Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 1069 Mon. June 04, 2007  
   
Letters to Editor


Election and democracy


Should we not ask ourselves what we want?

In a very simple manner we can interrogate Bangladeshi citizens and ask them questions like this:

- Are we living now in a better condition under the governance of the present CTG?

- Are we in a rush to see the end of the present government?

- Are we in a hurry for election?

- Why American Senators and other foreign dignitaries want to see the end of this government and ask the CTG to hold election as early as possible?

- Do we want to go back to the so-called democratic rule?

- Should we not hold a referendum on the question of continuation of the present government to eradicate corruption, give time to reorganise the existing political parties by eliminating bad elements, to help creation of new parties with honest people?

It is up to us, not the foreign governments, to decide what we want. We have to choose between a democratically elected chaotic government or a disciplined undemocratic, selected caretaker institution.