Change in the constitution
I sincerely thank Mr Samad for his letter entitled "The constitution is not a scripture." He wrote, "It is not a divine and infallible edict and criticizing it should not mean that we have to question that person's loyalty, allegiance or patriotism. The constitution itself guarantees the right to free speech. The irony is that the constitution also guarantees certain fundamental human rights and expressly prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Yet on a daily basis, in the name of remand, citizens routinely face police brutality in the form of threats, intimidation and torture.” However, I have a doubt whether our politicians will pay any attention to this letter. AL government is now using constitution to torture people and kill democracy again. Corruption is NOT permitted in the constitution but both AL and BNP made this nation champion in corruption several times. Alas! These two parties talk for the constitution more than others. Influencing the judiciary is absolutely against the fundamental principles of the constitution.
The government has withdrawn almost all the cases against AL people branding them as politically motivated and the judges have watched the drama silently as they forgot that they are the servants of the people and not of the government. Finally, I would like to ask, is it constitutional to withdraw rickshaws, which 56% of the people use daily, for the smooth running of the cars, which 7% of the people use, by making a baseless allegation that rickshaw is the main cause of traffic jam?
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