Moral crime and punishment
Moral crime goes unpunished. There is no legal framework to proceed against an offender of moral crime in Bangladesh. There is no real culture either to admit moral responsibility and offer any self -punishment. The prime minister of Bangladesh has no responsibility if his or her government is said to be involved in generally perceived moral crime. The example is, the prime minister is not responsible for any corruption in the government unless he or she is directly charged with criminal acts including corruption. The most powerful Anti-Corruption Commission is not even able to proceed against any perceived moral corruption. This is what I see happening in Bangladesh.
I find a very strong and neutral role of the civil society to give a clear definition of the moral crime and suggest an appropriate legal framework to proceed against moral crime. There is very little evidence to believe that the culture of self punishment would emerge in Bangladesh in the foreseeable future. Just to mention that the moral crime is more harmful for the nation than the financial crimes.
Another important aspect currently getting mixed opinion is "Democracy". I think, like the majority in Bangladesh, that democracy is democracy, there is no scope of any value judgment on it or make it a value added home product, because the people are the best judge and not the academicians or the politicians. The people of Bangladesh love and like democracy. Any thing short of it, will fail in due course. This is what our political history tells us. I can mention here that when women in some western democracy did not enjoy any voting rights, the poor, half- fed and illiterate women of Bangladesh enjoyed voting rights under the British Raj since 1935 under the self-government rule. I urge our academicians and experts: kindly respect the will of the people and do not try to define democracy going outside the popular perception of democracy in Bangladesh.
Democracy is a faith and shall be nourished accordingly despite its ups and downs due to faulty practice. Kindly ensure that democracy is not punished for the fault of the users.
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