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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Jan 5 polls violated the constitution
The Supreme Court in a verdict on the CTG system said that free, fair and neutral election is the basic structure of the constitution. But January 5 polls raised a lot of questions as to whether this election
has gone against the basic structure of the constitution. A free, fair and neutral election is the basic structure of democracy also. So, as far as we understand, the government has made a mockery of an election which has violated our constitution.
Md. Maskurul Alam
Department of Statistics Islamic University
What will happen after election?
Most of the opposition parties have boycotted the one-sided election held on 5th January 2014. Already 154 candidates were elected without contest. General people of the country have been passing their days in fear and anxiety. No doubt, the country will face a terrible unrest in the coming days. Only Allah knows what is in store for us. S. M. Imranul Islam Rajon Thanapara, Kushtia
EC made a cruel joke
On January 3, 2014 I received a message in my mobile phone from the election commission.
It said, "Apnar vote apnar gonotantrik odhikar, apnar vote, apnar pochhondo. Dayittoshil vabe pochhonder prarthike, dekhe shuney, bujhe apnar vote din. - election commission"
I just could not believe my eyes. How could the election commission send such a message? It was audacious. The message reflected the election commission's total disregard for people's feelings and their rights.
153 candidates have already been elected uncontested and 147 candidates are going to be elected in a rigged election.
From the January 3,2014 issue of The Daily Star we learned that Awami League MP Sheikh Afil Uddin was caught on tape instructing the party faithful on how to vote again and again: “One hundred boys will always be in the queue. One will go inside the booth and then stand at the end of the line again." The instruction was meticulous and lengthy, and it was so shameful. If this sort of people are at the helm of the country, then our future is doomed. In the one-sided January 5 election, the government has deprived people of their voting rights.
Nurjahan Chittagong
Comments on post editorial, "Confinement of Khaleda Zia," published on January 3, 2013
Sharukh Khan
Yes, this is Bangladesh. One ex-president is accepting a forced medical treatment and another exhead of the government is under "house arrest.” One wonders what is going on in Bangladesh. Why can't Bangladesh's previous heads of state be treated like America's George Bush, UK's Tony Blair or India's very respectable ex-president Dr. Abul Kalam Azad? Why is Bangladesh different from those countries? Who are at fault? People of Bangladesh and the politicians and intellectuals must find the answer to this question.
Nds
By confining Khaleda Zia, AL is creating a dangerous precedence.
"Turnout test for one-sided polls" (January 04, 2013)
Doronto
Going to a polling station to vote for a person who has no real opponent was nothing but waste of time. AL could have set a good precedence by taking right decision about yesterday's election. Now, unfortunately, the nation will count the losses, and casualties have occurred on election day. Shame on our political culture!
MortuzaHuq
When a new government is formed after this farcical election, will people be bound to pay taxes to a regime whose validity will be in question?
Probashi
After liberation the AL has achieved two major milestones for us (which they are always and will always beproudof):
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• Parliament election in 2014 in which majority MPs won even before the election was held, without the need for a single vote. The whole world will remember them as there is no chance for any other country to break this record.