Interim government's performance
M. Anayetul Islam, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
The joy and hope for the better days that the interim government brought to people (like me), are about to run away by worries of power abuse. Unarguably, the interim government's activities and reforms would surpass any of those undertaken by previous elected governments. They undertook bold steps that we never even imagined. People in Bangladesh will remember and respect them forever. However, their recent steps like trying to send Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia to exile would definitely raise eyebrows for two reasons. First, the interim government was about to slaughter their own philosophy that they have been trying to transplant at Bangladeshis' hearts: no one is above the law. If anybody breaks the rules, involved in corruption, they must be brought to justice. The procedure would be fair. So the interim government itself should not break any rules. How do we expect to create examples for the future?Secondly, by kicking anybody out of the country against their will would bring the old sickness in our mind that we have been suffering for ages. One of our major problems is the lack of confidence. We never had a chance to be optimistic about our potentialities. Is this interim government also suffering from the same problem?
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