Bangladesh, Feb. 22 -- While it is said, power tests a man – it reveals not only what he believes, but whom he believes in – and today, the question before Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is not merely political—it is moral, institutional, and deeply historical: Will his government allow Bangladesh Army officers to be led to the gallows under verdicts tainted by political vengeance of the regime of Muhammad Yunus? Or will it restore justice where justice was denied?

To understand the weight of this moment, one must revisit the preceding years—years that did not just bruise the republic, but strained one of its most critical institutions: the Bangladesh Army.

During the prolonged rule of Sheikh Hasina, the army was ...