'Democracy' of the government

The present government often claims to be democratic. I have a few questions about that.  

1.    After the 2008 election, the PM appointed over half a dozen advisers and made her cabinet colleagues nobodies in the decision-making process. In which parliamentary democracy in the world do such things happen? 

2.    She argued that the caretaker form of the government is not representative of the people because its members are not elected. The election held on January 5, 2014 was not participated by the main opposition. Most of the voters also boycotted that election. How can she and her colleagues in the parliament claim that they are still people's representatives?

3.    In parliamentary democracy, a functional opposition is a must. Can we call Ershad's Jatiyo Party a real opposition party when some of their members have also joined the cabinet? 

4.    How does the government defend the large scale anomalies in the last city corporation polls? Is vote rigging a part of their version of 'democracy?'

MAS Molla
Life Member, BAAS
Dhaka