Promotion of Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed modified into withheld 5 instances whereas his juniors were getting upgrades, Debapriya Bhattacharjee, the high of the White Paper Committee, stated this day (8 December).
“The Supreme Court grew to became a web page online of denial of advantage and knowledge. You may possibly be surprised to perceive that no longer no longer up to 5 instances his [chief justice] promotion modified into withheld and juniors were promoted. I even bask in never seen such large injustice in the judicial plot in my existence,” he stated whereas inaugurating the Citizen’s Conference 2024 in the capital.
All over the tournament titled ‘Folks-centric Reform for Steady Governance: Aspirations of Disadvantaged Communities’, Debapriya remarked that the ideal loss the nation has suffered in the previous years is that at that time there modified into no recognition of advantage and skill with out loyalty.
“Handiest fawning and pledging loyalty allowed of us to bask in pretty a few positions in the impart, authorities and society. There modified into no recognition of advantage and their knowledge. There may possibly well also be no increased crime than this to retain a nation again.”
Recommending that the length in-between authorities’s dialogue need to proceed to consolidate and strengthen the nation’s democracy, he stated, “The door for dialogue may possibly well also simply mute be kept delivery for all.”
Debapriya, also a essential fellow on the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), stated reforms for right governance need to proceed and the underprivileged communities may possibly well also simply mute be given priority.
Additionally point to on the inauguration, Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed stated the judiciary will stand beside of us.
He also stated solid steps bask in already been taken for institutional reforms at this crucial juncture.
“Every person will rep a of us-oriented and of us-centric judiciary by your aspect in welfare and work,” he added.
The two-day conference has been organised by Citizen’s Platform for SDGs Bangladesh, with strengthen from the United Countries Model Programme (UNDP), Bangladesh and the Swiss Agency for Model and Cooperation at BICC in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar rental.
The outlet session modified into chaired by Debapriya, also convener of the Citizen’s Platform, with audio system including Lamiya Morshed, foremost coordinator for SDG Affairs on the Chief Adviser’s Command of job, Corinne Henchoz Pignani, chargé d’affaires on the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh, and Stefan Liller, resident consultant of UNDP Bangladesh.
