Bangladesh come back in democratic governance after two year.
For the last two years there were hot talk time about the general election and the reform of political nature. The nation was full of confused whether the nation will be leading by the military power or there is going to be any general election for the democratic leadership! It was challenging for the Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, Election Commissioner (EC), and the Army Chief General Moin Ahmed to make believe and prove the politicians, individuals, and many other groups that the interim government positively will hold the general election polls as the government promised. Finally,it was done .
In December 29, 2008 a fair, neutral, and peaceful general election polls waived up all the doubts of the election and future democratic government that the interim government shown the nutrality proof. The national and international election observers satisfied on the total election process. The election could be called a "Model Election" in Bangladesh since the nation got its independent in 1971. The hard work of the military backed caretaker government, reformed election regulations by the EC, military active supports, and political party´s cooperation made the ninth general election success and made a milestone democratic process in the South Asia. In the December 29 national election the Awami League-led Grand Alliance won the highest majority as of 263 seats, the opposition party the BNP-four party alliances won only 31 seats, and independent won 4 seats. The entire population wanted a change as never before. The total population were awakening, a mass upsurge in favor of the change promised by Awami League and grand alliance leader Sheikh Hasina. Her election slogan "Charter for Change- Vision 2021" attracted the entire young, men and women voters. The new vision brought an extraordinary hope and victory for Awami League Grand Alliance. Notoriously, BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia claimed an unfair election polls and primarily she has rejected the election. If fair polls held, BNP must win the election, as Khaleda Zia said. She is disappointed over law enforcers and administration role during the election polls.However, in the beginning of the elected party leader Sheikh Hasina formed her cabinet with the new faces that is notable for the absence of most of the old guard and anyone whose name is linked to corruption. The new cabinet is to be very optimistic. People were thinking that the new cabinet could be mixed with the fresh, honest, educated, experienced politicians, and technocrats that may form a balanced-cabinet to bring in coalition partners, and to blood a new generation of untainted leaders. Sheikh Hasina must be credited for her willingness to select such new faces for her cabinet. She introduced a dynamic leadership culture in the parliament that encourages youngsters to be the leader in the future. She honored honesty and educated candidates for her cabinet and she fully rejected corrupted or controversial MPs and/or any family members to be team members in her new cabinet. More interesting is that 15 women elected in the ninth general election and most notable that three women took the very important positions includes the Prime Minister,
More positive sign in the democratic political culture is that BNP members attended in the oath-taking ceremony of the new Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her new cabinet. Indeed, BNP lawmakers-elect MPs decided to take oath and join the first session of the parliament. The party sources said the BNP lawmakers-elect might attend the first day's proceedings of the ninth parliament. "We shall join the first session of the parliament for the sake of democracy, the country's interest, and to continue the democratic process," Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, a senior party leader and an MP-elect, told reporters after a two-hour meeting of the BNP's parliamentary party. "We hope that our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will continue to express the same kind of tolerance that she did in her post-election media conference," he said. In addition, the BNP leader expressed "We are pledging that we will do whatever necessary to keep the government accountable to the parliament." It seems that BNP brings a positive political culture and besides this, the party tries to keep pressure the new government to fulfill the commitments what they promised before the election. Indeed, voters and general public also would have high demands to the new government. All these issues and mentoring the high number of inexperienced ministers in the cabinet could be a big challenge for Sheikh Hasina. But if the new cabinet members would be more accountable and careful of their individual responsibility and know their mandates, of course, they can make a big difference. Only we have to wait and see how they administer their power in their respective position. Indeed, how the government and the opposition party perform their political behavior and attitude in order to create an effective parliament and democratic society in the nation. The voters believed that they selected the right persons to lead the nation to bring a positive change in the nation who can think good, talk good, and do good things. It believes that the new government will enable to create an effective democratic environment through their every activity and actions; and the government will continue its reform process to improve the democracy in the nation.
The whole nation is now awaiting to gain the reformed political attitude and advantages.
