How has ‘Peace and Reconciliation’ worked in Bangladesh in the context of it’s violent upbringing?

Question asked by SALT: How has ‘Peace and Reconciliation’ worked in Bangladesh in the context of it’s violent upbringing?
Are there efforts from within and without its borders towards the metabolic process to steer the course?

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Answer by ~DrighRoad
In Bangladesh the first government in power after the surrender of the Pakistani Army were headed by the Awami League (AL), the same party is incidentally in power now.

We had great expectation from our founding father Sk. Mujibur Rahman who became Prime Minister (Head of Government) and then changed his hats a few times to become President (Head of States) and vice-versa depending on what can make him more important and more powerful, failed to bring the people of the newly founded nation together. We all know how the leadership of Nelson Mandela of South Africa did when at his inauguration, he said, “The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us…, we enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity – a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.”

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa where their great leader Nelson Mandela with the active help of Rev Desmond Tutu was tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing by a government (or, depending on the circumstances, non-state actors also), in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past.

What we saw in Bangladesh was that the party-in-power at that time (The AL) neglected this aspect and tried to prosecute the people allegedly to have cooperated with the occupation Pakistani Military forces and their cohorts. While doing so there would have been obvious serious breach of proper investigation and justice and people were taking law unto their hand in places where the anarchy reached at extreme levels till Sk. Mujib announced general amnesty to the collaborators (except where serious crimes were proved to have been committed).

However, the AL leadership did not organize the nation for nation-building rather the party-men/women started dominating every sphere of the lives of the population, making it possible for newly established student-party turned Opposition party of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) who could successfully challenge the misdeed of AL government in early 1970s. But the government muffled this faint opposition by physically annihilating the JSD and then there were no one to keep the ruling party held accountable for its deeds (actions and inaction).

The same story is being repeated after so many years when the same party (AL) came to power and treating wits opponents in similar fashion, but with greater force. What kind of Peace and Reconciliation we can hope now in Bangladesh? The government has opened so many fronts of confrontation and showing its aggressive and abrasive manner and creating ‘enemies’ on almost on daily basis within and outside the borders of Bangladesh. The nation have to pay the price for many years to come due to short-sightedness of present party in power. This nation is being divided and subdivided to the extent that we would need charismatic leader like that of Nelson Mandela of RSA or a brutal but benevolent leader of Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. But there is hardly any Lion remained here who can unite the nation at this critical juncture of our history.

How sad it is to have painted not a very encouraging reply.

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