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Subject: [chottala.com] Some Highlights from NURE ALAM SIDDIQUI's Interview by Anwar Parvez Halim
Sent: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 5:15:14 AM
| Some Highlights from NURE ALAM SIDDIQUI's Interview by Anwar Parvez Halim "BNP is not the only one demanding a caretaker government system. Other than the mahajote (grand alliance), there are many quarters demanding that the caretaker system be restored. Do you think a credible election can be held if the government does not acquiesce to this demand? "The caretaker government system was Awami League's own achievement. I do not understand why they are ignoring this now, pushing it out of the way, They are using the court verdict as an excuse, but the full-fledged verdict hasn't been announced as yet. I am no soothsayer, but I have been in politics since 1962. It is very clear that if the caretaker government system is not put in place, it is unlikely any election will take place, credible or not. "We have diplomatic failure. For example, we are jumping in joy over the verdict concerning our maritime boundary conflict with Burma. Dipu Moni has said, "We have got more than we claimed!" Does that imply that we wanted less than what was our due? Hypothetically speaking, if I own a three-bigha strip of land, will I ask for two bighas? That would be my lacking. The fact of the matter is that the government had no idea of our legal maritime boundary. It is downright silly to think any country will give us more than what is rightfully ours. "The Saudi government has a plan to bring the entire Saudi Arabia under a railway network. They are going to recruit 300,000 workers for the purpose. India is so expert diplomatically, they have already sent 100 thousand labourers there. We haven't managed to send a single worker for the purpose. We are the second largest Muslim country in the world, but the government has failed to use this to our advantage. We are having to send our readymade garments to the US with a 16.5% tax. Yet 22 countries including Vietnam have a tax-free quota. We have failed to get this. So how can we say our foreign policy is successful in any way? How would you explain the government's stand concerning Dr. Muhammed Yunus? I do not know him, never even had a cup of tea with him. However, he is our Nobel Laureate. He is our pride. He has brought honour to our country. He won the Nobel Prize as the founder of micro-credit. It is an open secret that none one can win the Nobel Prize without the US' blessings, but should Prof. Yunus be treated so shabbily? I read in the papers that Hilary Clinton personally phoned the Prime Minister and requested her not to interfere with Prof. Yunus. I feel the government has displayed a marked lack of farsightedness in this regard. The government has termed Yunus as 'corrupt', but what does that imply. If the Nobel Laureate of a country is corrupt, what does that speak about the rest of the people? "Even today [April 1] US Ambassador Mozena remarked, "Why will Americans come to invest here if the political situation is not stable?" What about us, the local businessmen and industrialists? It is as if we are facing a famine. We don't get gas for eight hours in our factories, we don't get electricity. How can we have production? So if we don't have confidence, how can we expect foreign investors to have confidence here? Mozena was quite correct in asking why investors should come to invest here. SOURCE: http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=7908
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