prothom hello ,
Recently, voting in the Supreme Court Bar Association was conducted smoothly, but there was chaos during the counting of votes. There were attacks, trials and arrests. As a Supreme Court lawyer, how do you view this case?
Kaiser Kamal: This is the background of the turmoil that was created this time by keeping the Supreme Court Bar Association elections at the center. Such interference in Supreme Court Bar Association elections begins in 2022. BNP supported candidate Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kajal secured more votes than his rival candidate and was elected secretary. However, the lawyers of the ruling party did not allow those results to be announced.
We stood actively against this incident. One year passed like this. Then the elections of 2023 came. All kinds of irregularities came to light right from the beginning of that election. We protested. The police entered the Bar Association building and beat up lawyers and journalists indiscriminately. Pro-government lawyers conducted unilateral elections and declared themselves leaders of the bar association.
This time we were assured that fair elections would be held. However, that promise was not kept. A large number of fake votes were cast in the two days of voting. Still, there were every indication that we would win the elections. That's why we did not stay away from the elections. But a new drama was created during the counting of votes.