Nagorik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna has accused the government of using the judiciary to curb the rights of the country's people, reports UNB.
"Is this a government? It can't lower the cost of commodities nor ensure our democratic rights. But it can use the court for the quota (system in public jobs). It also can take actions through the court that erode the rights of the people," he said.
Speaking at a rally in the city on Thursday, Manna said the Awami League government filed a corruption case against the chief justice it had appointed.
"The United States has imposed sanctions against the person it (govt) had appointed as the army chief. Allegations of corruption are now spreading like bad odour against the person who was once the chief of the police force during this regime," he observed.
Manna said university teachers have launched a movement rejecting the new pension scheme, Prottoy, which has led to the closure of universities.
"But no minister is saying anything about this issue. I read in the newspaper that the Awami League General Secretary and Bridges Minister was supposed to meet with them (teachers), but later I heard that it was postponed."
He warned that the situation is getting complicated for the government to handle as students have taken to the streets, demanding the abolition of quotas in government jobs while the teachers are on a movement demanding the withdrawal of the new universal pension scheme 'Prottoy'.
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