Longing for a change in politics and governance
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Murad Reza
THE crisis and its deterioration which seemed to lead the country towards destruction, were the creation of the greed and the absence of proper values on the part of the wielders of state power. If a proper system devoid of any ill influence remained in control of the state, then the country would not have suffered as it did for some years that peaked in the closing months of 2006.
Thus, a foolproof system should be laid in place to prevent the occurrence of similar crises in the future. Doing of this will require dismantling and reconstitution of institutions and completing of tasks that would comprehensively and absolutely create the conditions for holding elections scrupulously. This is but one half of the requirement. The remaining half involves building or restructuring institutions so that honest and good governance becomes the unavoidable obligations of whosoever comes to power next. Ways will have to devised to make the future incumbents in power to become truly accountable for their lapses and corruption. They must be also prevented from tampering with the election processes for good. Without fulfilling these objectives thoroughly and holding another elections after patchwork reforms only, the same will mean the lingering of the conditions that have held up this country's progress in all spheres for so long.
The present caretaker government do need to complete major tasks that would be contributory to the nation's real well-being in the long run.
THE crisis and its deterioration which seemed to lead the country towards destruction, were the creation of the greed and the absence of proper values on the part of the wielders of state power. If a proper system devoid of any ill influence remained in control of the state, then the country would not have suffered as it did for some years that peaked in the closing months of 2006.
Thus, a foolproof system should be laid in place to prevent the occurrence of similar crises in the future. Doing of this will require dismantling and reconstitution of institutions and completing of tasks that would comprehensively and absolutely create the conditions for holding elections scrupulously. This is but one half of the requirement. The remaining half involves building or restructuring institutions so that honest and good governance becomes the unavoidable obligations of whosoever comes to power next. Ways will have to devised to make the future incumbents in power to become truly accountable for their lapses and corruption. They must be also prevented from tampering with the election processes for good. Without fulfilling these objectives thoroughly and holding another elections after patchwork reforms only, the same will mean the lingering of the conditions that have held up this country's progress in all spheres for so long.
The present caretaker government do need to complete major tasks that would be contributory to the nation's real well-being in the long run.