Will the New Year bring us peace?
We are on the cusp of a New Year. People all over the world are looking forward with hope and expectations that the New Year will bring peace and happiness. But we are so unlucky that instead of becoming optimistic we have become very anxious and frightened, not knowing what is awaiting us. The government and the opposition are at loggerheads over the issue of caretaker government (CTG) system which came into being on the demand of the Awami League. And now the Awami League led government has realised that if the election is held under neutral government they have little chance to come to power again as they have failed miserably to govern the country and people are not at all happy with their performance. They abolished the CTG system unilaterally and declared that it will not be restored again.
We can easily picture what would happen if the government remains rigid in its stance -- the opposition will organise demonstration to fulfil their justified demand, clashes will occur and the common people will suffer. It is the government's duty to see to the welfare of the people. But the government, for its own selfish purposes, has become oblivious to the citizens' untold miseries.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments