Morning shows….
It is just more than a month that the AL-led grand alliance formed the government after its landslide victory in the last general election. Against the opposition & some media reports & criticisms, Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister, told that it was too early to make any comments on the achievements of her government. This is very true but as the proverb goes that morning shows the day, the common people are losing their hearts. Look at some news headings from DS in the last few days which are: School shut as AL men occupy it for jatra, BCL dissolves JU unit after gunfight, MPs shout, bang desk at JS , local development to sink in MP meddling, panic spreads as law enforcement slackens, gun-running rampant along SW borders, truck looted by Dinajpur BCL men, gang kills man & loots truckload of rods in N'ganj, mob clashes with BDR over smuggled goods etc. We see nothing bright!
And what tell-tale signals we get from these reports? It is not a hidden fact that a large chunk of the media has sympathy for the AL and we can get some early indications from the media reports about the tomorrows. In a post-editorial, Mr. Zafar Sobhan outlined some facts in detail about the not-promising coming days. He has drawn up a list of possible indications which will shed light on the direction the government intends to go. And many will support the views of Mr. Zafar Sobhan about the unclear & opaque process for the final disposition of the 122 ordinances passed by the last CTG, government's foot-dragging to approve the Local Government Commission Ordinance 2008 and its over enthusiasm not to ratify the ordinance scrapping the parliamentarians' privilege of importing duty-free luxury cars.
To succeed in any undertaking or mission, the beginning is very important. The AL should remember why the people rejected it in 2001 general election and act accordingly from the very beginning, so that history is not repeated.
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