ustice has been delayed but not denied
Sunday, 22 November 2009
The judgement delivered on Thursday is a new milestone for the nation.
After 34 years of uncertainties, manipulation and agonising delay, the legal process of the Bangabandhu Murder Case has come to an end. Evidently in this case justice has been delayed but not denied.
The reasons are not difficult to comprehend. In the first place, it upholds the idea that the people of Bangladesh, for all their trials and tribulations in the past, are wedded to the rule of law and will therefore go all the way to ensure the supremacy of this principle in their collective social and political life. The people will feel reinvigorated to put the past behind them, look forward and work towards politics of unity. Let this triumph of justice now make the path easier for our democracy to run smooth and clear. It should be the silver lining in the dark clouds.
Gopal Sengupta
Canada
gopalsengupta@aol.com
After 34 years of uncertainties, manipulation and agonising delay, the legal process of the Bangabandhu Murder Case has come to an end. Evidently in this case justice has been delayed but not denied.
The reasons are not difficult to comprehend. In the first place, it upholds the idea that the people of Bangladesh, for all their trials and tribulations in the past, are wedded to the rule of law and will therefore go all the way to ensure the supremacy of this principle in their collective social and political life. The people will feel reinvigorated to put the past behind them, look forward and work towards politics of unity. Let this triumph of justice now make the path easier for our democracy to run smooth and clear. It should be the silver lining in the dark clouds.
Gopal Sengupta
Canada
gopalsengupta@aol.com