The first test of democracy for any party is to practice what it preaches. Where is the democracy within the party?
Hasina like Khaleda or Ershad is an autocratic "leader" supported by a central power base of idol worshippers, sycophants and opportunists. This power base is further propped up with violence and intimidation by their mindless thugs aka students.
Conversely none of those in these parties are capable or competent enough to lead anyway. They have to rely on the emotional pull of rotting corpses and their offspring to ensure their success. These people are the elite of mediocrity. All the fancy degrees, doctorates not to mention money in the world cannot mask what they are.
No party fosters or attracts leadership. No party fosters or attracts democracy or merit.
These are little more than criminal gangs.
To discuss them in terms of democracy is too afford them a cloak of respectability they do not deserve.
Emanur Rahman | m. +447734567561 | e. emanur@rahman.com
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Date: Jun 28, 2010 12:17 AM
Subject: [New post] Bangladesh Awami League Government Fails in The First Test of Democracy
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Bangladesh Awami League Government Fails in The First Test of Democracy |
Today a daylong general strike called by the main opposition party in Bangladesh. This is first such event in 3 1/2 years. The opposition party BNP had laid out the strike plan last month in protest of certain issues they have pointed out as government failure.
The general strike ( Hartal) is not a very popular mode of protest in Bangladesh. Yet opposition parties resort to this tactic more often than other means as they don't find the alternatives to hartal as biting. One reason the opposition resort to this sort of day long general strike is because this makes the government feel insecure and vulnerable. For this same reason current ruling party Awami League resorted to 303 ( nearly a year) days of general strike since 1991.
Hartals are now more a test of the mindset of the government than anything else. Accordingly today's hartal was an opportunity for the government to show how tolerant and democratic they are and a tool of the opposition to trap the government into exposing the government's intolerant fascistic mindset ( if there is any).
Clearly the following photo assay shows heavy handed repressive acts of the government in a day which otherwise would have been a day of peaceful non-violent exercise of democratic right.
This photo shows police beating up opposition MP and political leader Mr Shahid Uddin Chowdhury while he was leading a peaceful procession.
Soon ruling party members join police in harassing the opposition leader.
Under police protection ruling party activists practice their martial arts lessons on opposition political activists.
In police presence, emboldened ruling party activists get to practice more lethal force on the opposition leader.
.... until the leader is beatn unconscious.
And then our 'law enforcing agency members' made arrests. Who they arrest? Not the ruling party hooligans imposing the reign of terror. The arrest the victim, the already beaten unconscious opposition MP Mr Shahid Uddin Chowdhury!
Even woman activists did not escape the wrath of combined police ruling party actions...
This the Mayor of Dhaka, also a leader of opposition party. He is being cordoned off by police this way while he tried to attend a street rally in the city he is Mayor of.
Police and elite force RAB throws tear gas shells, attacks opposition leader Mr Mirza Abbas's private home where lives the 100 year old mother and the kids of the leader. And shamelessly both police and RAB deny any such incidence.
Throughout the day truck loads of opposition activists were arrested by police and taken to police stations.
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