‘Khaleda does not want mercy’
Lawyer says BNP chairperson is entitled to bail
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is innocent and has the right to bail, her lawyer Zainul Abedin said yesterday.
“Khaleda Zia does not want release from jail on parole -- subjected to the government’s mercy. She wants bail from the court,” said Advocate Zainul, also a vice chairman of BNP.
The government has kept Khaleda Zia confined in jail, in order to keep her away from politics and the people, the lawyer said at a press briefing at the conference room of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).
He said the 1/11 government had wanted to send Khaleda Zia abroad through releasing her on parole in order to deduct her from politics, but she firmly rejected that offer.
A total of 37 cases have been filed against Khaleda Zia in order to politically harass her, Zainul said.
If she gets bail in two cases -- Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust cases -- she will be released from jail, he added.
The bail petitions will be moved before the court concerned very soon, he added.
Advocate Zainul further said seven BNP lawmakers have met Khaleda and they said she is now even more frail and unwell than before.
Pro-BNP lawyers Rafiqul Haque Raja, Kamrul Islam Sajal and EKM Ehsanur Rahman, among others, were present on the occasion.