When will Bangladesh rise to the occasion and when will Bangladeshi politicians, bureaucrats and law enforcers free up corruption and nepotism from their spider web? For Bangladesh to be truly the land of milk and honey, we need to get beyond corruption, political unrest and third party interference and think how we can free up nation. Once freed, it can do to Bangladesh what Bangladesh's different sectors and industry have done. The country had moved from being a food surplus state to a food deficient state.The common man is the biggest victim of the gross mismanagement of the food economy. We just don't need politicians on our lands please!
From past experience it became obvious that for having a government to deliver good governance we need to reform our whole political structure. The existing political culture failed to deliver as per expectation of the people. It has been agreed by all concerned that we need reform of our political parties to make them more transparent and people-oriented by cultivating democratic values.
There should be reforms in political activities and institutions to ensure free and fair election, an effective parliament, a government accountable to the people, strong state institutions, receipt of fair justice, curbing of corruption and violation of human rights, right to information, etc. How could this agenda of the people be fulfilled through this dialogue? Are we losing focus as regards the goal of the recent political dialogue?
Gopal Sengupta
Canada
