Bangladesh: Failure of a Parliamentary Government 1973-75

Dr. Jamshed Sanyiath Ahmed Choudhury has attempted to explain the main reasons of the failure of the parliamentary government in post-liberation Bangladesh, 1973-75. The author concludes that the reason of this failure can be attributed mainly to: a sustained interference by the then political leadership in the functioning of a democratic system; weak institutional framework; absence of essential socio-economic and political infrastructure and above all scant regards shown by the founding leadership towards the very system. Finally, the author hopes that through trial and error the democratic trial and error the democratic pillars of Bangladesh will be stronger and resilient but in that process both opposition and the government must learn to compromise and accept each other's opinion.