Government must have vision
Saturday, 20 October 2007
The interim government initially created widespread enthusiasm. It seemed to people -- at one stage -- as if this government would sweep away all the ills from our national life, very soon.
It is not that this confidence on the whole is not there among people about this government anymore. But probably not to that very high degree like in the past. This is because government is not seen exercising a neat vision from end to end which is expected from it for our 'full' national redemption.
To some, it appears that the interim government remains obsessed with mainly catching some big nabobs of corruption of previous governments and little else. For instance, people have been noted murmuring that it is all right for the government to catch the czars of corruption. But it should also address down to earth but very major issues in their life like traffic jams which they have to encounter everyday and which make life miserable for them. People expect this government to give the country a whole new direction or to set it firmly on that path. Probably people would be ready to give them a reasonable period of time to chase targets to that end.
People want that government should first find out what things most ail the nation or from what people desperately want deliverance. An assessment of this type will yield issues such as traffic jams, price rise, poor quality of higher education, corruption in the manpower sector, corruption in education, unethical functioning of the police, poor quality of public health care, etc., etc. After making such a list, this government should prioritise and make a shorter list out of the longer list of the most pressing issues as visualised and felt by the people. Having done this, the government should go all out to deep cleanse or carry out reforms neatly in each of these sectors well within its tenure. If it can do this, then it will earn everlasting esteem and gratitude from the people.
People expect much too much from this government. They want this government to prepare the country to make a fresh and clean start in all major areas that affect their life. They don't want this government to remain mired in largely catching corrupt figures and preparing cases against them. Such a limited role for it would mean a tragic loss for the people in other vital areas. They want this government to be remembered as a government of talent planning very neatly from A to Z to give them a vigorous launch afresh as a nation.
Abdur Rouf
Shaymoli, Dhaka
It is not that this confidence on the whole is not there among people about this government anymore. But probably not to that very high degree like in the past. This is because government is not seen exercising a neat vision from end to end which is expected from it for our 'full' national redemption.
To some, it appears that the interim government remains obsessed with mainly catching some big nabobs of corruption of previous governments and little else. For instance, people have been noted murmuring that it is all right for the government to catch the czars of corruption. But it should also address down to earth but very major issues in their life like traffic jams which they have to encounter everyday and which make life miserable for them. People expect this government to give the country a whole new direction or to set it firmly on that path. Probably people would be ready to give them a reasonable period of time to chase targets to that end.
People want that government should first find out what things most ail the nation or from what people desperately want deliverance. An assessment of this type will yield issues such as traffic jams, price rise, poor quality of higher education, corruption in the manpower sector, corruption in education, unethical functioning of the police, poor quality of public health care, etc., etc. After making such a list, this government should prioritise and make a shorter list out of the longer list of the most pressing issues as visualised and felt by the people. Having done this, the government should go all out to deep cleanse or carry out reforms neatly in each of these sectors well within its tenure. If it can do this, then it will earn everlasting esteem and gratitude from the people.
People expect much too much from this government. They want this government to prepare the country to make a fresh and clean start in all major areas that affect their life. They don't want this government to remain mired in largely catching corrupt figures and preparing cases against them. Such a limited role for it would mean a tragic loss for the people in other vital areas. They want this government to be remembered as a government of talent planning very neatly from A to Z to give them a vigorous launch afresh as a nation.
Abdur Rouf
Shaymoli, Dhaka