Sheikh Hasina's interview
A reader, on e-mail
Thanks to the DS for taking an interview of Sheikh Hasina, the AL chief, and for publishing the same for our information. One thing appeared from the interview with Hasina that she was not fully prepared to respond to the sensitive questions, as a result she sounded emotional and offered a counter proposal, not a well thought out reply. These interviews are giving an opportunity to the leaders to come up with self defence. The nation is already getting the feeling how much price is paid by the nation and politicians as well when leaders resort to talking off the cuff instead of giving a well considered reply or proposal for reforms. Just we can mention about the transparent ballot boxes. The voter list with photo and national identity card are projects that must be completed before the election in 2008. Because of sheer hardware logistic requirement, the task appears to be a difficult one. Sooner we realise the reality the better. "NO" vote concept is another area of concern. It might create a negative attitude among the voters and the turn-out might be affected as already mentioned by one writer in the DS. Who is going to propagate the idea to the voters ? Will it be constitutional? Regarding the overall political situation, one can comment that the BNP is better in crisis management with due calm and confidence(?) backed by a good brand of "think tanks" who are consistent since the birth of the BNP. Their major failure is to allow the rise of the "Paribatantra". The Jamaat is a political force. What about reforms in the Jamaat?
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