What you think about the Caretaker Government in Bangladesh?

Question

The Caretaker Government of Bangladesh is a goverment that takes the power after a ruling government finish its five years. Then the Nutral Caretaker Goverment rules the nations for 3 months to place a fare election for all the parties in Bangladesh. No other counties have adopted any such govermnet in history. Only Bangladesh has it. Do you think its a good idea to have a caretaker goverment in every country to have a fare election chances?

I forgot to add this --- The military did not step in and took the power. It is actually helping the current government to accomplish its goal.. which is abolish corruption.

Answer 1

the caretaker govt. is doing one hell of a great job right now. ..i hope they stays put. if u know what I mean?

Answer 2

A caretaker government rules temporarily. A caretaker government is often set up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored, or installed, in which case it is often referred to as a provisional government.

Caretaker governments may also be put in place when a government in a parliamentary system is defeated in a motion of no confidence, or in the case when the house to which the government is responsible is dissolved, to rule the country for an interim period until an election is held and a new government is formed. This type of caretaker government is adopted in Bangladesh where an advisor council led by the former chief judge rules the country for 3 months before an elected government takes over. In systems where coalition governments are frequent a caretaker government may be installed temporarily while negotiations to form a new coalition take place. This usually occurs either immediately after an election in which there is no clear victor or if one coalition government collapses and a new one must be negotiated

Answer 3

Problem is, Bangladesh doesn't have it. The military stepped in and suspended the elections. They claimed they were going to find corruption, but are having a hard time proving anything against any but the most minor politicians.

Answer 4

I think that the present Caretaker Government of Bangladesh is godsend (unexpected but welcome event or acquisition) and best thing that has ever happened to our beloved country.

Someone above wrongly said that the “Military stepped in and suspended the elections”. The matter was not that straight, though the military supported constitutionally mandated government, like any military of the world would do. What is the harm in it or what conspiracy one can see in such support of military in aid of civil administration?

In fact, it was the newly elected Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki-moon threatened the then Caretaker Government (CG) headed by Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed to take punitive actions if the constitutionally mandated elections within 90-days from the dissolution of the last parliament were not stopped, as per the bogey of faulty electoral roll claimed by Awami League, president Sheikh Hasina. It was a naked interference of the UN in any country’s internal and democratic process. I think Mr. Ban Ki-moon was hoodwinked by the shrewd AL leadership in this particular case.

The following events may explain how this present CG came into being:

Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed was sworn in as the Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government on October 29, 2006 after the main political parties failed to agree on a candidate. He was supposed to serve in an interim capacity to oversee the forthcoming elections, planned for January 22, 2007, while remaining president.

The Awami League, headed by Sheikh Hasina, and its allies opposed Ahmed as head of the caretaker government, alleging that he favors Khaleda Zia and her Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and demanded his resignation from this position. The Awami League and its allies have announced that they will boycott the election.

On 11th January, 2007 Iajuddin Ahmed resigned from his position of the Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government, bestowed the responsibility on Former Justice Fazlul Haque temporarily, abolished the board of advisors and announced a state of emergency from that day until further announcement.

The next day, Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed appointed Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed as new chief advisor. In Bangladesh democracy has failed to bring peace to the people. The major political parties created anarchy in the country which led to the promulgation of state of emergency which has been accepted by the people. People as a whole do not take Dr. Iajuddin as an enemy of the mass. President Iajuddin is a very simple man and has motivation to serve the people as whole.

Over the past fifteen years of democratic practice, the nation has witnessed a non-functional Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) consequent upon application of force and violence of the most uncivilised proportion when Hartal and blockade meant arson, bombing and killing in broad daylight. Instead of reaching a consensus through a fruitful dialogue the political stakeholders could not eschew collision course. Having had their horns locked since long over the issue of caretaker governance and electoral reform, the supremos of the country's two major parties, the Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) and the Awami League (AL) were clearly heading towards a serious strife leading to a grave crisis. Both Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina uttered unbending and rigid terms about each other's election position thus further exacerbating the disagreement between the two parties. In a queer mode Khaleda said that if the main opposition, meaning AL, boycotted the polls, there were other political parties ready to contest the polls. While AL's argument was cogent enough that CEC M A Aziz had to go and electoral reforms had to be effected, some of its prominent leaders spat venom as if a green-eyed monster called jealousy was guiding them. Their expressions were mortally hazardous. At the end the country was on the verge of a catastrophic situation.

A caretaker government assumes power temporarily to oversee general elections after dissolution of the Parliament. In the caretaker government, the president has control over the Ministry of Defense, the authority to declare a state of emergency, and the power to dismiss the Chief Adviser and other members of the caretaker government. Once elections have been held and a new government and Parliament are in place, the president's powers and position revert to their largely ceremonial role. The Chief Adviser and other advisors to the caretaker government must be appointed within 15 days from the date parliament expires. The 13th amendment to the constitution requires the president to offer the position of the Chief Adviser to the immediate past Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice K.M. Hasan, first. The AL is opposed to making this offer to Justice Hasan alleging that he belonged to ruling BNP in his past life and the BNP government in 2004 amended the constitution to extend retirement age for the Supreme Court judges to make sure that Justice Hasan became the Chief Adviser during the next elections to help BNP win the election. Elections are to be held within 90 days of expiry or dissolution of parliament and the next general elections were slated for 22nd January 2007.