Paradigm shift
H.H. Khondker, On e- mail
In a comment titled "Paradigm shift" published on July 15, 2007, the author Professor Zaman makes some useful and pertinent points. He raises the issue of preferential treatment accorded to high profile detainees such as Mr. Tarique Rahman or Mr. S.Q. Chowdhury. Yet the point worth remembering is that these detainees are yet to be convicted by a court of law. In the eyes of law they are accused of crimes of high stake and should be treated as such. Their crimes are being investigated and in due course justice will prevail.The author was, however, a little carried away when he wrote: "Why are the two leaders (AL and BNP) still enjoying the homely comfort and the latitude (as extended by the government) despite a catalogue of grave allegations staring in their face. This is becoming counter-productive to the government." The author ought to be sensitive to the point that you cannot simply throw people behind bars on the basis of the argument that "no one is above law". The other problem is to paint the two leaders with the same brush. On the basis of allegations both leaders ought to be investigated and justice should spare none. However, if one fails to separate corruption from crime we are in trouble. From 1991 to 2001 Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina respectively presided over regimes which had many corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and party men who took undue advantages. However, between 2001 and 2006, Begum Khaleda Zia was at the helms of affairs of a "crime syndicate".
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