Far from convincing
Law minister Shafique Ahmed's statement that people who exercise state power were involved in corruption sounds as hollow as Prime Minister's repeated warning to BCL. Politicians say one thing and do quite the opposite. Has the government done anything this far to curb corruption ? Given the fact that the government from its inception were busy grabbing the state facilities for its party members, this statement may not be taken seriously. We have seen how they politicised every apparatus of government and used and are now using those to oppress the opposition. Was not the quashing of cases against ruling party members a glaring example of corruption? Thus steeped in corruption, the government has lost the moral courage to launch a campaign against the corruption in customs, ports, taxes, roads, highways, finance, police, bureaucracy , government tenders and other so many sectors. Will not the people rise from the slumber of being accustomed to corruption?
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