Place elected people in DCC's charge
The local political situation in the Dhaka city corporations is unbelievable. Eighteen months without elected mayors and no end to the uncertainty only entrenches a dysfunctional system. The administrators are not powerful enough to get things done or hold the corporation employees to account and there are no elected officials answerable to the voters. Right now the local government secretary is the overseer but that post should not be directly involved in municipal administration.
To avoid similar situations in the future, the incorporation process should be the following: finish preparations for establishing new city corporation, have an election for the new mayor and council; and only then, officially launch the corporations once the elected heads are in place and ready to go.
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