Mon 27 Nov 2006
Another jewel in Iajuddin’s crown. The newly appointed commissioner actually wanted to be a BNP candidate in this election. Traslation from this newspaper clipping:
“I have gotten assurance from the central leaders of BNP leaders and working for the community. I will soon join the party”.
This is an old newspaper clip from sometime ago…
November 27th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
Iajuddin arguably has to be the best puppet president there has been in a while in Bangladesh… This is truly shameful.
November 27th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
This is one of the times when you come to your wit’s end.
My question to concerned authorities, in this case President and CA IAjuddin Ahmed and BNP, why? Why all these? Didn’t we have enough already?
Would the earth been upside down if two ECs were selected on an attempted consensus or the election schedule was declared one week later?
I seriously doubt, whether BNP want’s AL to go to election.
We are probably pasing the lowest point of our democratic history.
November 27th, 2006 at 10:35 pm
Dear all,
Please don’t take my comment seriously. I’m enjoying the political developement in Bangladesh, especially when I see the setbacks of two bullish allies. But my heart harrows when I see some naive over zealous fans of both alliances get killed with Lahti-Boita-Logi or over-run police truck.
It’s like wreslting, sometimes it seems 14 is victorius and other time the other way around. We see the series of mistakes from politrical parties and Care-taker governement. We can’t comment who is winner until the final round or vote is over.
But to me, plain truth is it’s the 14-party alliance that paved the way for this horrendous chain of mistakes and people sufferings. I don’t know much about Mr. K.M Hasan but as we see different reports, he was the fittest man for the post of CA. Just yesterday I read in someone’s letter in New Age or in other internet English News paper, that Mr. Hasan was one of the brilliant efficient judge in Bangladesh, based on his rulings and performance. Not only in Bangladesh he can be regarded as one of the best judges in the subcontinent. He has proven it through his getting emabarresed to accept the offer of CA thinking the greater interest of people and the country.
Perhaps, Awami League had, though not gauranted, a fair chance of winning the esuing election. But they didn’t want to take the chance. They wanted the power and they wanted to be sure like 1996 to take the whole tidal support of people on their side that happened after 1996 February election. They wanted winning confirmation before the election. That was the root problem of this mess. They left no stone unturned to dethrone BNP government by all nasty undemocratic ways playing all sorts of trump cards. They failed times and again for the last 5 years. They are still trying to create such a situation without thinking about peoples lives and sufferings, economic havoc and democratic detrition and pushing the country to another great risk of military coup.
The best solution to me is to startover the game again. Awami League’s rejection K.M Hasan was a mistake. Now they can demand or request president to resign from CA position and call back Mr. Hassan. As Mr. Aziz is gone this is the victory of 14-party alliance and if Hasan can come back and Iajuddin is out of CA position there will be a balance and a win-win situation for both the opposing alliances and this was the stand and suggestion of EU and NDI. But the sad thing is that they want confirmrd vicotory before the election through people upsurge against BNP that would compel Khaleda and Tarique flee the country. That expectation is too much and just a wistful thinking. There is not even a pinion of such possibility. The country is practically divided in almost two equal support bases. Neither party can uproot the other at least in foreseeable future.
Thanks.
November 28th, 2006 at 1:46 am
BNP has proved that as a political party they are much more matured than AWL. I do not know whether AWL has any plan. It seems that they are just reacting to BNP’s action through Iajuddin. They are now demanding resignation of Iajuddin. But if Iaj resigns, then Zamiruddin will come. AWL have got Mudabbir, another BNP activist when Aziz leaves. It seems that everything is going on according BNP’s grand plans. They have many alternatives. Now if AWL goes for blockade, it may not get public support. People may soon forget BNPs misdeeds. I think AWL’ best strategy should be to form grand alliance and then go for election. This alliance should include all anti BNP -Jamaat parties.They have to take a chance.
November 28th, 2006 at 1:53 am
Mudabbir fought for Pakistan
army in 1971
NEW AGE, 28 November 2006
One of the two newly appointed election commissioners, Mudabbir Hossain Chowdhury, had fought against the country in favour of the Pakistani occupation army during the war of independence in 1971.
The president of the Sammilita Sangskritik Jote, Nasiruddin Yusuf Bacchu, confirmed the allegation against Mudabbir on Monday.
‘Being a son of the soil, Mudabbir, who was then a second lieutenant in the Pakistan army, actively participated in the massacre, the occupation Pakistan army carried out in the country during the war of liberation in 1971,’ Bacchu, a freedom fighter, told New Age.
On December 16, 1971, the victory day, Mudabbir, like other members of the occupation army headed by lieutenant general Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, surrendered to the joint command, he said.
He also referred to a book, Muktijuddhey Bektir Abasthan (Stand of Persons in the War of Liberation), in which the author, Major (retired) Shamsul Arefin, mentioned the fact of Mudabbir’s role as an officer of the Pakistani occupation army and his surrender.
November 28th, 2006 at 10:02 am
oh no, not again.
Maybe the AL cant find it in itself to go back to km hassan and beg. I doubt it.
About Mudabbirs stance during Juddho.
theres two things here, if it turns out to be true like the NEWAGE article suggests.
(A)Is it forever unforgivable not to have defected and joined the resistance?
and
(B)What decisions and actions did he make? were there completely dishonourable?
November 28th, 2006 at 2:34 pm
I can’t help but reply to the above comment. It’s only been 35 years. Yes, as a Bengali, Bangladeshi (and I know I speak for a million people when I say this), I feel it is a great shame for the entire nation when a razakar or a collaborator or a supporter of Pakistan’s role in 1971 takes up a governing role in Bangladesh. It is extremely difficult for people like me, who’ve had their relatives killed and their aunts/cousins raped by/because of these animals, to see these people not only escape punishment but actually take up governing roles in a country which they did everything they could to crush only a few decades ago! Everyone knows about the role of Pakistan and it’s allies in 1971, I don’t think anyone in their right mind can justify their actions. If the New Age report is indeed true, has this man publicly asked for forgiveness for his role in ‘71? Why are we so anxious to forgive people who are not even sorry for their actions? I don’t think any other country has forgiven their war criminals as easily as we have done!
A person who was against the fundamental principle of the birth of Bangladesh and has never apologised for his actions should NOT be allowed to hold any governing position!
For God’s sake people, it’s only been 35 years!
November 28th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
“Why are we so anxious to forgive people who are not even sorry for their actions?’
You are absolutely right Tania! It is beyond me how can a bangladeshi even ask:
“Is it forever unforgivable not to have defected and joined the resistance?”
I think it is time for us to ask ourselves what do we mean by “patriotism”….sad day for bangladesh and bangladeshis indeed.
November 29th, 2006 at 10:11 am
This has something to do with being born after 71 and therefore not having first hand experience of what transpired.
Figures become inflated or more tragically, deflated. History is changed or questioned. Doubts enter people’s minds. Surely it couldn’t have been that bad, some may say.
Those who participated and supported actions against their fellow brothers and sisters and who prefer to avoid addressing the subject rather than to express remorse - how can they be forgiven? Yet we even vote them into Government.
November 29th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
You folks, are revengeful. To be revengeful is not anything good of qualities. Those who just talk about rajaker issues, and even most of them who hate rajakers as they talk about by their tongues and lips, don’t do it by their hearts. This is nothing but their hypocrisy. This we have seen before and see it everyday. Even Sheik Hasina’s daughter’s father-in-law, Mr. Musharraf Hussain is known to be a rajaker. Even SQC has a very good personal relationship with Hasina.
And this is not uncommon in our politics. We have seen Awami League and Jamat worked hand in hand for the demand of care-taker government and to verthrow BNP governement. We have seen the footage of Hasina and Nizami in those meetings. Hasina sought the favor of Golam Azam for his support for Awami President candidate.
Nothing is impossible by our corrupt and immoral politicians. That’s why we hear the most-often quote,” There is no final say in politics”.
So, this rajaker issue is just a tool to defile the opponents. If Mudabbir had any affiliation with Awami League and had sought for Awami nomination then nobody from 14-party alliance and supporters would have been so enthusiastic to dig out his past career record. Even who we in this forum show their hatred against, would have tried to defend Mr. Mudabbir then.
This is our honesty, sense of morality and steadfastnees in our stand!
Final thing here, I want to mention we who fight against rajakers do lend deaf year to rajakers when they say sorry for their past deeds. I do well remember Golam Azam after his victory over citizenship law-suit he in the grand meeting in Baitul Mukkarram said sorry for, if for his past actvities anybody got any hurt or had any sufferings. But we pretend not to hear and keep the issue alive for malign political motives.
Thanks.
November 30th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
I am really quite offended by the comments of tteller:
“Even who we in this forum show their hatred against, would have tried to defend Mr. Mudabbir then.”
You don’t really know anything about us. We are the group of people who approached hasina after she decided to join hands with Jamaat and told her catagorically that we were NOT going to support them as we no longer saw them as representing our views. So please don’t make comments without knowing anything about the people you’re talking about. Why is it that we’re always told we’re helping Awami League’s agenda when we talk of our hatred towards Razakers? We don’t want to see razakers in our government, end of. We couldn’t care less whether they collaborate with BNP or awami League. Please don’t try and put me in political brackets based entirely on your own presumptions.
You say we’r vengeful. I don’t know you so I don’t know how you would behave, but I find it very difficult to believe that any normal person would be able to forgive people directly responsible for killing/raping their family who have not been brought to justice. Maybe you would, but that makes you an exception.
Lastly, did you say gulam Azam said sorry “if” anything he had done had harm anybody? IF? Does he not know exactly what he had done and how much pain he inflicted on people? I suppose with our countrymen so desperate to forgive them the Razakars won’t have too difficult a time forgetting their roles in 1971!