Why an Unrest Grips Restive Bangladesh
From the western lens , Bangladesh runn ing with a two party system (BNP and Awami League with Jamat as a third player) may appear as a textbook case of functioning democracy. Fair and free election is key, here , but this is not the end. Neither the end of the story nor the ends which this movement aspires to . In the absence of impartial, independent, credible and capable institutions that can ensure fair elections and accountability of governments, the idea of interim government makes sense. There was a pr ovision for an interim government in Bangladesh during the elections , but it was scrapped by Awami League. Now they have an interim government and this bit is to explain (to myself a non-Bangladeshi ) why they were demanding an interim government . A government for the mean times. This interim government would navigate Bangladesh from the oscillation between elected governments and military rule that has been the fate of many south Asian nations? The cleaning of the ...