Points to ponder
An ageless saying states "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely"! Corruption in this case does not refer to financial corruption. Corruption covers a vast range of things; in thoughts, words and deeds. It could well be the power driven blindness, based on the principles of "might is right"; which is getting its day at regular intervals in Bangladesh!
This possibly sums up your August: 01, front-page report by Sarkar. With the mandate of authority and power coming from what the late Chairman Mao defined; "from the barrel of the gun" the CTG set about the task of cutting the coat for the local polls by trimming its political basis and making it a somewhat individual show; dissected from any clear political linkage.. After all, our "powers that be" desire that the old and misused model of "democracy" practiced by our politicos needs life-saving injections of doses of "Autocracy", which is the current mode of governance in most countries of Asia, barring India; the lone outcast, from this new model democracy (?). One wonders which team will win this crucial game; power or justice?
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