This time, the Chief Justice met with 17th grade American employee Tracy Jacobson!

Staff Correspondent

An important meeting is underway between the US Charge d’Affaires in Bangladesh, Tracy Anne Jacobson, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Syed Refaat Ahmed, sources said.

Today, Thursday, August 14th, Tracey Ann Jacobson met with the Chief Justice.

In the past few days, secret meetings between leaders and activists of various political parties that are stakeholders of the Yunus government and officials of the US embassy have been coming to light one by one. Sometimes NCP leaders are rushing to Cox’s Bazar to meet former ambassador Peter Haas, sometimes leaders of various parties are going to Tracy’s house, and sometimes Tracy himself is rushing to London to meet Tarique Rahman, the fugitive leader of the BNP and a person banned in the US.

Amidst this chaos, it has now been revealed that a meeting is underway with the Chief Justice of the state, US Charge d’Affaires Tracey Anne Jacobson!

There is already widespread criticism about this. Because Tracy joined the US Embassy in Bangladesh as the Charge d’Affaires in January. Tracy is performing additional duties as no permanent ambassador has joined since Ambassador Peter Haas.

According to the official Order of Presidency of the Bangladesh government, the position of the Charge d’Affaires of a foreign country is in the 17th grade, while the ambassador’s rank is 7th. There is widespread criticism about why a foreign diplomat in the 17th position, who is a minor government employee of a foreign country, has to have Bangladeshi politicians running to his house, why high-ranking government officials are following him, and why the assassins of the Constitutional Reform and Consensus Commission are staging a sit-in at his court.

There has also been speculation among the public about why Syed Refaat Ahmed, who currently holds the position of Chief Justice, is meeting with Tracy.

Sources claim that bilateral judicial cooperation, protection of human rights, and issues related to the rule of law are at the center of discussion at the meeting, according to relevant sources.

Earlier, Tracey Ann Jacobson also met with Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman and US citizen Ali Riaz in the capital’s Gulshan on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by Commission Member Secretary and Special Assistant to the Chief Advisor Monir Haider and US Embassy Political Section Chief Eric Gillan.

It is learned that American citizen Ali Riaz discussed with Tracy and his companions the progress and plans of the ongoing dialogue between political parties on various issues, including preparations for state reform in Bangladesh, national elections, and the charter with the Consensus Commission.

The day before, Tracey Ann Jacobson met with NCP leaders on Monday, but there is some doubt about what was actually discussed there.