Clean and competent candidates
Thanks to Mr. Nurul Haque for his post editorial article on the above subject. In this connection I have a question, and I am also curious to know how one would ensure that a candidate meets those two basic criteria. Are the existing laws not sufficient to leave the dishonest (difficult to measure) candidates out before putting their names on the ballot? Without raising further issues on this, I would urge the informed readers to kindly suggest the names of ten most honest and competent persons who are qualified to contest the election. I wish, I am wrong, but I can assure you that the listed persons would not get pass marks, fix a pass mark, if properly screened out without fear or favour by the media with full transparency. Let us try this exercise and then see what is the result.
The powerful EC is making laws to determine the eligibility of the public servants to contest election. Here is my question: what about the advisers and special assistants, will they be allowed to participate in the coming election? The question is arising in our mind because some of the advisers are behaving like future politicians!
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