With his unprecedented, auspicious and promising speech and address to the nation, he has put us into the faith and reminded us that he didn’t become the prime minister or king of Bangladesh. He has given temporary custody of an institution called the parliament and prime ministry which belongs to the citizens of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Having temporary custody of these offices has been for him a sacred and overwhelming honour beyond any spoken words or measure.
As in this election, it has been distinctively shown and spurred that the people of this country have little interest in obsequies and going to heaven rather than mundane issues, peace, and substantial development in their very life they are living on this earth.
So, expectations of this consolidated and firm nation reached to its peak from the transformed, sagacious, and taciturn statesman (i.e., reaching to the horizon).
There are no 6 foot 6 inches high, splendour and ornately crafted chair, no picture of grandmother and grandfather. Not even any picture of father and mother on the back.
No mention of the pain of losing relatives in the speech, no mention of the bad reputation of the previous governments. Everything is so simple, so simple! Instead of putting the responsibility of bad people on the people, he has promised to start good practices with party ministers and MPs. And he has promised the rule of law: “Every constitutional and government-private institution in the country will operate under statutory policies and rules. The rule of law, not party or political influence, prestige or coercion, will be the final word in running the state.”
If all this is a dream, then let this sleep not be broken.
The views expressed in the article are solely of the author
The writer is a political analyst and online activist
