Editorial
PM's remarks at the DC conference
Don't drag them into political issues
WE are at a loss to comprehend what Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina actually meant when she asked DCs to be alert to any unconstitutional government's assuming power.
For all we know, DCs discharge administrative functions and are not supposed to get involved in matters having to do with politics.
So, the PM's wanting them to play a role in warding off any untoward political development at the inaugural of DCs Conference, 2013 on Tuesday defies logic.
Clearly, it was an inappropriate forum for the PM to choose to utter her pet political phrase. It is worthwhile to note that she usually dismisses the opposition's demand for an election time caretaker government arguing that it is unconstitutional.
Are we then to believe that she was addressing the occasion purposively in a bid to make the administrative functionaries of the districts a party to the ongoing politics of confrontation?
In that case, she is asking for the very trouble she is proposing to avert. In fact, it is a political issue that the PM has broached, something that should be resolved politically. We are forced to conclude that the PM's speech was inappropriate and misplaced. DCs should be left alone to perform administrative responsibilities and should not be dragged into conflicts that are fundamentally political.
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