BNP terms exit of Jamaat-backed law officers a ‘political stunt’

BNP has described the simultaneous resignation of 18 Jamaat-e-Islami-backed law officers from the Attorney General's Office as a “political stunt”.

It also called on the attorney general to examine whether the officials carried out any acts of sabotage against state interests while serving in their posts over the past four months.

Speaking outside the Supreme Court Annex Building on Wednesday, BNP Legal Affairs Secretary M Badruddoza Badal said it had long been customary for attorneys general, additional attorneys general, deputy attorneys general and assistant attorneys general to step down voluntarily following a change in government.

He said it was “interesting” that those who resigned on Tuesday had worked under the current administration for four months, drawing salaries, enjoying benefits and using their official positions before deciding to quit.

According to Badal, the resignations appeared “politically motivated” and came at a time when the officers may have been facing removal from office.

Seven deputy attorneys general (DAGs) and 11 assistant attorneys general (AAGs), all members of the Jamaat-backed Islamic Lawyers Council, tendered their resignations on Tuesday.


In their resignation letters, they cited the government's failure to implement the July National Charter and its decision to repeal the Supreme Court Secretariat Ordinance and the ordinance governing Supreme Court judicial appointments.

In their resignation letters, they cited the government's failure to implement the July National Charter and its decision to repeal the Supreme Court Secretariat Ordinance and the ordinance governing Supreme Court judicial appointments.