Will Dr. Kamal Hossain step up please?

It seems nothing can stop this political downslide of our country other than the insertion of proper rules and laws in the Constitution on the conducts of the politicians and their parties. Our politicians believe they are rajas and above the scrutiny of laws.

To bring them down to earth, the Constitution ought to make it compulsory for political parties to practice the use of the 'secret ballot box' within the parties to decide over issues, committees and leaders. This process will dump the dictators and keep the unruly ones under check.

It will also restrict the entry of businesspersons in politics to protect and enlarge their businesses. The party tickets to contest elections can thus become open to politicians and not to those sustaining and perpetuating the vicious cycle of greed, power and merrymaking.

Secondly, the judiciary be sovereign and independent of the executive and the parliament. The empowerment of the judiciary, by making it an independent body, will make it difficult or impossible for powerful politicians to sabotage or stall the process of law that may investigate their corruption or any other means unlawfully applied in politics.

The people of Bangladesh can rise and meet the challenge to overthrow dirty politics only if our voice is stronger and louder than the screams and groans of their sycophants.

However, to begin the reform or cleansing of our politics, we need honest and sincere politicians. And, since most of our politicians lack in credibility, only a massive move by lawyers to separate the judiciary from the executive can set about a chain of events for other necessary reforms and rectification to follow.

Will the lawyer cum politician, Dr. Kamal Hossain, step up to the task and give all he's got to this cause?