Pro-Awami League lawyers have condemned Sunday’s skirmishes on the Supreme Court premises, although none of them said anything about the involvement of Awami League activists with the incident.
Shahedur Rahman said: “I am also a lawyer and actively involved with the party [Awami League]. But I think we have to condemn whatever has happened. If we label them as ‘outsiders’ and keep mum, they will get the wrong message.”
However, a junior lawyer, seeking anonymity, told the Dhaka Tribune that everyone knew the identity of the attackers. Apparently indicating at the Awami League activists, who allegedly launched the attack on pro-opposition lawyers, he said: “Therefore, we need to admit that; not only for protecting the environment of the apex court but also our constitution.”
Yusuf Hossain Humayun, member of the Awami League Advisory Council, yesterday said: “Existing rules do not allow any kind of political activity on the Supreme Court premises. But the BNP lawyers brought out a procession supporting the ‘March for Democracy.’”
However, when Humayun was making the comment yesterday, pro-Awami League lawyers brought out a procession on the SC premises.
When asked whether any Awami League activist was involved in Sunday’s skirmish, SM Rezaul Karim, former secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association, said: “I do not know. Those who entered were outsiders.”
Yesterday it was the Mohila Jubo Leauge, led by its president Nazma Akhter and Secretary Opu Ukil, who hurled bricks at a procession of pro-opposition lawyers.