Friday | 10 January 2025 | Reg No- 06
বাংলা
   
Friday | 10 January 2025 | Epaper

Public uprising failed due to ignorance of law, politics relationship: Farhad Mazhar 

Published : Saturday, 2 November, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 218
Staff Correspondent
 
Writer and political analyst Farhad Mazhar on Friday said, "Public uprising failed due to a lack of understanding of the relationship between law and politics."

Speaking at a meeting titled "Corruption and the President or Reform" organized by the Centre for Democracy and Peace Studies at the Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia Hall of the National Press Club he said this failure served as a necessary wake-up call, highlighting society's ignorance and unconsciousness. 
Farhad said, "We speak of democracy while ignoring the people. Even after the uprising, we ignored the people, which is strange. So many people have been martyred, so many have become crippled, and yet we have still ignored the public. This is not right."

He said, "The term 'constitution' is not correct. It is used by colonial powers to establish laws over those they wish to govern. This is what is called a constitution. In democracy, there should be no difference between the governed and the governing. In democracy, the people are their own rulers."

Farhad said, "In 1972, those who were elected to create Pakistan's constitution came back and drafted the constitution for an independent Bangladesh. They enacted what they wanted for governance, adding socialism and secularism. Their ideology is what we call fascism. They imposed their ideology on us, governing us under this for so many years. The Awami League tried to show that they embodied the spirit of the Liberation War, yet the spirit of the Liberation War was about equality, human dignity and justice."

He said, "You carried out an uprising, but no oath is needed for an uprising. If you had taken your oath in front of the Shaheed Minar or the Raju Memorial Sculpture, you would have truly honoured those who were martyred and those left crippled. But the moment you entered Bangabhaban, you betrayed the blood of the martyrs. And the consequences of that betrayal are visible to you every day. You will continue to see these consequences in the future, repeatedly, in different forms."

Farhad said, "You are discussing one or two reforms within the government. This is not the topic of discussion today. Today one person is in government; tomorrow, it will be someone else. The primary issue is to build the state itself. We need to build a state in which we are all part of it, universally inclusive. We want a state that secures our life and livelihood, that does not infringe upon our personal freedom and dignity. Drafting a constitution is not a difficult task."

"Some say that to establish Islam in Bangladesh, Farhad Mazhar must be killed. If killing me would establish Islam, then, Insha Allah, I would be killed in the name of Allah. Do not try to scare me. But do not promote fascism under the name of Islam," he said.



LATEST NEWS
MOST READ
Also read
Syndicate hikes cooking oil prices
Secretariat fire probe report submission today
Voter list updating in six months: CEC
Ensure electoral process from UP to Parliament: Tarique to govt
Banking sector 2024: Reforms, challenges, emerging trends 
Assigned journos allowed to enter Secretariat 
AL can participate in polls if it is not banned by govt or court: CEC
Jimmy Carter was a true friend of BD: CA
Editor : Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury
Published by the Editor on behalf of the Observer Ltd. from Globe Printers, 24/A, New Eskaton Road, Ramna, Dhaka.
Editorial, News and Commercial Offices : Aziz Bhaban (2nd floor), 93, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000.
Phone: PABX- 41053001-06; Online: 41053014; Advertisement: 41053012.
E-mail: district@dailyobserverbd.com, news©dailyobserverbd.com, advertisement©dailyobserverbd.com, For Online Edition: mailobserverbd©gmail.com
🔝
close