Tragic realism?

In literature, the term for unlikely events juxtapositioned into reality is called Magic Realism. Great authors have used this concept in many of their masterpieces. The books that twine together the real with the unreal often satirically speak of the nature of society. In correspondence to politics and governance in Bangladesh, the unbelievable information that is being stripped and exposed is indeed real, but the extent of these events is unbelievable. The events compiled together speak in the tone of an unpublished magically real story, where the plot is being unfolded. Unfortunately, this is a true tale where the bottom line had been leading to spoil the values of the country.
Let us begin our magical journey in 2004. Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil repeatedly stated that only the Almighty could help the survival of the then BNP led four-party alliance, after a certain deadline. Of course constitutionally it seemed rather impossible and then it seemed quite amazing too. At the end of the deadline nothing happened and normal activities resumed. Then the opposition secretary appeared to say that he was still holding onto the trump card, which would be used to shatter the government later. Not until recent times, did we hear about the real deal. The AL had reportedly decided to bribe seventy members of parliament. Each of them were to receive a crore and some even more. Seventy MP resignations would force the government to fail, not to mention the grave disgrace of the BNP itself. In a magically real book, such a story would be considered fabulous. However, in real life it is quite a shame to even think of such situations.
The reported news has sparked many other questions. Did the AL chief and other principal leaders hold meetings with the target MPs regarding the decision? Could they make such gallant comments without a nod of agreement among all the parties involved? The possible answers to these questions are yet more shocking. If the BNP lawmakers had agreed to indulge in such a fabulous package, their integrity is to be questioned. Those seventy MPs represent twenty three percent of the parliament, representing about 29.1 million or roughly twenty percent of the population of Bangladesh. These parliamentarians were elected to bring to the table the issues of their areas and work to solve them. It is so unfortunate that instead of doing that the parliamentarians would slip into selfish schemes dominated by illegal money. We are so unfortunate that instead of producing magic realistic literature we have brought to reality the magic realism of books and thereby ruin the cause of the people, the country and slapped democracy. I was under the impression that only books could include bits and pieces of Magic Realism. After a while of beholding it seems that our own very politicians have brought it to reality.