DEMOCRACY VS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ONE BANGLADESH SHOULD PREFER?
SHEIKH HASINA IS NOW LEADING THE BANGLADESH, OF COURSE, SHE IS A CAPABLE LEADER, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HER ABSENCE? ONCE ONE COUNTRY CAME OUT FROM DEMOCRATIC TRADITION, IT IS VERY HARD TO GO BACK TO DEMOCRACY AGAIN, EXAMPLE-EGYPT, SYRIA, MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES. IN MODERN COUNTRIES IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BUILD UP INSTITUTION. RULERS COMES AND GO. BUT ONCE INSTITUTIONS ARE BUILD UP AND FUNCTIONS PROPERLY IN A COUNTRY IT ATTAINS ABILITY TO GO FAR. OTHERWISE ONCE UPON A TIME, IT WILL FACE MISERABLE DESTINY.
FOR NOW, NO INSTITUTION ARE WORKING PROPERLY IN BANGLADESH ACCORDING TO CRITICS, THE LAST ELECTION WAS NOT ACCEPTED INTERNATIONALLY. A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST ADMINISTRATION & JUDICIARY. BANKS AND STOCK EXCHANGES ARE IN CHAOS.
SOME MEGA PROJECTS ARE RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT NO DEVELOPMENT WILL ULTIMATE SUSTAIN WITHOUT DEMOCRACY. WANNA SEE EXAMPLE? SEE EGYPT, SYRIA, LIBYA, IRAQ. ONCE UPON A TIME, THEY MADE STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ULTIMATELY NOTHING HELPED IN THE LONG RUN DUE TO LACK OF DEMOCRACY.
SO BANGLADESH HAVE TO DECIDE AT LEAST, TO DO A CREDIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ELECTION EVERY FIVE YEARS, WHICH WILL BE BELIEVED BY ITS OWN PEOPLE. THIS WILL BE FIRST STEP TO INSTITUTION BUILD UP.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REALISE THAT MONEY CAN'T BRING EVERYTHING. IF YOU CALCULATE EVERYTHING BY MEASURING GDP, IT WILL GIVE A FALSE PICTURE.FREEDOM, DIGNITY, RULE OF LAW, REDUCING INCOME DISPARITY IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT. OTHERWISE, GDP IS A JUST A NUMBER AND NO ACHIEVEMENT WILL SUSTAIN IN THE LONG RUN. HUGE EXAMPLES ALREADY THERE IN WORLD HISTORY.
SHEIKH HASINA IS NOW LEADING THE BANGLADESH, OF COURSE, SHE IS A CAPABLE LEADER, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HER ABSENCE? ONCE ONE COUNTRY CAME OUT FROM DEMOCRATIC TRADITION, IT IS VERY HARD TO GO BACK TO DEMOCRACY AGAIN, EXAMPLE-EGYPT, SYRIA, MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES. IN MODERN COUNTRIES IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BUILD UP INSTITUTION. RULERS COMES AND GO. BUT ONCE INSTITUTIONS ARE BUILD UP AND FUNCTIONS PROPERLY IN A COUNTRY IT ATTAINS ABILITY TO GO FAR. OTHERWISE ONCE UPON A TIME, IT WILL FACE MISERABLE DESTINY.
FOR NOW, NO INSTITUTION ARE WORKING PROPERLY IN BANGLADESH ACCORDING TO CRITICS, THE LAST ELECTION WAS NOT ACCEPTED INTERNATIONALLY. A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST ADMINISTRATION & JUDICIARY. BANKS AND STOCK EXCHANGES ARE IN CHAOS.
SOME MEGA PROJECTS ARE RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT NO DEVELOPMENT WILL ULTIMATE SUSTAIN WITHOUT DEMOCRACY. WANNA SEE EXAMPLE? SEE EGYPT, SYRIA, LIBYA, IRAQ. ONCE UPON A TIME, THEY MADE STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ULTIMATELY NOTHING HELPED IN THE LONG RUN DUE TO LACK OF DEMOCRACY.
SO BANGLADESH HAVE TO DECIDE AT LEAST, TO DO A CREDIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ELECTION EVERY FIVE YEARS, WHICH WILL BE BELIEVED BY ITS OWN PEOPLE. THIS WILL BE FIRST STEP TO INSTITUTION BUILD UP.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REALISE THAT MONEY CAN'T BRING EVERYTHING. IF YOU CALCULATE EVERYTHING BY MEASURING GDP, IT WILL GIVE A FALSE PICTURE.FREEDOM, DIGNITY, RULE OF LAW, REDUCING INCOME DISPARITY IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT. OTHERWISE, GDP IS A JUST A NUMBER AND NO ACHIEVEMENT WILL SUSTAIN IN THE LONG RUN. HUGE EXAMPLES ALREADY THERE IN WORLD HISTORY.
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