We're very good at whitewashing history. It seems all of us have our own special paint pots and brushes for the purpose. Here's my version:
The root cause of ALL our current malaise including the advent of extremism (in all of its forms including idolising of leaders) lies with Mujib. Today's Bangladesh is the fruit of the malaise he injected into every inch of the state machinery - he politicised the military, the judiciary, the civil service and nationalised industries.
He reconciled with Pakistan and war criminals alike, he attempted to replace democracy with fascism and of course presided over a famine caused in large part through mismanagement, incompetence and a healthy dose of corruption - the recipe for all subsequent administrations, civilian and military.
The Mujib era was the start of a shameful chapter for Bangladesh and it has yet to close.
Paint that on your wall and smell it....
.....smells like the PM's official residence.
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From: Akbar H
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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Political Maturity.
Sent: 2 Jan 2011 15:41
Any administration that is too much entangled in legal issues is distracted from the day to day administrative functions. The Awami League government is going this way. I think at this time the conducting of the War Crimes Tribunal is enough of a legal issue which needs to be brought to a successful end within a reasonable period of time. Because this is not an easy task due to its national and international implications. The proliferation of the religious extremism has reached its peak and there are internal and external forces trying to stop or derail this long awaited trial. This case has lost many of its important aspects and appeals during the last 4o years. Only the emotional, moral and historical parts of it are still alive. In the poor and underdeveloped nations political principles are not much attended by the politicians due to their short sightedness. The vital interests of the nation becomes subservient to the personal whims.
This trial would have been much easier and faster if it was held during the first Awami League government in 1972. This is a mystery to many why the trial was not held at that time. The government of General Zia and the subsequent BNP administrations are not to be blamed for not holding this trial due to their connivance with the anti liberation forces by allowing them to reassert in national politics. They are also directly responsible for encouraging religious extremism in the country. Begum Zia is also responsible for this unfortunate development because during her tenure of the office her ministers were involved in the extremist activities which she neglected and took no action. That was a very disturbing political gamble she played which shows her total lack of understanding about the implications of a religiously fundamentalist extremist movement. The nation can't overlook this behaviour.
An anatomy of the Bangladeshi politics will show it very clearly that the nation is united but the politicians are poles apart. This is a very unhealthy trend in the way to forge a united front to solve pressing national issues. Every nation has some core issues which do not change with the change of administration. This truth is foreign to the squabbling Bangladeshi politicians. In democracy political antagonism is common but it should not be allowed to breed anarchism. Prime Minister Sheikh Haseena can perform an important role in changing this unhealthy and disruptive trend to a constructive national political climate. There could be a platform of minimum understanding to change this unwanted culture and that should be done without wasting more time. When nations grow older their politics becomes more sober, younger and energetic as an artist gets older his arts becomes younger. This natural transformation is not taking place in Bangladesh but it needs to be started without any further delay. The future prosperity of the nation is depending on how the politicians shows maturity, be pragmatic and behaves responsibly. Akbar Hussain
Emanur Rahman | m. +447734567561 | e. emanur@rahman.com
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