Will Yunus be able to harm my mother?
Synopsis
Key Takeaways
- Sajeeb Wazed defends his mother, claiming her trial is illegal.
- Muhammad Yunus is accused of leading Bangladesh into instability.
- Concerns about the legitimacy of the judicial process are raised.
- Wazed compares Yunus to Aung San Suu Kyi regarding human rights issues.
- The situation highlights the challenges facing Bangladesh's political landscape.
New Delhi, Nov 20 (NationPress) The son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Sajeeb Wazed, expressed on Thursday that Muhammad Yunus, who is currently leading Bangladesh's interim government, will not be able to harm Hasina. He emphasized, "Yunus cannot touch my mother, and he cannot do anything to her."
This statement follows the precarious situation of Sheikh Hasina, who now resides in exile in India after a tribunal court in Bangladesh sentenced her to death over the violent incidents that transpired during last year's student-led protests.
In an interview with IANS, Sajeeb Wazed insisted, "They will not be able to kill her; however, they will carry out the verdict. First and foremost, they cannot apprehend her. Once a genuine rule of law is established, this entire situation will collapse. Everything here is fundamentally illegal and unconstitutional, breaching every legal principle. Eventually, everything will be dismissed and will not last. So, Yunus cannot touch my mother, and he cannot do anything to her."
He also addressed the question of whether the Nobel Prize awarded to Yunus should be revoked due to purported human rights abuses occurring in Bangladesh.
"In reality, Nobel committees rarely rescind their awards. Consider Aung San Suu Kyi from Myanmar, who also received a Nobel Prize. The Peace Prize is often a product of lobbying. Yet, she oversaw the devastating fate of the Rohingya, and now Yunus is transforming Bangladesh into a failed and Islamist terrorist state," he remarked.
When asked how India's Congress party might have acted if in power, Wazed replied, "The Congress party would have behaved exactly as the current government has. In India, there exists a rule of law, and constitutional processes are adhered to. You have consistently upheld the Constitution and legal statutes."
Wazed further commented on the death penalty, labeling it as entirely illegal. "This is a farce. Firstly, there is a government that is unelected, unconstitutional, and unlawful. To expedite the tribunal trial, they had to modify laws, which can only be done through Parliament. Presently, there is no Parliament. Thus, the entire process is utterly illegal. They dismissed 17 judges from this tribunal and replaced them with an inexperienced judge who has publicly disparaged my mother. Hence, he is evidently biased."
"My mother has been denied the right to appoint a lawyer. They assigned their own attorneys to represent her. Historically, such trials in Bangladesh take years, yet they wrapped this up in just 140 days. This is a complete travesty of justice. There has been no due process. It is a farce," he concluded.