The current political situation in Bangladesh is worsening and public suffering is increasing day by day. The current political instability of the country will take the nation to the deepest economic turmoil in the near future if the situation is not tackled by dialogue. The more the situation crawls like this, the more the nation will pay the toll in future. As most of us know by now the political parties are there in Bangladesh to create anarchy and grab power for their own interest, not for the well being of the nation. Both parties are just using the excuses of constitution, neutrality, reform, CEC, CA etc, to make the public life miserable to justify their cause in the name of democracy. Is this democracy?!
The globalised world is much more competitive than ever before in all areas of economic activities. Bangladesh is a struggling nation in the global economy with ocean full of poor population and a handful of most corrupted politicians and bureaucrats. No nation should suffer like this in the hands of political leaders whose only target is to grab power, no matter what happens to the economy, to the vast majority of poor people. We should understand the price the general public are paying for the gain of a few political leaders. We know them all, we know BNP, we know BAL, we know JP, we know Jamaat, and moreover we know all the leaders associated with these parties. Don’t we know them all?
We were fortunate enough to have so many great leaders in the past in a short timeframe. We haven’t seen any charismatic leadership in last 25 years. The nation needs an honest leader to save the country from the hands of corrupted politicians. There is no alternative but to change the leadership to restore political stability and accelerate economic development of the country without corruption. I believe it is not rocket science. This is just the political will of a group of honest people who are experienced in their respective fields and have a great heart to make the nation prosperous. I think this is high time to have someone like Professor Yunus who has proven his ability to show the world how to eradicate poverty and at the same time create an example of leading a simple life, although he had every opportunity to lead his life quite the opposite. However, it doesn’t mean Professor Yunus should run the country but I hope we have someone like him who is a real leader in all aspects of leadership and also has every attribute to be a great leader.
Bangladesh is suffering from serious image problem around the world and it is only because of so called politicians. If it continues, the nation has no hope but to suffer from unprecedented lawlessness and unjustified poverty.
Monirul Islam Monir
monir_syd@hotmail.com
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Home Page Published on: 16-Mar-2006 
