Next election
Dr. Mannan Mridha, Stockholm, Sweden
I would request the American politicians to focus more on stopping the bloodbath in Iraq and elsewhere, rather than devoting time to a quick election in Bangladesh. The common people in Bangladesh are willing to wait for a free, fair and credible election and, more importantly, to be able to elect responsible and honest leaders. Some political leaders in Bangladesh are in a great hurry to sell nomination tickets, to go to power to make money and to take revenge, and others are in a hurry to escape trial for corruption or extortion. Some have argued, why it should take 18 months to hold the election, while it took only 9 months to gain liberation!They must have forgotten the Indian army's role in our liberation war, and also why and how we fought and achieved the liberation! The country was not created for some families, or dynasties to introduce an autocratic system. Why are the politicians so keen to hold a quick election? Is it because the two Begums are too keen to sell nomination tickets? Bangladesh politicians have taken the moral and ethical values of politics to the bottom. Even 18 months won't be enough to restore the lost values. I also fully agree with Dr. Kamal Hossain that any election earlier than Mr. Fakhruddin mentioned won't be able to prepare the right foundation for a sustainable democracy.
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