Bangladesh and a military coup

[Hammer-fist]

The last military "coup" in Bangladesh was in 2007. It was technically not a "coup" but phrased as the military supporting the administration of a caretaker government.

The reality was that it was a military takeover with however the military not ruling the country but entrusting most administration to a technocratic government headed by former American-based World Bank official, Fakhruddin Ahmed.

Technically what happened was the then "Chief advisor to the caretaker government" Iajuddin Ahmed (who was termed president before the caretaker government) announced a state of emergency on 11th January 2007 and declared a new team of advisors to head the country led by Fakhruddin.

In reality the army in conjunction and with the authorization of the USA instructed Iajuddin Ahmed to do this.

The caretaker government administered the country for less than 24 months, i.e. 2 years.

Though its governance was widely seen as efficient and gave hope to many Bangladeshis as to the quality of administration they as a nation were capable of recieving it did not live up to its expectations of ensuring a permanent change in the heavily polarized and combative nature of Bangladeshi politics.

Minus 2

A phrase that became prominent was "Minus 2" referring to the removal of the "2 Begums", i.e. the 2 ladies that ran both of Bangladesh's main parties i.e. Hasina Wajid of the Awami League and Khaleda Zia of the BNP. Both were arrested but both are now active in Bangladeshi politics having re-assumed their roles of prime minister and opposition minister which they have over the years rotated.

Minus 2 did not happen.

The army-backed government punished what had been the ruling party of that time, the BNP, and put many of their leaders in jail far more than they did with the Awami League. BNP and Jamati partisans claim this is because of a conspiracy, others however say that as the BNP had run the country for half a decade and looted the country for 5 years the military would naturally target those who were in government stealing, rather than those in opposition who were out of office and unable to steal.

There have perhaps been some long-term benefits albeit not as much as most would like.

The new Hasina administration has definitely been more responsible by its standards than in its previous term.

The image of the former prime minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, in tears and her 2 corrupt sons beaten up is perhaps the most lasting image of this period and was perhaps meant as a clear message to all politicians in Bangladesh from the military, that nobody was untouchable and could ultimately be punished, thus politicians should not engage in corruption, this being the chief problem Bangladeshis had with Tariq Zia and his brother, Cocu.

Tariq Zia, son of the former Bangladeshi prime minister, Khaleda Zia beaten by Bangladeshi security forces.

Now with elections looming again in Bangladesh, and one party Jamat e Islami threatening civil war and rioting many Bangladeshis in a state of concern and unease fear there may yet again be another unofficial military coup 7 years after the last. 2 military coups in a decade, not anything to be proud of for any country striving to be a democracy.

What will happen if there is another military takeover?


@asad71

 

[idune]

Hammer-fist encouraging military coup now, that is epic. Let's Bangladeshi general know they have to report to chief marshal law officer Hammer-fist.

 

[Skies]

The police needs a coup for being used as AL's slaves/ oR THE BGB needs something>

Army coup seems not a contingency, as the last coup was to help AL/India!

 

[Hammer-fist]

Hammer-fist encouraging military coup now, that is epic. Let's Bangladeshi general know they have to report to chief marshal law officer Hammer-fist.

1. I am not "encouraging" a military coup.

This is clear when I said:

...there may yet again be another unofficial military coup 7 years after the last. 2 military coups in a decade, not anything to be proud of for any country striving to be a democracy.

2. A military coup may happen. It would only happen as a last resort because in the long-term it is a source of embarassment for the country that normal parliamentary democracy is not functioning properly. In developed countries it does, in backwards states it does not.

I urge all sensible Bangladeshis to ignore attempts to derail this topic and make low-quality personal attacks by Idune and others, and wait for @asad71 to give his opinions on this.

 

[Mattrixx]

Well technically no coup is possible. We recently opposed the coup attempt and conspiracy by jamat loyal officers.
And the law is now too strong. If there is no war like situation military take over is impossible.

 

[Hammer-fist]

The police needs a coup for being used as AL's slaves/ oR THE BGB needs something>

Army coup seems not a contingency, as the last coup was to help AL/India!

If there is another coup, then once again the party that ran the country will be the biggest losers, last time it was the BNP, this time it will be the Awami League.

Well technically no coup is possible. We recently opposed the coup attempt and conspiracy by jamat loyal officers.
And the law is now too strong. If there is no war like situation military take over is impossible.

The military does not want to get involved in a coup/take over, if however as you said the situation becomes unbearable and especially if the economy is being damaged, the military will probably take over.

 

[kobiraaz]

It will only happen if Army gets an okay signal from The US.....

 

[scholseys]

It will only happen if Army gets an okay signal from The US.....

let them go for a coup, minus 2 is impossible. It is too late kz from politics....they can coup all they want

 

[sarthak]

RAW will be responsible for the coup. Even if it doesn't happen, still RAW-Mossad nexus will be responsible for the coup.

 

[scholseys]

RAW will be responsible for the coup. Even if it doesn't happen, still RAW-Mossad nexus will be responsible for the coup.

captain obvious to the rescue

 

[Md Akmal]

Hammer-fist encouraging military coup now, that is epic. Let's Bangladeshi general know they have to report to chief marshal law officer Hammer-fist.

@ This Hammer-fist is just behaving like General Moin U Ahmad ? You remember, during the army backed caretaker govt once the govt found lot of "Marcedes" car lying on the street, once asked by the reporter to Moin, he confidently said "we would sell these huge Marcedes car in the market and with that money money we will make big hospital for the poor people ". He answered to the reporter without realising the legal implication on it.

@ Poor Hammer-fist !!!! Do you know that by this time AL and RAW has already made their own sets of people in the three layers of Command.

 

[scholseys]

@ This Hammer-fist is just behaving like General Moin U Ahmad ? You remember, during the army backed caretaker govt once the govt found lot of "Marcedes" car lying on the street, once asked by the reporter to Moin, he confidently said "we would sell these huge Marcedes car in the market and with that money money we will make big hospital for the poor people ". He answered to the reporter without realising the legal implication on it.

@ Poor Hammer-fist !!!! Do you know that by this time AL and RAW has already made their own sets of people in the three layers of Command.

poweer changes people, during last tenure of BNP's power they also appointed bnp supporting military officers in the major places but the major betrayal came from syed eskandar's shala, without him the military takeover would have not been possible. In fact KZ family does not blame moeen u ahmed, they hate syed eskandar's shala with passion

 

[Md Akmal]

poweer changes people, during last tenure of BNP's power they also appointed bnp supporting military officers in the major places but the major betrayal came from syed eskandar's shala, without him the military takeover would have not been possible. In fact KZ family does not blame moeen u ahmed, they hate syed eskandar's shala with passion

@ It was not "shala" but "Bhaira". Still he is the official Ambbasator of Bangaladesh to Australia. He is Lt General(may be retired).

@ Basically he is an Ex "Rukkhi Bahani" officer.

 

[scholseys]

@ It was not "shala" but "Bhaira". Still he is the official Ambbasator of Bangaladesh to Australia. He is Lt General(may be retired).

@ Basically he is an Ex "Rukkhi Bahani" officer.

my bad my bangla is weak when it comes to bangali relationship names

 

[Spring Onion]

If they dint stage coup when awami was hands in gloves with goons who killed army officers recently then how can they stage a coup against awami in any case