THE recently occurring revolution is one of the most significant events in the history of Bangladesh and South Asia. The aftereffects of the revolution have many challenging tasks for the newly formed interim government in Bangladesh. The first challenge that this government is facing is to bring about law and order in the country. The chief advisor, Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, has rightly mentioned that the administration, run by the deposed government and its despotic prime minister with rampant partisan politics and oppressive law enforcement, is solely responsible for the post-revolutionary anarchy and lawlessness in the country. None is quite sure who set fire to the repressive regime鈥檚 establishment after her fleeing the country. It may be the revolutionary students, along with the enraged people, set fire to some properties of the regime鈥檚 associates and miscreants. However, we may easily deduce that the Awami League鈥檚 youth and student wings, along with their goons and thugs, are trying to destabilise the country and malign the goodwill of the interim government. The nation has already witnessed a few sporadic armed robberies due to the inactivity and absence of the police. The capturing of those criminals by the army personnel are the footprints of the conspiracy of the deposed prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and by her left-over party men.
No sooner had the interim government taken an oath to run the country, the Appeal Court of the Judges, who were all appointed by the deposed government, allegedly plotted to overthrow the newly formed government, is a sinister design of the mafia-cracy, which has destroyed the rules of conduct in administration. The extent of mismanagement is so deep that it is quite difficult for the new government to clean up all the messes soon. Again, partisan police, who abused power over the last 15 years with mass killings and massacres over the last few weeks, have put the whole police department in disarray, which needs quick reorganisation.
Local and regional conspiracies are shaping an imminent threat to this successful revolution. The neighbouring country is instigating the defeated parties to start a civil war in the country. Inspired by the disinformation, fools and shrewd alike are chorusing to have an anti-revolution. Some of those fools are very close, kith and kin of mine. Without realising the gravest outcome of the disinformation campaign and possible civil war in the country, they are, on the contrary, working against their own interest and national interest, which is no doubt a matter of regret and self-destruction. Nevertheless, is there any quick fix? I do not think so. Therefore, it needs quick revamping of the police forces by excluding those who left the job during the revolution. In this regard, the interim government must take swift decisions to foil the defeated evil forces to normalise the law and order in the country by deploying volunteers from the high school, college students, and youths at the Upazila level. The initial armed training for two to three weeks should be fine at the outset, but this training tenure could be extended later for those who will be appointed to a permanent or long-term position and may be transferred to other locations as part of the regular forces. This process will create a balance of power in the police, some of whom are partisan police and some are apolitical police. It would be folly to re-establish those police personnel in previous positions who disrespected their responsibilities and abused their power and authority over common citizens. If that is so done, it may pose a serious threat to the students鈥� hard-earned revolutionary success, national security and sovereignty.
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Mizanur Rahman is a full-time faculty member at Arkansas State University Mid-South.
