Misapplication of law?
One hundred and twenty three more cases are to be dropped. The govt. scrutiny committee finds them 'politically motivated'-- cases filed during the last BNP-Jamaat coalition and the subsequent caretaker rule. As many as 241 applications were placed at the seventh meeting and of them 123 cases have been recommended for withdrawal. The government has so far decided to withdraw 572 cases filed against the leaders of ruling Awami League and its allies and only Moudud Ahmed from main opposition BNP.(The Daily Star,17-09-09). Those who filed those cases seem to have done it by misusing power with ulterior motive at the cost of govt. money. In the process of doing these unjustified activities, lots of valuable Govt. manpower hour and money have been exhausted.
As common citizens we are confused and perturbed as to whom we should believe. We observe that people in power are all perfect and saint like and remain above corruption. Ironically, the fact is that the same people when they are out of power are found to have committed too much corruption when they were in power.
We also saw during the last caretaker govt that the present prime minister and leader of the opposition were detained in special prisons where huge manpower and money had to be spent but later on it was found to be not necessary. Apart from the above, many bigwigs and stalwarts of mainly political and business class were detained for months together during the caretaker regime. Ultimately, almost all have been released from jail. In the process a huge amount of money and manpower were spent from the govt. exchequer. This is nothing but systems loss of the legal department. If such a huge amount of money could be saved, I believe the country could be relieved from extreme poverty gradually.
Those who are responsible for such loss of money and manpower need to be taken to task and be punished to create an example for the future.
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