Confusions and an uneasy calm are reigning over Bangladesh as the country has already passed several days sans a government.
But an interim government is said to have been formed with Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus who is at the moment outside the country and likely to return to Dhaka from France today (Thursday) as its chief. However, names of other members of the interim government that are expected to be between 10 and 15 have yet not been known.
Since parliament was dissolved a day after the departure of the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday in the wake of prolonged student-people joint protests against the Awami League regime, a constitutional complexity has arisen.
Yet, at present, our constitution does not have any provisions to form an interim government or something similar to that to rule the country. Nevertheless, experts have opined that such precedence could be set in case of grave state crisis but it must be validated later on. For instance, late Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed was leading a temporary government after the fall of the then president Hussain Mohammad Ershad's autocratic rule in 1990 that paved the way of a free and fair national election in the country.
Now the entire nation is eagerly awaiting that kind of an administration which will organize a neutral, acceptable and inclusive election within a certain period expected to be between three and six months.
But for a permanent and durable solution to our national electoral system needs drastic reforms in many organs of our state machinery, including the election commission, bureaucracy, law & justice division, other constitutional bodies like Anti-corruption Commission and last but not least law enforcing agencies.
It will not be an exaggeration to say that the present dire political vacuum and social unrest in which over 300 people were killed and properties worth thousands crore of Taka damaged was the consequence of mishandling the situation by the members of the law enforcing agencies mainly police and the Rapid Action Battalion.
As a result, the country has been left in a state of lawlessness for the last few days in the absence of police force all over the Bangladesh. Policemen mainly in the lower ranks have deserted almost all the police stations across the country fearing their safety and security.
What is most important to note that these police personnel have pinned blame for deteriorating the recent political situation on the police officers saying that they were just carrying out the orders of their superiors. This is why they had fallen victims to people's anger.
Since there have been major reshuffles in the top positions of Bangladesh Police and RAB, we are left hoping that the law and order in the country will be restored very shortly.
