Staff Reporter :
Taking part in a talk show on Ekattor Tv Thursday night, Barrister Mainul Hosein blamed election corruption as the mother of all corruption. ‘It is the election corruption that is responsible for corrupting the whole system of government and politics’, he said.
Barrister Hosein sought a reply from those who very loudly say that the election will be held under the Constitution but under which Constitution. It was on the demand of Sheikh Hasina that all the parties together made the election time caretaker government part of the Constitution. Now Awami League is insisting to hold the election under their government by changing the Constitution one-sidedly. By denying the people the free election we have the government by vested coterie, he said.
About politicisation politics, he observed, to be found in communist countries but in Pakistan days we struggled for democratic politics. It was imported “without tax and VAT” because our people struggled long for democratic politics.
Barrister Hosein said plainly that a free and fair election is not a matter between Awami League and BNP. No nation is free that cannot choose their government freely, he pointed out.
Disagreeing with the notion that BNP will join the election under the present government Barrister Hosein feared that if nothing is conceded for making the election free, then a political storm is bound to rage through the country. Arrogance and peace do not go together, he warned.
The talk show was conducted by Syed Istiaque Reza.
Taking part in a talk show on Ekattor Tv Thursday night, Barrister Mainul Hosein blamed election corruption as the mother of all corruption. ‘It is the election corruption that is responsible for corrupting the whole system of government and politics’, he said.
Barrister Hosein sought a reply from those who very loudly say that the election will be held under the Constitution but under which Constitution. It was on the demand of Sheikh Hasina that all the parties together made the election time caretaker government part of the Constitution. Now Awami League is insisting to hold the election under their government by changing the Constitution one-sidedly. By denying the people the free election we have the government by vested coterie, he said.
About politicisation politics, he observed, to be found in communist countries but in Pakistan days we struggled for democratic politics. It was imported “without tax and VAT” because our people struggled long for democratic politics.
Barrister Hosein said plainly that a free and fair election is not a matter between Awami League and BNP. No nation is free that cannot choose their government freely, he pointed out.
Disagreeing with the notion that BNP will join the election under the present government Barrister Hosein feared that if nothing is conceded for making the election free, then a political storm is bound to rage through the country. Arrogance and peace do not go together, he warned.
The talk show was conducted by Syed Istiaque Reza.
