'Bangladesh at a crossroads': Where's the objectivity?
I wonder what prompted Charles Tannock, Foreign Affairs Coordinator for the European Conservatives and Reformists in the European Parliament, to write the article, “Bangladesh at a crossroads” published in this paper on February 9, 2014.
There are quite a number of points which are questionable. At one place he wrote, “Roughly 300 people—many of them members of religious minorities, who are often scapegoated for supporting the Awami League and the ICT - died last year as a result of the protests.” There are many versions of the killings, so one should be 100% sure before commenting on it. It is questionable as no proper investigation was carried out.
He doggedly went on saying that “the government had no choice but to hold the election as mandated by the constitution.” Is it really so? Our constitution was changed many times before; it could be changed one more time to give the people their basic rights. We feel betrayed, for not being able to cast our votes.
Nur Jahan
Chittagong
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