Gen. Moin U Ahmed was the obedient dog of Tareq Rahman and Khaleda Zia and now he has turned against them. He is going to be in power for a long time and anyone that is a threat to him is going to be "taken care of".
This government has no urgency of making changes to the institutions that can create a transparent and accountable government. Instead of creating an independent judiciary, transparent and independent election commission, instead of giving rights to the people, it is consolidating power to the army and it’s public facade (care taker government). None can challenge this government. This government has more unaccounted power than any government in the history of Bangladesh.
In the core of all this is General Moin U Ahmed, the mighty and powerful. While he has banned political activities in Bangladesh, he is often in the headlines making political statements. You only see some sings of the overwhelming power that Gen Ahmed has and it is only matter of time that he is going want formal recognition of his power. So if there is an election in two years, it will be to give that recognition to Gen. Ahmed.
The Army itself is no less corrupt than rest of Bangladesh. Transparency International has repeatedly ranked Military Supply as one of the top most corrupt organization within Bangladesh. So far the charges that have been brought against the corrupt politicians are very minor and some of them are laughable like not paying taxes for few bottles of wine.
You have very likely watched Satayjit Roy's movie Hirok Rajar Deshe. The people who did not support the Hirok Raja were sent to the "Jantar Mantar" ghar and when they came out they would chant “Hiroker Raja Vagaban”. Dhaka central jail is that jantar mantar ghar. All these politicians will come out just in time for 2008/9 election converted and finally "seeing the light of Moin U Ahmed".
The army intervension (coup) on January 11, 2007 has probably saved Bangladesh from a civil war like Somalia but this was another rare opportunity for us to turn in the right direction, but unfortunately this is turning into another episode of history repeating itself. Zia/Ershad all over again :(
It is only a matter of time the FAT hopes of the people of Bangladesh turns into disappointment...
Even then,
Shuvo Naba Barsho!!!
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