CTG overstepping
T. Karim, United (The Union) -Amicus Branch. Acting Secretary, London Westminster Branch. London<
It is sad and ironic that after 36 years since liberation, those now in charge of the country have adopted the same old Pakistani Army mentality in turning Bangladesh under similar facets of a dictatorial regime, suspending all civic rights, detaining politicians without fair trial. We have seen in the past that dictatorial regimes do not last long as in Chile, Pakistan, Uganda and the Philippines. The decision of the caretaker government to arrest Sheikh Hasina on charges of extortion is based on the Pakistani model to exclude certain politicians from holding public office. The CTG has overstepped its constitutional obligations to hold free and fair elections to hand back power to a civilian government through a popular mandate. We call upon the UK government to put pressure on the caretaker administration to release her and other political prisoners from detention immediately, and get on with the job it was mandated to carry out - hold free and free elections within six months.
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