Why this clemency?
The recent outcry of newspapers, regarding the presidential clemency given to a powerful man of the ruling party, followed by Mr. Moudud Ahmed's lame speeches to defend the decision, drew my attention. To make the clemency acceptable, Mr. Moudud commented that a verdict given under the martial law is not acceptable.
Well said, but does it mean that all the people who got punishment under the martial law during the military rule were innocent? Surely not.
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