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| Saifur for end to 'dynastic' politics |
| 2007-05-13 |
| Senior BNP leader M Saifur Rahman yesterday called for an end to 'dynastic' politics and said a number of mistakes committed by the last BNP-led four-party government brought on the present situation. The problem with dynastic politix is that for any new blood to get in, they've either got to marry the beautiful daughter of the dictator, who is usually nonexistent or ugly as a stump, or they've got to bump off the "legitimate" heir. This doesn't make for a smooth succession, and it's a documented fact that the great usually have pretty wimpy or incompetent grandchildren. During an interview on private television channel ntv, the former finance and planning minister said the extension of the judges' retirement age and the appointment of the president as the head of the caretaker government were the reasons which brought on the present situation. "There should be an immediate end to family-centric politics," Saifur said. |
| Posted by:Fred |