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Majority confidence still there, popularity declining


Shows The Daily Star-nielsen opinion survey on govt's performance in 2 years


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Two years after the Awmai League-led government came to power, it still enjoys confidence of the majority people with 48 percent of them being satisfied with its performance, The Daily Star-Nielsen opinion poll shows.

More than a half of the respondents think the country is heading in the right direction; and Sheikh Hasina as the prime minister still enjoys almost half the respondents' approval.

However, when compared with the previous three polls, the latest one shows that the popularity curves, on all counts, are on a declining trend, sharply in some respects.

The poll, fourth in a series, was conducted on 2,520 respondents in 44 districts covering all seven administrative divisions.

Economy, and especially inflation, appeared to be the weakest point of the government, and in the last two years people's view on the issues turned dimmer.

But the respondents were positive on the law and order situation.

Although a large number of people (47 percent) think corruption decreased, a large chunk (31 percent) also think the opposite. However, if compared with the previous polls, it shows that now more people think graft actually increased. Moreover, the majority (73 percent) think the Anti-corruption Commission is government controlled, and not acting neutrally.

Respondents' view on the opposition's politics is almost evenly divided with 30 percent having a negative opinion and 28 percent thinking positively.

Khaleda Zia as the leader of the opposition saw a declining popularity, drawing endorsement of 30 percent respondents. Her approval rating was 39 percent a year ago.

Power generation remains a weak spot of the government as more people now think not enough initiatives have been taken here.

Respondents are equally divided about their opinions on the judiciary 40 percent thinking it is independent, and an equal percentage thinking it is not politically neutral.

A high percentage of respondents are hopeful that allowing India to have transit facilities will yield benefits for Bangladesh.

A large number of them also did not support the recent hartal called by BNP.

The respondents were asked which party they would vote for if an election was held immediately. Awami League came out the winner with 39 percent vote while BNP got 22 percent.

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Majority confidence still there, popularity declining
 
How credible is this survey? Most people around here won't accept this results due to its lack of credibility. If you follow daily star's website on a regular basis, most of the respondents are pretty much anti AL. Transparency International's data doesn't agree with this either.
Anyways, Sceptism from us is pretty much inevitable, but this data will be taken as facts by the majority of the Indians.
 
"the judiciary 40 percent thinking it is independent"

Directly contradict with what TIB had found already and people had experienced. It also tells the story what this daily star survey was designed for - mid term digital deception.
 
I am speculating TIB probably asked people who had encountered the justice system. Daily Star may picked up a random group of people who may or may not have run-in with judiciary.


I am more willing to go along with the TIB report.
 
Daily Star may picked up a random group of people who may or may not have run-in with judiciary.

Check out from editor to reporters from daily star (and prothon alo for that matter) who they hang out with and ideology they worship. I had chance to see and meet few from that crowd. It will give clear picture where daily star went to for its opinion. This is not first political hack job daily star produced they have built a legacy for such kind deception.
 
Two years after the Awmai League-led government came to power, it still enjoys confidence of the majority people with 48 percent of them being satisfied with its performance, The Daily Star-Nielsen opinion poll shows.

News papers don't run survey. It was conducted by AC Nielsen on behalf of Daily Star. I'll take it as credible news, I don't see any reason why average Bangladeshi would want to go back to BNP era.
 
News papers don't run survey. It was conducted by AC Nielsen on behalf of Daily Star. I'll take it as credible news, I don't see any reason why average Bangladeshi would want to go back to BNP era.

But, why not an average Bangladeshi will start to like again BNP? It has happened many times in the past. However, I am a little unhappy that BNP leadership has failed to seize on any of the national issues. BNP has not come up with a view on the BD-India land connectivities and transit matters as well.

BNP leadership is busy shouting about her big mansion in the Dhaka Cantonement and expelling its leaders who do not agree to this shouting. I do not see Begum Zia has any foresightedness. However, since our politicians are after power only, therefore, it is possible that BNP will come out stronger about one year before the election. And it is also difficult to read the minds of electorates before the election.
 
BNP has not come up with a view on the BD-India land connectivities and transit matters as well.

That is not true. BNP repeatedly opposed transit and secret deals Awami regime made in Delhi. BNP demanded to submit what has been agreed with indian and kept secret by Awami regime in JS.

When most of Bangladeshi newpapaers and opposition voice are tortured and jailed and beaten up by Awami regime can one really expect effective opposition. That is without mass unrest. BNP so far refrain from Awami style unrest.
 
Time for AL-led govt to make a course correction

AS THE Awami League-led government enters into the third year of its tenure today, an assessment of its policies and performances over the past two years, in light of its pre-election promises, may be in order. It is imperative, however, to first revisit the context, in which the Sheikh Hasina administration came to power. The electoral landslide of the AL-led political alliance may have been due to, among other things, its pre-election promises which more or less encapsulated the aspiration of the people, who, needless to say, were then eager to see the back of the illegal, unconstitutional and repressive interim government, whose many misadventures during its two-year tenure had literally left the people gasping for breath.

The quasi-military administration set back the political process, induced a climate of fear across society, weakened the key institutions of the state, brought the economy to its knees, allowed the prices of essential commodities spiral way of the ordinary people’s reach, so on and so forth. Most importantly, the regime, which is believed to have been propelled to power with significant help from the Dhaka-based diplomatic community, let certain countries including one of our closest neighbours intervene in the country’s sovereignty—political, economic and otherwise. As such, the Awami League’s promise for ‘maintenance of economic stability and control over commodity price hike’, ‘effective action against corruption’, ‘a comprehensive long-term policy on electricity and energy’, ‘elimination of poverty and equity’, etc resonated well with the people. The master stroke, so to speak, was the promise that ‘courtesy and tolerance will be inculcated in the political culture’, the absence of which, the people generally believe, had led to confrontation between the two major political camps and ultimately to the January 11, 2007 changeover.

However, in the past two years, the AL-led government has hardly appeared committed to keeping the promises. Very early in its tenure, the ruling party’s student front, the Bangladesh Chhatra League, began what may be called a cleansing operation, driving its political opponents, especially Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, out of the campuses of leading public universities and colleges across the country. Soon, the youth front of the Awami League, the Bangladesh Juba League, joined in the act, establishing control over bus and launch terminals, marketplaces, etc.

Meanwhile, the opposition lawmakers were harried inside parliament, with the treasury benchers resorting to a campaign of denigration and demonisation of their leaders, dead or alive. The resultant acrimony prompted the opposition into prolonged boycott of parliament, which continues till date, and deciding to mobilise public opinion through political programmes. Here, too, the government and the ruling party have intervened, making sure, through legal and extra-legal means, that the political space for the opposition parties is constricted as much as possible.

Moreover, the government seems to have taken politicisation of the civil administration to a new height, rewarding its loyalists, proven or perceived, and punishing those not loyal or adequately loyal to it. Key functionaries of the government and the ruling party have not even made any attempt to sugar-coat their intentions, with the deputy leader of the House public urging the prime minister to cleanse the bureaucracy of pro-opposition elements and the health adviser to the prime minister announcing that only people belonging to the party would be appointed to the community health clinics that the government has decided to revive.


Issues that have direct consequence for the people at large have been largely ignored in the meantime. The prices of essential commodities continue to climb upward, law and order keeps deteriorating, members of the Rapid Action Battalion and other law enforcement agencies carry on with extrajudicial killings, power generation and distribution scenario gets bleaker every day, investment, domestic and foreign, in the productive sector remains low, employment market sees little sign of improvement—the list could go on and on.

What has been perhaps most disappointing—and dangerous, too—is the government’s readiness, if not eagerness, let outsiders dictate its policies and actions. The recent leak of US diplomatic cables by the WikiLeaks, which reveal instances of brazen intervention by Washington, London and New Delhi in the government’s policy decisions and actions, bears a poignant testimony to this effect.

In a nutshell, the government has thus far belied the people’s hopes and aspirations, and breached the trust they have reposed in it. Such a breach of trust could very well prompt the people to become politics-averse, which may eventually compromise the political process. Hence, the government needs to make a course correction and focus on keeping the promises it made to the people and meeting its constitutional obligation. After all, the cost of its failure could be devastating for the country, the people and the political process.

New Age | Newspaper
 
But, why not an average Bangladeshi will start to like again BNP? It has happened many times in the past. However, I am a little unhappy that BNP leadership has failed to seize on any of the national issues. BNP has not come up with a view on the BD-India land connectivities and transit matters as well.

BNP leadership is busy shouting about her big mansion in the Dhaka Cantonement and expelling its leaders who do not agree to this shouting. I do not see Begum Zia has any foresightedness. However, since our politicians are after power only, therefore, it is possible that BNP will come out stronger about one year before the election. And it is also difficult to read the minds of electorates before the election.

BNP acts as our lefts act. They aren't driven by pro-BD interest but anti-India feeling. Also the last term of BNP I think was pretty bad.
 
BNP acts as our lefts act. They aren't driven by pro-BD interest but anti-India feeling. Also the last term of BNP I think was pretty bad.

How was it really worse than this? Al repeatedly blames BNP-Jamaat for their conspiracy to bomb around 99 bomb simultaneously. However, only two people were killed from this so called planned bombings. Not to mention, all the so called attempted killers of sheikh hasina were arrested during the BNP regime, no new people were shown arrested other than the BNP ministers. Not to mention, all the top cadres like bangla bhai or even cadres like pichi hanan were exterminated during the last bnp regime.
Compare that to the BDR mutiny right now. And the rise of killer mps like shaon, and even chatra league. even economically speaking, more businesses were established during the BNP tenure compared to the last few years starting from the caretaker govt.
And not the crap about BNP being anti India. BNP's dealings with india were pretty normal and formal during the its tenure. Just because we didn't bend over backwards like this govt doesn't mean we are anti india.
 

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