EC and war criminals
The EC decides to bar war criminals from polls - this was leading news of The Daily Star of 21 February 2008. In the first round of electoral reform talks arranged by the Election Commission (EC), a large number of political parties demanded a ban on the war criminals' participation in the elections. This is not the demand of the political parties only, but the people of Bangladesh also support it. If the present caretaker government and EC do this, then it will be a milestone in the history of Bangladesh. The world also will salute this decision. But the questions are: a. How shall we identify war criminals? b. If anyone were declared a war criminal, would he be put on trial? c. Will there be any special tribunal for their trial? d. Will the EC invite the known war criminals or their political parties for the second round of electoral reform talks to be scheduled on February 2008? The answers to the above questions are very important. The chief adviser of the caretaker government has already said that it will be undesirable to allow the war criminals to take part in the elections. Now my question is, will the caretaker government really go for such action?
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