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Talking polls and beyond

Political leaders must learn from the 1/11

Says Dr Harunur Rashid

ShamimAshraf
Political scientist Dr Harunur Rashid said the 1/11 changeover and the following exercises for institutional and political reforms will have positive impact on the
pressure but also their realisation," he s^d in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.
There are some successes including preparation of national ID cards, separation of judiciary from the executive and reconsti-
country’s political culture and the country would not plunge back into the pre-1 /11 days.
"In Immediate effect, the political parties are responding even by changing their party constitutions, turning their front organisations into associated organisations It is not only due to
tution of the Election Commission and the AntiCorruption Commission, but whether these would sustain depends on the role of the next elected government, said Dr Harun, dean of social science faculty of Dhaka University.
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"But if the parliamentary elections are not held on December 18 or there is any kind of manipulation in the elections or people cannot exercise their right to choose representatives, all these reforms will be counter-productive," he noted.
He said political leaders must learn from the 1/11 changeover and the disagreements among them which led to the stepping in of people "whose intervention we do not want". Such intervention will recur if there is no understanding among the political leaders on the "norms, values and rules of the game”, he added.
Terming the "minus-two" formula a major blunder of the caretaker government, he said, "Tire two leaders have emerged from the country's two main political streams and cannot just be written off. Without realising the political and social reality, the |caretaker| government wanted to change everything using force. If it could be done, Ayub Khan, Yahiya Khan and post-independent army rulers could have succeeded."
He said the Awami league and the BNP represent two conflicting political streams and it is unlikely that the confrontational politics would come to an end and political culture would see a major change soon after the election.
Demanding withdrawal of the state of emergency during the upcoming parliamentary election, Dr Harun said it can be imposed again if the situation demands.
He stressed the need for auditing to ensure transparency in the funding and expenditure of political parties.
Talking on the meeting between the chiefs of the BNP and Awami League, he said the two leaders would have initiated the process themselves if they had realised the need. "We hope it will not be futile like the meeting between Mannan Bhuiyan and Abdul Jalil," said Dr Harun.
Fin^ details of the interview on page 11