People's expectations
As soon as this government came to power, we thought that at least this time around we would see a change in the political culture of our country and we believed that this time around the government would continue the anti-corruption drive initiated by the immediate past caretaker government.
However, unfortunately, recent developments have made us more pessimistic than optimistic about what the future holds for us. To start with, with so many lingering problems already afflicting the country---the crippling power, gas and water crisis; the tragic BDR incident; prices of other essentials rising etc---the government it appears is more interested in giving priority to evicting the leader of the opposition from her house in cantonment, rather than putting more emphasis on the day to day problems facing the citizens. The opposition for its part also appears more energetic in holding rallies to raise protest only against the lease cancellation move, rather than highlighting the problems of electricity, gas and water and thereby holding the government more accountable for its failure to provide the basic services to the people.
In addition, the resignation of the ACC chief and the confrontational stance in which we find the ACC and the standing committee on Public Undertakings( PUC), make us doubtful about the government's sincerity in continuing the anti-corruption drive. The move by certain bigwigs to apply for the withdrawal of their cases also makes things cloudier. To prove that they are innocent, it is best that they face the court and prove themselves not guilty. Moreover, the land grabbing spree of the associate front organisations of the ruling party makes us feel pessimistic.
One hundred days may yet be too small a time for the government to be judged on its performance fully. However, we expect that the government will take immediate concrete measures to solve the power crisis; ensure that farmers are not discouraged to cultivate rice crops; that prices of other commodities do not go up; ensure that the budgetary allocations are properly utilized; ensure that the health and education situation improves and finally hold trial of the BDR incident perpetrators and trial of war criminals.
Instead of keeping itself too busy in only attacking the opposition, the government must move forward with its tasks without delay.
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