Natâ€™l unity, tolerance must to end crisis of democracy

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Staff Reporter

The longstanding crisis of the democracy in Bangladesh can be overcome with national unity, practice of tolerance, increase of comprehensive wisdom and moral courage of the political leaders, said speakers at a roundtable in the city on Wednesday.

“Democracy has fallen into a deep crisis in Bangladesh. Lack of tolerance and patience in the political parties is the root-cause of it. Besides the leaders don’t care about their pre-election commitments and ignore people’s democratic rights and rule of law,” they opined.

The Centre for Strategic and Peace Studies (CSPS) organised the roundtable conference on ‘Crisis of Democracy - Security Issues’ at the National Press Club yesterday evening.

Former State Minister Major General (retd) M. Anwarul Kabir Talukder was the chief guest while Editor of The New Nation Mostafa Kamal Majumdar presented the keynote paper.

Chairman of the CSPS Shah Abdul Hannan moderated the discussion.

Former State Minister M Anwarul Kabir Talukder said the country is facing a crisis of democracy due to the lack of tolerance, moral courage and comprehensive wisdom of political leaders.