Welcome back. I wish you best health.
You are so right about the election. I suspect this election will
serve only placate the people and bring a government which will make
it easy to transfer the natural resources -- almost for free.
Che
--- In mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com, "Belal Beg" wrote:
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> [Moderator's Note: Members might not be aware that Mr. Belal Beg,
a long time well wisher and participant of the MM, had been long bed-
ridden due to ill health. We are delighted to see him recovered and
back to the MM forum. Welcome back, Mr. Beg!]
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> Thank you Mr. Anwarul Kabir for framing the dream manifesto for
the X Party. Except the issue in iitem J, I consider your manifesto
pragmatic and patriotic. But I am afraid our people will not pay any
heed to these noble necessary programs. They do not believe the
existing politicians or their political parties have any capacity to
do anything to transform the fate of our people who suffered too
much at their hands. They know very well this election is not about
improving people's lot, it is about a dangerous plan to finally
establish Jamate Islami in Bangladesh so that Muktijuddoh is
obliterated from people's mind.
> Progress of a nation depends on level of inspiration. The
Bangladeshis whose freedom and glory was bartered away on August 15,
1975, by a section of Bangladesh Army, will never progress unless
their national pride is restored. This election is about diffusion
of any left-over national pride.
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> Election 2008 seems to be an unprecedented one as it is going to
be held in completely different context. Failure of the immediate
past CG headed by Prof. Iazuddin Ahmed in resolving political crisis
prompted the incumbent Government backed by the army to be installed
at the power centre in January 11, 2007. Though the constitutional
footings of this government are ambiguous, the people of the country
instantly welcomed the government as it saved the country from
possible bloodshed out of political turmoil. Albeit the government
failed to fulfil peoples' expectations in many aspects (e.g. curbing
the price spiralling) and its authoritarian futile efforts in
implementing so called `minus two theory', the people of the country
appreciate its some pragmatic steps, which no doubt, will contribute
much to our sojourn towards good governance. In this context
reconstitutions and reformations of PSC, AC, EC and the separation
of judiciary from administration can be cited. Compared to other
EC's since independence, the present EC seems to be more confident
in staging a fare election as it is now more empowered than ever.
Moreover, the general perception suggests that unlike immediate past
Chief Adviser, as the incumbent Chief Adviser has no political
affiliation, this time the government will refrain from undue
interfering in electoral process.
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registration of political parties, amendment of 1972 electoral law,
are so far the success stories of the present EC. Thanks to ACC for
its untiring efforts in framing charge sheets against many corrupt
politicians and subsequent verdicts on some cases by the lower
courts that have already eliminated some bad elements from the
electoral process. Among those who are not convicted but under trial
and have been nominated as candidates, voters this time hopefully
will reject many of them who lavishly involved in corruption and
vandalism. For turning the election into a festive event, the
government has already assured the nation that it will withdraw
emergency after the approval of nominations.
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> So it is justifiably claimed that so far, a relatively healthy
atmosphere has been created for holding a credible election. Now is
the turn of political parties. We hope that all political parties
will play responsible roles in the electoral game. Right now the
first and foremost responsibility of the political parties is to
present a pro-people manifesto. The manifestos to be framed by the
political parties should not be mere paper documents. Rather, the
party concern should have conviction to implement it if it gets
verdict to assume power. Presumably, the major political parties are
now concentrating on designing their respective manifestos. For
their attention, a dream manifesto of a party X for this election is
cited below:
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> a) If X wins the electoral race then it will work for making
the parliament an effective one. For this, it will select neutral
and prudent parliamentarians as Speaker and Deputy Speaker. Besides,
it will form different parliamentary committees with proportionate
members from the opposition parties.
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> b) If X wins then it will work hard to curb the price
spiralling of essentials. Although there is global economic
depression, the major cause for price-spiralling in our country is
the lack of efficient market management. The party, if assumes
power, will implement an effective and efficient market management
system so that the prices of essentials fall within the reach of the
poorer class. Besides, it will devise a pro-people economic policy
assessing the failure of free market economy in the global context.
In fact, X is considering a state controlled welfare free market
economy for overall development of the country. In our country for
the proper growth, promoting SME is a must. The government will also
give a special attention to this.
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> c) If X assumes power, it will continue the present drive
against corruption. Especially it will focus on institutional
corruptions as the curbing of institutional corruptions will
dramatically reduce overall corruption of the country. For this, the
government will further empower ACC so that it can work neutrally
without any undue interference from any vested quarters.
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> d) If X assumes power, it will establish Good Governance in the
country. All government's activities will be pro-people and
transparent. For this, the government will establish e-Governance
with a view to leading the country towards good governance.
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the administrative unit, in practice the process of separation is
yet to achieve. Specifically in recruiting judges, the influence of
administration is still prominent. If X comes to power then it will
fully empower Judicial Service Commission.
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> f) Agriculture, though it is the largest producing sector of
the country where 60% of total labour force are involved, is
unjustifiably neglected. If X wins then it will give special
attention to the development of this sector. The government will
work for the peasants so that they can get the benefits from their
agricultural products in real sense. For this, village-based
marketing system will be established where the poor peasants will be
able to sell their products to the wholesalers in urban areas
directly bypassing present multi-tier middlemen. Besides, the
government will provide sufficient subsidies to the peasants for
overall development of the agriculture production in the country.
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> g) Education is a basic right --- not any privilege. Right now
we have a chaotic education policy. If X wins, it will provide the
nation with a pro-people uniform education policy. The government
will allocate substantial amount of budget for this sector with a
view to enhancing overall quality of education.
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this, if X forms the government then it will take immediate decision
in implanting some power plants so that the consumers can be
benefited within the shortest possible time..
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> i) For the development of the country local governments must be
empowered. If X wins, it will ensure full autonomy of local
administrative units (e.g. Union Council, Upazilla etc) so that they
can take their own decisions for overall development of the regions.
The government representatives (e.g. UNO, DC) in this case will
provide all logistic supports for implementing the decisions to be
taken by the local bodies.
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> j) Worldwide rise of Islamic is in an alarming state now. If X
comes to power then it will take some pragmatic steps in combating
terrorism. For encountering the propagation of distorted Islamic
creeds, it will uphold the real teaching of Islam which suggests
peaceful co-existence with different segments of the people.
Besides the government will take an initiative to modernise the
Madrasa education so that the Madrasa students can be properly
integrated with the mainstream of the society.
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> k) Trial of war criminals is now a popular demand. Respecting
the spirit of our liberation war, if X wins, it will constitute a
special tribunal for the trial of 1971 war criminals.
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> l) If X comes to power, for women emancipation and empowerment
a pro-women policy will be adopted and implemented.
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> m) If X comes to power then it will devise a sovereign foreign
policy. X wants to see Bangladesh a self determined and esteemed
country on the globe. For this it will not tolerate any undue
interference from any foreign country in our internal affairs. In
this context X will compel the foreign diplomats to strictly follow
the Geneva Convention.
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> n) It is apparent that many multinational companies are eager
to grab our mineral resources like gas, oil and coals. Due to strong
resistance of the patriotic countrymen, in the past ill efforts of
some multinational companies were failed. However, yet now we have
no proper policy for mineral resources. If X forms the government,
it will formulate a pro people mineral resources policy.
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> o) If X wins then it will uphold the essence of universal human
right. It will resolve the problems in Chittagong Hill Tracts
considering the right of different ethnic groups there. Besides it
will also stop the phenomenon of extra judiciary killing in the
country.
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> The above manifesto may seem to be overambitious. We know that the
culture of a country and its political realm cam not be changed
overnight. But we like to believe that Election 2008 will be a
turning point for the country. At least, this election will
decriminalise the political domain to a greater extent and will lead
us to good governance.
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