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Bangladesh: Local Elections

Thursday, August 7th, 2008 @ 15:13 UTC

by Neha Viswanathan

Countries:: Bangladesh
Topics:: Elections

Unheard Voices poses some questions in the context of the local government elections held recently in Bangladesh.

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Nasir Jamal

Democracy is a manifestation of the will of the people. It is unfortunate that in our part of the world we regularly elect corrupt leaders. If someone thinks that democracy can be restored through elections, then he is mistaken.

# 2008-08-8 at 5:10 am

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