We’re global players, not for smaller grounds: Chief Adviser

Bangladesh as a country is a global player; it is not for smaller grounds. Everyone has to play as a team to build the Bangladesh we dreamt and aspired to. Teamwork is essential. And, the police is the most important among the teams Bangladesh has.

Chief Adviser professor Muhammad Yunus made the remarks while addressing a special meeting regarding law and order situation with 127 top police officials at the chief adviser’s office in the capital’s Tejgaon area Monday.

“We are global players; Bangladesh is not for smaller grounds. As I said, Bangladesh is a beautiful country. Those of us from that country who play at the global level, people clap watching us. Bangladesh has now started. We want this, that, and we could do that.… We can really do certain things. We have that scope. I’m trying to speak about that scope time and again. Let us take the chances,” he said at the meeting.

Speaking about what is to be done by the police force of new Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus said, “There is no point in thinking about the past. We are ready for the new and we will show that. There is no need to speak about it. Through our work we will say, yes, this is the new police force of new Bangladesh. Everyone will praise that, yes, that’s quite an achievement; and those around would say, true bhai, you have proved your point. We did not think, police could achieve such a feat. The police could think a bit because, the image about the police is that they offer the bad things first, do the bad. We shall consider the good and do good before anything else.”

The Chief Adviser further said, “Overall, the force is a structure. This structure has a huge power; if we could employ this power for better. What I want to say is, to convey that let’s take this chance. Let’s begin a discussion on what we need to do. This is teamwork. It is not that an adviser issues an order and you just carried that out. Everyone will have to play like a team. And, you ‘the police force’ are the most important of all the teams Bangladesh have.”

It is not possible to build the country bypassing or ignoring the police force, the Chief Adviser of the interim government thinks.

According to him, the police are the frontliners. Police mean law and order. Neither a huge amount of money nor great thoughts will take you somewhere without this law and order.

“Whatever the government wants to do, in whatever way it wants to adopt, at the end of the day, it has to be done through the police. They are the frontliners. They create the environment. Nothing can be done if the environment is not there,” he stated.

The Chief Adviser said, “While speaking about the police we’ve reiterated two things - law and order; this is the police. Creating a legal environment. If there is no law, nothing could last, whether it is the government or democracy, rights of the citizens. This is the main thing. We can’t build a country by either ignoring or bypassing the police. They are the frontliners. When they create the ground, everything else can be done.”

Stating that Bangladesh is a country with a huge potential, the Chief Adviser said, “We are not being able to realise that potential, getting stuck somewhere. Today we have got a scope, a huge scope to realise that potential. And, the July uprising created the scope. Let’s not lose this chance. It is easier to lose; It gets lost within a moment. We shall try with whatever we have; we hope those who come in the future will also try; let’s lay the foundations for the path. If they move along that path the potential will be realised.”