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Govt must not go soft on corruptionists: Dr Kamal

Staff Correspondent
Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday asked the caretaker government not to bow down to any pressure for weakening the rule of law, while demanding investigations of government personnel who are associated with corruptionists.
After 1/11, massive reforms were started in the country which should see a successful conclusion, Dr Kamal stressed.
"Questions are being raised about the government's ability to manage," he said, urging officials of the military backed caretaker government, "You have taken up a responsibility. Your patience, competence and honesty are being tested. Don't let the corrupt people browbeat you."
The eminent jurist made the remarks at a time when the govern-
ment had released Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina from detention allowing her to leave the country 'for better treatment abroad', initiated a process of amending the Emergency Power Rules (EPR), and is mulling release of BNP chief Khaleda Zia from detention too.
Speaking as the chief guest at an
extended meeting of Jubo Gono Forum, the youth wing of Gono Forum, in its central office in Arambagh of the capital, Dr Kamal said, "We want to know who within the government have gone soft on the corrupt people, and have become weak.”
"On whose diktats you are doing these? Let us know who are the people pressuring you to work for the corruptionists. We shall face those evil forces," he said.
Dr Kamal Hossain also demanded that the government duly completes the trials of those corruption suspects against whom charge sheets have already been submitted, while also demanding that the charge sheets be made public within a couple of weeks. He also demanded publication of 'white papers' on the corruption suspects.
' 1 am asking the law adviser not to amend the EPR haphazardly. The nation will not forgive you," he said while talking to journalists on the sidelines of the meeting.
He told the meeting that the country cannot afford to be handed over again to those who were engaged in corruption in the past, and that the election must be held without any manipulation by 'the godfathers and black money holders'.
Urging the government to be alert about national security, Dr Kamal said 'many godfathers are now trying to regroup in border areas and the government should not show any leniency towards them’.
Hinting at the BNP leadership, he said, "You should be ashamed of your deeds. It is not the time for you to be eyeballing on the TV screen. You should seek mercy from the people."
Dr Kamal Hossain however declined to maEeany comment when he was asked whether a telephone conversation between former premier Sheikh Hasina and the chief adviser, before her departure from the country was right.
"You better ask the government that," was his retort instead.
Directing the youth front leaders of Gono Forum, its Presidium Member Pankaj Bhattacharya said youths should form citizens' committees and play the role of watchdogs across the country to resist any possible return of black money and corrupt people in politics.
Other Gono Forum leaders including Advocate Subrata Chowdhury, Shafiqul Islam, and Saleh Ahmed also spoke.