General election
A national election would lead our country back to the dark era for three major reasons:
One, our political culture opposes honest candidates' entry in politics. So, voters do not have many choices.
Two, a large number of voters are uneducated, they vote for money.
Three, most of the voters consider only the two major parties, for their long standing psychological attachment to the parties.
Therefore, election does not provide much information about the condition of democracy in our country. So, we never really had elected government in the democratic sense! We need change in our social and political culture.
It might take at least 10 years to transform our nation. Unfortunately, many Bangladeshi political pundits do not understand the fact.
A leader from the new generation is the only solution for continuing the democratic process in Bangladesh.
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