Restrict it to two terms
The other day, I came to learn from the internet edition of The Daily Star that the ex President General Ershad aspires to be the next prime minister of the country. Mere popularity should not be the only criterion for selection of the prime minister of a country. There should be some rules and regulations regulating the eligibility of a person for the position of a prime minister or president.
Both in the United States and the United Kingdom, the constitution perhaps bars a person from being nominated for the position of a prime minister for more than two terms. Ex President Bill Clinton was perhaps the most popular president in the history of the United States.
Had there been no such bars, he would have continued to be the president of the United States till the last breath of his life. Both these countries believe in future leadership, and as such younger generations are nurtured by their predecessors to assume the responsibility of leading the nation in the future.
I am afraid if the present trend of leadership continues in Bangladesh, pretty soon there will be a vacuum in the top level leadership of the country as younger generations are not encouraged and nurtured to assume the responsibility of leading the nation.
Hence the constitution needs to be amended restricting the eligibility of a person to no more than two terms no matter how popular or efficient a person may be. This would definitely usher in a new era of leadership in the country.
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