Have patience, politicians

Two years have already passed since the BNP came to power. Can't we wait for another three years so that the ruling party can complete the circle? Why the opposition leader has lost her patience and wants to remove the ruling party in an undemocratic way? If the BNP now takes a hard course against the opposition, can it be blamed?

One must give a second thought to the fact that if both the parties are tangled in a fight with each other, the economy would be in a shambles. Political destabilisation would cause great harm to the economy, which is already carrying a big dent caused by the prevailing political situation. What would happen to trade and industrial people who are playing a vital role in the economy? They operate their businesses/industries taking loan from bank, which they have to return along with interest. If trade and industries are ruined who would pay back the bank loan, the Awami League or the BNP?

People have a lot of expectations from the Awami League, but any undemocratic move to topple the government cannot be appreciated and it is not befitting for the party as well.

It is a fact that the AL was successful in creating countrywide unrest during the previous tenure of the BNP government because of its organising capacity. But this created a bad precedence. The BNP, in turn, tried to create political unrest during the AL rule on the same issue, and if the practice is not shunned this would continue.

The AL might have been encouraged by Georgia's "velvet revolution" or "rose revolution" as it has been termed by political analysts. But one has to learn from the Georgian revolution that a participatory democratic front is needed to remove a ruling government.