any redress for their excesses and certainly no possibility of their being held accountable. The foundation of the courts is no longer based on law but purely on political expediency and the whim of the Prime Minister. Let us not be fooled but the Supreme Court is now merely an instrument of executive power and therefore a threat to both democracy and the people. While the judiciary had in the past been the protector of the fundamental rights and liberties of the citizens this Supreme Court is a usurper in that it has unilaterally accorded itself the means to subvert the true meaning of the Constitution (however flawed an instrument) and undermining the rights of the people of freedom of speech, expression and association. Many other rights are likely to be taken away in the coming months simply through legal fiat rather than executive order which had been the preferred tool of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - soon to be our compulsory or should that be our surrogate father?  

 

The Supreme Court being an unelected body cannot make law which is the sole prerogative of Parliament but that is exactly what the court has been doing in the last few months as it impulsively strikes down one Constitutional amendment after another. The courts function is limited to interpreting law and not to annulling laws and constitutional amendments that were validly passed by Parliament. In doing this the court has now become the de-facto supreme law-giver as it now holds more power than even Parliament which is the elected body assigned by the Constitution to do this particular job. Simply put the Supreme Court acting in excess of its powers accorded to it by the Constitution is a threat to both democracy and the people whose rights are now being gradually eroded through legal technicality rather than by open political debate and discussion. The Human Right Commission Chairman Prof. Mizanur Rahman was absolutely correct to lament that the Rule of Law does not exist in Bangladesh . More precisely the Rule of Law was murdered by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman but then resurrected by Ziaur Rahman after the former Presidents assassination in 1975. The Rule of Law was then emasculated by H.M Ershad during the 1980's and was then again rendered comatose during the period of democracy from 1991- 2008.  Finally the Rule of Law is having a wooden stake driven through its heart by this present Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Fazlul Karim – a name that will become synonymous with infamy and the betrayal of the people and democracy.

 

Sohail Taj

 

(Now a postgraduate student of UCL )

 

 

 

                                            


 

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[chottala.com] New York Assembly Seat, a Challenger Courts the Bangladeshi Votes



 
 
In Race for an Assembly Seat, a Challenger Courts the Bangladeshi Vote
 
Josh Haner/The New York Times

Luis Sepulveda, center rear, campaigned recently at New Jol Khabar restaurant in the Bronx before a meeting of a Bangladeshi Democrats group. By aiming for votes in this growing ethnic group in the borough, he believes he can swing the election his way.

By SAM DOLNICK

Like most New York State lawmakers, Peter M. Rivera, a nine-term Democratic assemblyman, has never had to worry much about job security. He has won his last two races with more than 10 times as many votes as his rivals.

Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times

Peter M. Rivera has represented the 76th Assembly District in the Bronx for 18 years. He has had some testy exchanges with Mr. Sepulveda.

Still, that has not dissuaded another long-shot candidate from making a run for Mr. Rivera's seat in the 76th Assembly District in the Bronx. But this time, the Democratic challenger, Luis Sepulveda, is adopting a novel strategy that speaks volumes about New York's rich ethnic political stew.

Mr. Sepulveda plans to take down Mr. Rivera, a fellow Puerto Rican, by courting the district's growing population of Bangladeshis.

Since February, Mr. Sepulveda has attended nearly two dozen Bangladeshi events, visiting mosques, halal restaurants and picnics, and marching in parades.

He has pledged that, if elected, he would hire a Bengali speaker for his staff and to crack down on hate crimes against South Asians. He has promised to push for halal menus in public schools and Bengali lessons in the classroom. He has developed a taste for spicy curries and says he now knows as much about Bangladesh's founding fathers as he does about America's.

While Mr. Sepulveda, 46, maintains that he is embracing a group that has long been ignored, he is also candid about his political calculations.

"It's surgical," he said. "We know where we have to go to get the votes."

Inside New Jol Khabar restaurant on Westchester Avenue on a recent weekday night, as volunteers passed out registration cards in advance of the Sept. 14 primary and a Bollywood-style video played silently in the background, Mr. Sepulveda spoke to a crowd of more than 50 people.

"If we can get the Bangladeshi community to get out and vote," he told the packed room, "you will decide who is the next assemblyman."

He could very well be right.

Bangladeshi leaders hope to register as many as 800 voters. In a district where 5,167 people out of 53,521 registered Democrats voted in 2004, the last Democratic primary, that could be enough to tilt the election. There are more than 2,500 Bangladeshis in the district, according to census estimates, though community leaders say the number is far higher.

"If the Bangladeshi community can mobilize toward the primary, I think Rivera has a serious challenger on his hands," said Christina Greer, an assistant professor of political science at Fordham University. "Rivera has done English and Spanish and has essentially treated this small, growing community as nonexistent citizens. Luis has acknowledged them, and that may be enough to get him in office."

Mr. Sepulveda's Bangladeshi supporters — they call him Mr. Luis and enjoy plying him with heaping plates of buttery rice — say they sided with him, mainly, because he bothered to ask.

"The most important reason was because he was reaching out to us and asking what are your needs, what are your concerns," said Zakir A. Khan, a local real estate agent who has taken on the role of Mr. Sepulveda's liaison to Bangladeshis. "People are saying he is respecting us, he is valuing us."

For months, Mr. Khan pointed out, Mr. Sepulveda's campaign trucks have rolled through the neighborhood blaring slogans in English, Spanish and Bengali.

"This was the first time we're hearing our language on the loudspeakers," he said. "It was very exciting."

Mr. Rivera, 63 ,who has spent much of his 18 years in the Assembly focusing on Latino issues, has not allowed Mr. Sepulveda's strategy to go unanswered. His most recent newsletter included, for the first time ever, a small section tucked on an inside page titled, "Bangladeshi Issues in the 76th Assembly District," though it was written in English and Spanish but not in Bengali.

One Bangladeshi group — there are several such associations in the Bronx, many of which do not get along — recently held a fund-raiser for Mr. Rivera.

But though Mr. Rivera promises to help his Bangladeshi constituents however he can, he said he had no plans to focus on them as a potential swing vote. "I don't focus on this community or that community," he said.

Josh Haner/The New York Times

Luis Sepulveda campaigns at Jol Khabar restaurant in the Bronx before the meeting of the Bangladeshi-American Democrats of The Bronx.

The New York Times

Bangladeshis' numbers in the Bronx are growing.

Brooklyn and Queens have more Bangladeshis than the Bronx, but their numbers have increased there in recent years. The Bangladeshi population in the Bronx stood at roughly 2,100 in 2000, but had more than doubled, to nearly 5,500, by 2008, according to census estimates.

Bangladeshi leaders say the community has not been especially active in local politics until now. Yet the group's presence in the Parkchester and Castle Hill areas, part of the predominantly Latino district that Mr. Rivera and Mr. Sepulveda are battling to represent, cannot be missed.

On Starling Avenue, the main Bangladeshi thoroughfare in the area, women in bright-colored saris pushed strollers past the Bangla Town Supermarket and the Dhaka Beauty Salon recently while bearded men in long robes and white skullcaps shopped at halal butchers. The neighborhood has seen a revitalization in recent years, and the Bangladeshis, most of whom are Muslim, have played a significant part.

Many Bangladeshi leaders have found the unexpected campaign appeals alluring, and have grown confident, if not cocky, about their growing political muscle.

"Which way this community is going to go is going to be the winning team," said Mahbub Alom, president of the Bangladesh Society of the Bronx. The registration drive among Bangladeshi voters, he added, has been making slow progress.

Mr. Sepulveda works as a lawyer for the State Senate majority's office and is assigned to State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr., a strong supporter who himself is running for re-election and is also seeking Bangladeshi votes, though he probably does not need them.

Like most incumbents, Mr. Rivera enjoys a bigger campaign fund — he has more than $53,000 compared with Mr. Sepulveda's $15,500 — but Mr. Sepulveda, in his first run for public office, raised more money from January to July, according to the latest campaign filings.

The campaign has featured some testy exchanges. In a televised debate that quickly turned into a shouting match, Mr. Rivera called Mr. Sepulveda "a jerk" and accused him of running "a seedy campaign" for raising questions about his campaign spending and the clients Mr. Rivera represented as a lawyer before he entered politics.

Mr. Rivera, a former police officer, said in an interview that his record spoke for itself, pointing to his efforts to increase minority enrollment at New York colleges and improve access to mental health services in the Bronx.

"I think that I have proven after eight elections that I have the confidence of the people in my district," he said. Mr. Rivera has survived several controversies in his career, including reports that he received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from the pharmaceutical lobby after he voted against a bill to create a preferred drug list for Medicaid recipients, and that he spent $54,000 in campaign donations on a Mercedes and an Audi.

At a time of deep public disenchantment with Albany, Mr. Sepulveda said he believed that Mr. Rivera was vulnerable and that a new voter pool was key to victory.

Three hours after the New Jol Khabar meeting was scheduled to begin, with the smell of mutton curry in the air, Mr. Sepulveda and Mr. Díaz argued that a vote for Mr. Sepulveda was a vote for Bangladeshis.

If Mr. Sepulveda wins, Mr. Díaz told the crowd, "I can assure you that every other politician in the whole borough of the Bronx will be looking for you."

"That is the way to get respect," he added. "You will put the fear of the Bangladeshi community in everybody's mind."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/nyregion/19bronx.html?_r=1&hpw=&pagewanted=print

 

 



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[chottala.com] Eid Mela - Saturday, 9/11/10 @ 6:00PM (Sharp) [1 Attachment]

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We have limited seats. We sincerely urge you to either come early to get your tickets or buy them online NOW at babamusic.net to ensure you don't miss out this great event.

 

EID MELA 2010

 

(We will never forget the victims of 9/11 and we will start our event paying special tribute honoring the lives that were taken on 9/11/2001. May God bless all of the victims of 9/11)

 

Date: Saturday, 11th September

Time: 6:00PM-11:30PM

Yes, The show will start at 6PM sharp!

Venue:

John Adams Elementary School, 5651 Rayburn Avenue, VA 22311

What's in it?

Eid Variety Shows:

Free Face Paintings for the kids

Free Custom Balloons for the kids

Magic Show

Piano Show

Comedies

Tajul Imam (parodies/performance)

Dance & Choreography By: "killabeez" Rocky Xavier

Live Band Concert

(10 Bands will rock 1 stage)

 

+ Food and Shopping Stalls

 

Please Contact for sponsorships, stalls, advertisements & tickets:

 

Progga: 703-629-3150

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Miro Jangi: 571-205-1811

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Or Buy Ticket Online Now@

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We are always grateful to our friends for their support:

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