Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar, Secretary of Citizens for Good Governance (SUJAN), has warned that the current government’s failure to learn from past mistakes signals danger for everyone. He made the remarks on Thursday, April 9, at a roundtable discussion titled “Citizen Thoughts and Challenges on Human Rights Protection and Ordinances Related to an Independent Judiciary,” organized by the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS) at the National Press Club in Dhaka.

Majumdar questioned the government’s decision to repeal two ordinances concerning the appointment of judges to the higher court and the judicial secretariat. He recalled that in 2018, many BNP leaders and activists sought legal protection from the courts but received no remedy. He cautioned that repeating such patterns could endanger everyone’s safety. He urged lawmakers to consider the consequences of their decisions and warned that excessive parliamentary majority could lead to authoritarian tendencies.

Other speakers at the event included HRSS Chairman Shahjada Al Amin Kabir, Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Shishir Monir, journalist Abu Sayeed Khan, and several civil society representatives.