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Professor Kabir Said:
"The essence of the above account may identify some negative attributes of our political domain as stated below: a) ideological corruption b) rise of communal politics c) financial corruption d) intolerance among the political parties e) use of muscleman and black money in the electoral process and election engineering f) undermining parliamentary ethos and making the parliament dysfunctional g) nurturing extremism and political hooligans h) politicisation of public institutions i) calling for frequent ineffective hartals.
However, the people of the country really want to get rid of the above stated curses in our political arena because at the end of the day, politics controls all the spheres of the life. For this, the political parties must reach a consensus. But the point is whether this present government has any moral or legal right to initiate any national charter for consensus. Especially, as the constitutional footings of this government is now questionable then this effort of the government in future will face a legal debate."
Reply:
I totally agree with your view. My only question to the people of Bangladesh - what they want? I believe, all they want to get rid off all those things you have mentioned above in para 1. If that is our goal, then why are we worried so much about the legality or the legitimacy of the present Government? We can have a duly elected legal government without getting rid of moral and financial corruptions. Is that going to be good for the country? The truth is, we cannot depend on the politicians to bring about political reform that you are looking for. It goes against their interest. Such a change could be brought by a nationalist leader, like Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which we do not have. As a result, this is the perfect government to impose such a change in the interest of the country.
I would like it very much if this government could initiate a public campaign to mobilize public support for such a political reform. That would have given them moral ground and legitimacy for bringing such a reform. Although, I am not concerned about the legality or the legitimacy of this Government, my problem is, I am not sure what this government really wants.
Jiten Roy
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