Letters To The Editor
BNP should change its strategy
I believe the BNP's recent strategy is wrong and they risk missing an excellent opportunity for their party. I understand their fear of election rigging, but there are better solutions than boycotts. If the BNP participates in the elections, international monitors will be present, and in exchange for joining the “all-party” government, the BNP can demand several important ministries, diluting the influence of the AL in the interim government. The International Crime Tribunal prosecutors' actions seeking AL nominations add credibility to the BNP argument that the trials are merely political. The clumsy steps around the resignations to form the interim government illustrate incompetence. The arbitrary arrest of several BNP leaders for street-level hartal violence lends support to the claim the AL is suppressing the opposition before the elections. The BNP should use these incidents to join the elections and make their case, leaving the violence and Islamists behind.
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