ACC in death throes on opposition's watch
It is not surprising that the AL government has turned the ACC into a show-piece just like the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Such shenanigans are to be expected from a party whose antecedents and acolytes speak loud of democratic pluralism but whose record in government is marred by the creation of a one-party state where only four newspapers were allowed. The surprise is the fact that none of the opposition parties has told us bluntly that, should they go to power, this wanton destruction of the ACC will be reversed. Perhaps the silence of the opposition should not be a surprise either. After all, most Bangladeshis know that the only time there is a check on unrestrained, unaccountable, and untrammeled state bureaucratic power is when there are non-partisan, non-political governments in office. No Bangladeshi political party worth its salt will ever tolerate an independent body that protects the rights of citizens from state abuse: hence the worthless state of ACC and NHRC today.
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