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Bangladesh votes for local elections

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Local government elections are being held in Bangladesh under the military backed caretaker government. This is the first election since the caretaker government imposed a state of emergency in the country. In order to facilitate the election process the government has relaxed emergency measures. General elections which were due last year could not be held because of political violence. I hope that the local government elections are conducted in a free and fair manner.

Despite every step taken by the caretaker government to find a new leadership in the country, it is the same Awami League versus Bangladesh National Party once again. This is the same situation which we saw in Pakistan where General Pervez Musharraf took a number of steps to introduce democracy in the country, but in the end it was Pakistan People’s Party versus Pakistan Muslim League.

I think that so long as the people of the country do not try to find an honest and true leadership, their problems are not going to be solved. If the people are satisfied with corruption and inefficiency what can be done? People themselves seal their fate when they vote for corrupt people.

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