style partilamentary form of democracy particularly
in poorer and less developed countries. The system do
not support stability and without stability it is just
not possible to develop. The type of democracy that
is going to be followed will be good for the
politicians but not for the people. If the interim
ogvernment has has already taken more than an year to
prepare voters list then within the remaining period
they must present the nation with a system same as USA
or similar to Sri Lanka that supports stability of the
country. If that can not be achieved then mere holding
of election will not benefit the nation.
Ayubi
--- Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Ayub Bhai
>
> We must have election as per the road Map whatever
> the consequences is. The people of Bangladesh home
> and abraod knows that BAL do not democratic spirit
> to accepet the judgement of the Jonogon for who
> they shed crocodiles tears.
>
> But friends, I am afraid that the stage is on the
> making to throne the dancing ferocious lady. why I
> am telling this. It is because of U trun by Azam
> Choudhury after a elapse of one year.
> Plus other indications of entangling khaleda and
> her connivers in more and more cases.
> Plus I am very shcoked at the statemet of the
> Chief Election Commissioner(CEC) that BAL is more
> in advantegious position than BNP. This statement
> should be critically analyzed. Had he spoken the
> other way round i.e. favouring BNP than the "Huakka
> Huar Dol" Shoejons/shoejibis etc etc would have
> made the field hot by staging demo,bhangchur,arson
> and demanding resignation or even death penalty
>
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Their (Bal's) clown barristers would have mde
> another drama show by bhangchur in Supreme Court
> decalring the CJ as Nopunshak/Sahdaran manush
> ittadi ittadi.
>
> Let be watchfull and vigilant.
>
> Faruque Alamgir
>
> s_ayubi786 <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I will personally be
> glad if there is no election in this country
> ever. I am saying this in the light of our own
> experence of late
> 2006, present crisis of Kenya, Forthcoming prolem
> of Pakistan in
> 2008 in anticipation and it will not be any
> different here if there
> is election in Bangladesh and if BAL loses the
> election, for they
> have never taken defeat with good grace.
> Salahuddin Ayubi
>
> --- In khabor@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan
> <bd_mailer@...> wrote:
> >
> > Elections unlikely in 2008
> >
> > Despite the much-touted Road Map, the
> feasibility of holding the
> parliamentary elections in 2008 is in question
> >
> > A PROBE report
> > Rangs Bhaban, in its dilapidated state, has
> attained iconic
> status. The caretaker government, in its tirade
> against corruption,
> saw fit to pull down this tall structure as it had
> been illegally
> constructed and that too on the site for a new
> road. Unfortunately,
> the job remains half done. The building has been
> broken to the extent
> that it cannot be used, but it still stands there,
> making mockery of
> the lofty intentions. This, indeed, has come to
> symbolise the state
> of the caretaker government in its entirety.
> >
> > Metaphors aside, the government set out with a
> tough job of
> cleaning up the nation of crime and corruption and
> putting it back on
> the democratic track. But the main agenda was to
> hold a free, fair
> and credible election. To that end, changes were
> made in the Election
> Commission, and other relevant institutions, and
> the ambitious Road
> Map was announced. The elections are now scheduled
> to be held towards
> the end of 2008.
> >
> > The question is, will the elections actually
> be held as per
> schedule? Is it possible to hold the election
> within this year? Even
> the most optimistic observer turns a shade
> sceptical at the prospect.
> >
> > The reasons for the prospects of an Election
> 2008 being so bleak
> are manifold. Analysing the intricacies and
> implication involved, it
> is clear that the Road Map is certainly not the
> cakewalk it may have
> initially been perceived to be. As Chief Election
> Commissioner
> Shamsul Huda himself once remarked, "We have a
> road map in place, but
> we must remember the state of our country's roads
> – full of potholes,
> speed-breakers and a lot of other ups and downs.
> The going won't be
> easy."
> >
> > The 1/11 perspective
> > Firstly, the circumstances leading up to the
> 1/11 intervention
> throw light on certain factors relevant to the
> election. The election
> had been scheduled for January 22 with two major
> confronting
> political groups led by BNP and Awami League
> respectively. It was the
> compulsion of the Election Commission to hold the
> elections as per
> schedule and, despite the token protest here and
> there, Awami League
> too was all set to join in the polls. It had begun
> nominating its
> candidates, boosting its alliance from a 14 Party
> one to the maha
> jote or grand alliance. And luring Ershad with his
> Jatiya Party into
> their fold was the icing on the cake. But things
> fell apart when
> Ershad drew back, not qualifying to contest in the
> election due to
> legal hassles. Awami League, realising it no
> longer held the trump
> card, withdrew from the polls. However, they
> naturally didn't use
> Ershad as an excuse; they said they couldn't
> participate in the polls
> because of the faulty voter list. Yet they had
> > previously been willing to contest in the
> election with the very
> same voter list and under the controversial Chief
> Election
> Commissioner Justice MA Aziz. While the Election
> Commission would
> have been obliged to hold the election in the
> constitutional time
> frame, the High Court ruling in the case relating
> to the voting list
> came as a 'saving grace'.
> >
> > And now the voter list may remain the snag to
> hold elections on
> time. It is already 2008 and the list is still
> under process. Even if
> it proceeds at full speed and is completed, where
> is the time for at
> least a draft to be published for proper review?
> As each area is
> being covered and completed, no chart is being put
> up for proper
> assessment or checking. There is no clear picture
> of what percentage
> of enrollment has taken place. All this may cause
> controversy and
> confusion, both genuine and motivated. If a faulty
> voters' list had
> held up polls in the past, an ambiguous one may do
> so in the future.
> >
> > Discussion and dialogue
> > The Election Commission has committed itself
> to discuss with the
> political parties about electoral reforms and the
> government has
> announced its intentions to start a series of
> dialogues with the
> political parties before going for the polls. The
> Election Commission
> started up its discussions already, but that in
> itself has caused a
> furore.
> >
> > The Election Commission has held discussion
> with some of the
> political parties, but no discussion with BNP.
> Given the rift within
> BNP, it showed a bias towards one faction of the
> party, leaving the
> other out in the cold. In fact, it was the faction
> empowered by party
> Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia that was overlooked
> by the Election
> Commission. The 'reformists' were invited to
> dialogue, but legalities
> have held this up. In the meantime, the Election
> Commission has
> prepared its draft for electoral reforms. This is
> contradictory to
> its contention to draw up the reforms based on its
> discussions
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