A massive public indictment A rejection well deserved : THE voters in four important city corporations have given a resounding verdict in favour of opposition BNP- backed candidates. The mayoral AL incumbents in Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna and Sylhet have been defeated hands down. The margin of wins has been between 17,000 and 60,000 votes. This is as much a rejection of the poorly performing outgoing mayors as it is a massive indictment against the ruling party. The sweeping victories cannot be entirely explained away in local or any self-righteous terms. How the AL-led Mohajote government ran during the last four and a half years has had its tainted reflection on the clear-cut verdict returned by the city electorates. Its corruption, abuse of power, misgovernance and arrogant partisanship have been experienced on a scale that an anti-incumbency sentiment poured out at the first opportunity. It is a justified and timely warning to the AL-led government. One only hopes that it will have a sobering effect on the ruling party by way of reassessing their alienation from the people through the mistakes they have committed which obscured some of its achievements. Mind you, this is a ringing wake-up call at the fag end of the government’s tenure. In the end, we share a sense of relief and satisfaction with the entire nation at the way the four city corporation elections were held upholding a democratic process. The Election Commission has come out successful from its first test of fire and let’s hope the trend will be sustained.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:40:20 +0000