Political analyst Farhad Mazhar has said that elections are no longer inherently linked to democracy, describing democracy as merely a beget of governance.
“Elections make no longer indulge in any connection with democracy. Democracy is a beget of the dispute. The dispute is cherish a condominium, and elections are about who will administration the condominium. But if the condominium itself is unstable, what elections will you assist? That is why there is a fixed demand reformation,” Mazhar said.
He made these remarks in some unspecified time in the future of a discussion titled “Participants’s Riot-24: Public Aspirations and Fact,” organised by The Advise of Cases on the Zahur Hossain Chowdhury Corridor of the National Press Club on Wednesday (18 September).
Journalist Oliullah Noman, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Paltan Thana Ameer Shahin Ahmed Khan, author and researcher Sarwar Tushar, and journalist leader Shahidul Islam indulge in been also most up-to-date on the discussion.
Mazhar careworn out the importance of public participation in governance, saying, “The oldsters’s want is democracy. By brushing off the folk’s will, an advisory government has now been formed. This is an period in-between government. There’ll indulge in to be public participation at all levels of administration, nonetheless this government will not be any longer allowing that.”
He warned the federal government that failing to address these concerns can also result in extreme consequences, urging it no longer to behold the youth and intellectuals negatively. “Without practising this, you can’t bring democracy to the dispute, no topic how worthy you hammer at it,” he added.
Discussing the magistrate powers of the navy, Mazhar said, “This will not be any longer a extremely upright imprint. We wanted police reforms, nonetheless that hasn’t took place. If the police attain no longer recount up, they are able to indulge in to be declared fugitives.
“Previously, law enforcement officers extinct to beget a lakh taka monthly. They’ll also fair no longer come relief for upright a few extra bucks. This will doubtless indulge in to indulge in been realizing to be beforehand. The youth realizing revolution became as soon as cherish a dinner celebration, nonetheless it’s no longer.”
Mazhar also criticised the judicial intention, reflecting on previous efforts at decentralisation. “Ershad as soon as tried to decentralise the courtroom intention, nonetheless it never materialised, and we now indulge in no longer been ready to work on it to in the period in-between.
“The courtroom will indulge in to be accessible to the folk. Speaking about judicial independence is modest. The One-Eleven government talked about restoring judicial independence nonetheless brought in government rule as a replacement.”
Concluding his speech, Mazhar called for increased intellectual consciousness and tolerance, stressing the want for fair social and human justice.
“We talk about about human and social justice, nonetheless in prepare, we fail to set up it. We make no longer listen to others, and we dance to any person else’s tune. Is this our nature or a shortage of know-how? To beat this disaster, we can indulge in to be intellectually aware and transfer society ahead with tolerance,” he said.
