Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday hoped that the Supreme Court will uphold the death sentence of war criminal Mir Quasem Ali, reports UNB.  “Like other cases, we’ve submitted our arguments in written in this case, too. We hope the court will deliver fair justice tomorrow,” he said while briefing reporters at the Supreme Court. The chief state law officer said the speech of a minister, politician or a lawyer does not influence the trial proceedings. “The court conducts the trial proceedings based on evidence and witnesses.” Replying to a query, he said it is not right that the lower court verdict will always be upheld by the Appellate Division. “If the case is so, there’s no need for the Appellate Division.”
Asked whether he would lodge any written complaint with the court against the two ministers for their controversial remarks about the chief justice, Mahbubey Alam ducked the question, saying, “I’ll make no comment.”
On the other hand, Mir Quasem Ali’s counsel Khandker Mahbub Hossain said they would accept what verdict the court delivers after reviewing evidence and witnesses.
About the comments of the two ministers, he hoped that the court will take actions in this regard “because people will lose their faith in the judiciary following such comments.”
Earlier on Saturday, Food Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque demanded resignation of the chief justice for his reported remarks that ‘the prosecution is doing politics with the trial of condemned war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali’. The two ministers made the demand at a roundtable discussion organised by Ekatorrer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee in the city.