Bangladesh, greedy corrupt politicians are back

I haven't blogged for a while due to different reasons. Just plain busy with work, school, and life in general. Also I am losing interest in Bangladesh politics. I feel like our country will not change in years to come. I hate to believe that, but what can I say.

So Army backed CTG came in power almost two years ago. They put corrupt politicians in jail, staged some trails, tried to make some changes, and then realized, these corrupt politicians are very powerful backed by the money they stole while they were in power. Now they (CTG) is letting them out one by one. What was the point of arresting them begin with? In Bangladesh, rich corrupt politicians are just above the law, that’s just plain old truth.

Today I heard that most corrupt ex-minister of Bangladesh, Khandaker Mosharraf is freed from jail. Just few months back, we heard how much money he looted from Bangladesh. The number was enormous. Newspapers were buzzing about the amount he stole while in Govt. for two terms. What happened to all those charges! Now he is going to run for the election again? Oh wait, he is above the law as well.

"Mosharraf Hossain and his wife Bilkis Akhter will be sued on charge of hiding information on their wealth of Tk 3.11 crore and owning wealth of Tk 12.51 crore beyond their known sources of income, a commission official said. Source - independent-bangladesh.com"

I also think our journalists are biased, maybe there are few honest journalist are out there. Couple of months ago they were reporting how much money corrupt politicians looted from the country. What happened to those news! They just vanished in the air, as if nothing happened. Now journalists are feeding the news with political bickering between parties, just like before. Looks like CTG took care of the corruption problem in Bangladesh!

CTG announced an election date, Dec 18th, 2008. Now BNP is saying they will not participate in the election because the environment is not “level playing field”. I thought CTG was working hard last two years to create a level playing field! I guess not, looks like we are travelling back in time before Jan 22, 2006 election date. Will there be democracy in Bangladesh? Or we just to live with these greedy corrupt politicians forever?

For now, I will stay optimistic and keep believing that change will come one day to Bangladesh.