Letters to the Editor
Country's main obstacles to progress
I support a secular, democratic Bangladesh. Institutions need to be depoliticised and the rot at the top of political parties removed. More effective oversight would be required this time to reduce abuses.
Dire warnings in the party leaders' speeches against a “minus-two” solution are about threats to their own positions, not the country's interests. These two women are the biggest obstacles to progress. Elections have returned, but they have been unable to advance democracy further due to their poisonous personal relationship. As long as they or members of their families remain in power, the same issues will recur.
Arguing at length whether a particular phone works or not during this serious crisis is simply the latest proof that they are not the leaders Bangladesh needs.
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