By- Adv. Shahanur Islam Saikot
Programme Manager-Legal & Human Rights
RESTRICTION ON THE MOVEMENT AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN IMPOSED UPON SHEIKH HASINA, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF BANGLADESH AND PRESIDENT OF BANGLADESH AWAMI LEAGUE BY ARMY BACKED CARE TAKER GOV’T.
The present caretaker government backed by Army took power on 11 january 2007 as per Article 58(C0 of the Bangladesh constitution with the commitment to hold parliamentary election and hand over power within 90 days to the people representative as it is the constitutional binding as per above article. So the legal tenure was limited up to 30 th June of 2007. Sheikh Hasina put her demand to hold the election timely offer preparation of up to date voter list as per the high court verdict. The government with design to prolong its power did not pay any head to the legal demand of Sheikh Hasia and started to the following measures to shut her voice. 1. Imposition of restriction on indoor politics 2. Ripen the false case instituted against her by the last BNP- Jamat joint Government, which have been stayed by the high court as those were found false by the court. 3. Implicated her name in a murder case which was committed on 26 December 2006 in course of two rival political parties face to face procession.