Influence of black money mars fair election
Says Dr Kamal
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said the power of the state belongs to the people and not to a certain group of privileged persons.
“Democracy could suffer from the influence of illegally earned money, abuse of power, inequality and discriminations existing in the society,” he said this while he was addressing the inaugural session of a weeklong workshop on 'South Asian Legal System Student Exchange Programme'.
South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS) organised the workshop in its conference room at Dhanmondi in the city.
Dr Kamal, also chairperson of SAILS, said: “Election is not free unless it is free from the influences of illegally earned money and misuse of power.”
The Election Commission has to play a role which should be independent, he said.
Asked his comments by the students on the ongoing constitutional reform, Dr Kamal said there should not be any discrimination among the citizens on the basis of religion, ethnicity or any other grounds.
On the first day, the session was moderated by Prof Zakir Hossain, dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Chittagong, Shikder Mohammad Masum Billah, assistant professor of Law Department at Jagannath University, Suraj Basnet, Assistant Professor of Kathmandu School of Law, and Dr Uttam Kumar Das, Deputy Director of SAILS.
A group of 35 law students from Nepal and Bangladesh are participating in the weeklong programme aimed at facilitating their learning various aspects of legal and judicial systems.
The participants include 16 law students from Kathmandu School of Law (KSL) in Nepal, five from the University of Dhaka, and two each from Jagannath University, Rajshahi University, Chittagong University, Islamic University, and Southeast University.
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