Badiul Alam Majumdar

Does our present reservation system really promote the empowerment of women politicians?

It is heartening to see that the media has been preparing statements based on the information in affidavits submitted by the candidates who are running for parliament.

Continued denial of voting and other political and democratic rights is bound to become a very serious threat in the future.

Voters will be deprived of the opportunity to choose from worthy candidates in a one-sided election.

A number of controversial decisions, actions and statements of the EC itself has put it in this situation.

It is clear that the 15th Amendment was neither legitimate nor constitutional, as no referendum was held before its passage.

The elections to Barishal and Khulna city corporations held on May 12, 2023 cannot be considered free, fair and credible, as they were non-competitive.

It must be recognised that the election is not a one-day phenomenon – it is a process involving multiple interrelated steps