Pro-Jamaat lawyers to boycott courts

Staff Reporter  :
Lawyers supported by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami have announced a program to boycott all courts of the country, including the High Court Division and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, from January 1 to 7 in 2024, in tune with the pro-BNP lawyers.

The pro-Jamaat lawyers under the banner of ‘Bangladesh Lawyers’ Council’ made the announcement from a press conference held at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) building on Sunday.

Advocate Matiur Rahman Akanda, General Secretary of the Lawyers’ Council, read out a written statement at the press conference.

In the written speech, he further said, “Almost all the political parties, professional organizations and civil society members of the country have agreed to the establishment of a caretaker government to make the 12th national elections free, fair, impartial and participatory.

The democratic world and development partners of Bangladesh have also been emphasizing fair and participatory elections.

However, the government is ignoring it and trying to organize another farce in the name of elections like 2014 and 2018.

There will be no more democracy and democratic values in the country, if this farcical election is completed.”

Advocate Jasim Uddin Sarker, President of the Lawyers’ Council, Advocate Golam Rahman Bhuiyan, Advocate Abdur Razzak, among others, also attended the press conference.

Earlier on December 27, leaders of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a platform of the pro-BNP lawyers, announced a program of boycotting all courts across the country, including Appellate Division and High Court Division of the Supreme Court, since January 1 to 7 in 2024.

They made the announcement from a press conference held at the Supreme Court Bar Association building. Barrister Kayser Kamal, central Secretary General of the Ainjibi Forum, read a written statement in the conference.

Meanwhile, leaders of the Supreme Court Bar Association on Sunday said that the program of boycotting courts is contrary to democracy and the rule of law, and direct interference in the trial process.

This kind of program curbs the rights of the common people to get justice, said the leaders.

SCBA leaders said this at a press conference held at the SCBA auditorium on Sunday. Advocate Abdun Nur Dulal, Secretary of the SCBA, read a written statement at the press conference.

SCBA President Advocate Md Momtazuddin Fakir, Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun, Advocate S M Munir, among others, attended the press conference.