In Bangladesh, the army takes over the judiciary for 60 days
Bangladesh's interim government has decided to give army officers special trial rights (jurisdiction) across the country for the next 60 days .
This was announced in the memorandum of the Ministry of State Administration . The document stipulates that qualified army officers will perform executive judicial duties under the supervision of judges in different regions of the country.
Lt. Col. Sami al-Daula Chowdhury, Director of Public Relations of the Bangladesh Army, said that these powers were given to the army because the police structure is still not fully performing its duties, as well as sporadic (infrequent) acts of subversion .
Notably, the army has been serving as a law enforcement agency since July 19 this year, and its role has been welcomed on the streets of Bangladesh.
Let's recall that in July, large-scale protests began in the country after the government's decision to allocate a 30 percent quota for civil service jobs to the families of independence war veterans. The protests led to the ouster of Hasina, who has ruled for 15 years and was last re-elected to a fourth term in January this year.
More than 280 people have been killed since the mass protests began. After riots that left hundreds dead, the country's Supreme Court struck down job quotas.
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Protests against the government's employment quota turned into riots in Bangladesh, killing 28 people. Demonstrators broke into the office of state television, started a fire in the building's parking lot and lobby. All mosques in the country are offering funeral prayers in absentia for those who died in the riots.
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An example of this is the turmoil in Bangladesh, one of the strongest countries in Asia, which has been developing strongly until recently. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed, daughter of the country's founder and "father of the nation" Mujibur Rahman, has resigned and left the country after weeks of student-led protests turned deadly and into nationwide riots. The 76-year-old politician reportedly fled to India by helicopter and sought political asylum in the UK.
