Do west diplomats really understand Bangladesh’s political features?

by Swadesh Roy

( May 20, 2015, Dhaka, Sri Lanka Guardian) Not only the western world, are some Asian countries a little bit confused with the present problem of Bangladesh. Most powerful political and economic weekly the Economist has been repeatedly publishing articles on the problem of Bangladesh for the last four or five years. It is not only impartial but sometimes also crosses the ethics of journalism. The International War Crime Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh already has issued summon against the Economist; which is on trial in the ICT. The intellectual people those who are very much vocal for war crime trial, they have issued statement several times that, the role of Economist is the part of propaganda in favor of war criminals of Bangladesh. It is true that, the war criminal organization Jammat-E – I slam is spending huge amounts money for propagandas against the trial of war criminals. They have engaged lobbyists in western world for this purpose, was also published and telecasted in Bangladeshi media with proper document. However, the Economist is trying to establish that all are political issues; and the sitting government is trying to destroy the opposition. They also have a weapon, because one of the main political parties in Bangladesh is the ally of the war criminal organization. On the other hand, only three and half years after the liberation war of Bangladesh through the military coupe d’état the anti liberation force occupied the state power. They changed the fundamental rules of the constitution, of the country and gave the constitutional right to do politics to the war criminal organization in Bangladesh. The then bipolar world, United State of America hailed the political and constitutional change of Bangladesh. In the bipolar world USA hailed the coup but reality is that the army leader of the coupe d’état and the war crime organizations leaders were the birds of the same feather. The coupe d’état leader Ziaur Rahman made a political party which is now one of the main political parties in Bangladesh and this party is the ally of the war crime organization. In spite of that, unfortunately, a part of world media and part of the Bangladeshi media illustrate the party of military leader, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is a conservative party of Bangladesh and the present power party Awami league is a liberal Party.

A huge number of political analysts and the intellectuals of Bangladesh also illustrate BNP in the same way. The West does it for the two reasons, one USA and some other western countries helped to overthrow the liberation force of Bangladesh through the army coupe d’état. On the other hand, a group of the political analyst and intellectuals briefs most of the western diplomats in Bangladesh. They tactfully brief that BNP is a political force. A question can arise, why does the west and other diplomats who come to Bangladesh, like to take the brief or discuss with those people? Normally, it is duty of a diplomat to take a brief from a non-partisan person. However, in Bangladesh, the liberation- force got the chance to run the country for a very short time; in various forms, the war criminal forces have enjoyed the power for a longer time. So, they have been successful to make up a mind set in the country.

That being, those people who upholds the leader of the liberation and the spirit of freedom struggle of Bangladesh and the original constitution, they are the supporter of Awami league. So the western diplomats think that the people who does not uphold the freedom struggle of Bangladesh and its main leader, he is a non-partisan man. Unfortunately, they do not think, in USA the man who does not respect the American civil war and Washington or Abraham Lincoln, is he a respectable or sensible citizen of America? Despite, western and other diplomats who work in Bangladesh should try to understand the real picture and the history of the country. We do not know what they do, it can be said most of them come from democratic country, but what they do here- it does not help the real democracy of Bangladesh rater their works have a more similarity with the work of diplomats of Pakistan and the Arab World. However, either the shortcomings of their information or some hidden cause, the west and few other diplomats in Bangladesh, they always discuss with that so called non- partisan people, who do not uphold the freedom struggle and sprit of the country. Even they could not understand, those intellectual groups are with veils, they are the people of the intellectual front of the war criminals those who havenow taken turn in Islamic terrorism. This intellectual front of the Islamic terrorist are in Bangladesh is leading many professions, they have occupied it by the help of state power and the terrorist money, which comes from Pakistan and Arab world regularly. Recently a Pakistani diplomat was forced to leave from Bangladesh; because he was pumping money to the terrorists of Bangladesh. That is why, sometimes the journalist and the researchers who come from abroad get confused by them. One of the examples is that 16 March Japan time published an article regarding the present situation of Bangladesh, but it was a confusing write-up. The writer shows that the present situation of Bangladesh is a political crisis and its main cause is the election 5 January 2014; which was not a good inclusive election; and the political party who are in movement they want a inclusive election under a non party care taker government. The writer who has written the article he does not mention that to set up a non party care taker government in Bangladesh is not possible under the constitution of the country. It cannot be done even with changing the constitution; because the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has given verdict that it is not go with the fundamental spirit of the constitution. Therefore, if the parliament put it in the constitution, according to the verdict of the Supreme Court it will be unjustified further.

However, for a good inclusive election in 2013, the then Prime Minister offered for all parties to join the government for making an election time government. The war criminal party’s main ally BNP did not accept it. They tried to illustrate that under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheik Hasina, the election will not be free and fair. When they were telling this then they won major five-city corporation to participate in election under that government. To boycott this election and in the name of prevent election they took the way of Islamic terrorist like the present IS of Iraq and once the Taliban did in Afghanistan. They tried to occupy many areas of the country by militants and they used handmade bombs, petrol bombs and other weapons against people like IS. In the name of demanding election, they are doing same thing now. From last 5 January, like IS they have killed one hundred people by petrol bombs. Western media published few years ago Al Qaeda leader, Ayman al -Zawahiri came two times in Bangladesh under the coverage of this ally who are now engaged in terrorism. And few months ago Zawahiri called to start IS revolution in this area. If the west and their diplomats in Bangladesh become serious they can find out easily that there is a good link with IS and the BNP- Jammat ally. So it is completely terrorism to destroy the structure of the government and in this situation they will attack the Jail and successful to come out their leader who are awarded death penalty by the court for war crime. If BNP participates in the election and if they win they will not be able to free the war criminal. That is why, their leader Khaleda and Trarek Rahaman is using their organization by the instruction of Jammat and the international terrorist organization for this terrorism. Here is to mention that Tarek is a member of terrorist organization when his mother was in power. However, a huge number of BNP supporter do not support the terrorism and the majority people of Bangladesh are Muslims but they are not like Arab Muslims. They are first obedient to their country because through a bloody sacrifice, they made their country and there life is guided by the geographical culture though their belief is religion Islam. So the leader of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina is going to win with in very short time against the Islamic terrorism of Bangladesh. From the very beginning, she is saying it is not a problem of politics, it is terrorism and government will solve it by the law enforcement. Now, the foreign secretary of USA, Mr. Jon Kerry has hailed the law enforcement department of Bangladesh for their success of control the Islamic terrorism.

Swadesh Roy, Executive Editor, the Daily Janakantha, Dhaka, Bangladesh he can be reached at swadeshroy@gmail.com