Restore caretaker govt system for election
The common people of Bangladesh do not believe that the next general election under the incumbent government can be neutral, free and fair. How can we expect that the ruling party men, most of whom are now involved in corruption and other unlawful activities will become righteous overnight and behave like 'saints during election? How can we expect that the sabre-rattling and gun-toting activists of the ruling party's student front will turn into good boys during national election days?
Actually, the reasons behind the introduction of the caretaker government (CTG) system in 1996 are still valid. The opposition parties and majority of the people have no trust in the present government in conducting the next general election neutrally and fairly.
The ruling AL-led government must feel the pulse of the people and take immediate steps to return to the CTG system by re-amending the constitution. At present a dangerous political confrontation is looming large over the CTG issue. Since the government unilaterally scrapped the CTG provision, the onus of reinstalling the system rests with the government. Have we got any other option to avert the repetition of one-eleven like situations in the country?
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