প্রকাশ: 16/04/2022
BNP standing committee has called upon the judiciary to work
neutrally and independently instead of helping the government to gain its
narrow political interests.
At a virtual meeting on Friday, the committee also voiced
deep concern as the Appellate Division dismissed a leave to appeal petition
filed by Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, said
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Speaking at a press conference at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan
office, he said their standing committee members observed that, “Unfortunately,
there is a perception in the public mind that the judiciary is unfairly
cooperating with the illegitimate, usurper and unelected government to serve
the narrow purposes of the ruling party instead of protecting the independence
enshrined by the constitution.”
The BNP leader said their meeting strongly condemned and
protested such despicable efforts. “We call upon the judiciary to carry out its
judicial functions independently with an impartial attitude upholding the main
character of the constitution.”
Earlier on Wednesday last, the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court upheld a High Court verdict that cleared the way for the lower
court to resume trial proceedings of a corruption case filed against Dr
Zubaida.
Fakhrul said Dr Zubaida is a non-political physician and the
Anti-Corruption Commission has implicated her in the case with a political
motive. “The case has been filed without any basis only to harass and
humiliate the Zia family.”
He said the order that was given by the Appellate Division
appears to be a dictated one.
The BNP leader alleged that the government has been making
efforts to eliminate political institutions using the ‘false’ cases by
establishing its ‘control’ and ‘influence’ over the judiciary.
“In the same way, they (govt) are trying to keep our leader
Begum Khaleda Zia and acting chairman Tarique Rahman away from politics by
unlawfully convicting them in false cases out of political vengeance,” he
observed.
The BNP leader also alleged that the government is trying to
use the judiciary to destroy the democratic character of the constitution and
thus establish a one-party authoritarian dictatorship.
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