Democracy & corruption
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There is no alternative to democracy for good governance and prosperity of the nation. At the moment we are passing through a crucial period of institutionalisation of democracy in our country. The present government is working to give us a genuine voter list, bringing reforms in the political parties, identifying the corrupt people and musclemen, to keep the electoral process away from their unholy influence. We are very much hopeful about the success of the CTG. The foreign powers are also pressing the government to lift emergency and hold an election as soon as possible because our development partners want to see a democratic Bangladesh as their partner. We the common people understand democracy very little. So, we are afraid of democracy that we have seen during the last few years. The Home Minister reportedly demanded, with the knowledge of the PM, Tk 100 crore to save a killer from indictment, ministers siphoned off state money to foreign banks, a gas employee amassed Tk 2100 crore, a forest officer kept crores of taka in his pillows and rice containers. But none of them were brought to book for their corruption during those democratic regimes. Newspapers have revealed how crores of taka were stolen by some people close to our great leaders in the name of repairing Biman engines and parts. The nation could have never known where our leaders and the government offices and various departments took us!! The nation could have never known how hypocrites became our leaders, had there been no CTG backed by our army. While they were openly speaking about shadhinata & image of the country, they themselves were involved in spoiling that image abroad.
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