Bangladesh’s Yunus to ask election commission to hold election in Feb 2026
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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus salutes to the attendees upon arrival at the Bangabhaban to take oath as the head of the interim government, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 8, 2024. — Reuters
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DHAKA: Bangladesh interim leader Mohammad Younus said on Tuesday that he would ask the Election Commission to hold a national election next February.
“On behalf of the interim government, I will write a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner to organize a election in front of Ramadan in February 2026, Younus said in a broadcast on the occasion of a one -year anniversary of the abolition of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.”
The 85 -year -old Nobel Peace Prize -winning Younis is guiding the caretaker government as its chief adviser, and has said he will retire after the vote.
“We will step into the last and most important phase after you make this speech, and this is a transfer of power to an elected government,” he said.
Younus had earlier said that elections would take place in April, but key political parties are demanding that they hold them before, and before the Islamic sacred month, the Muslim -majority country had 170 million people in the month of Ramadan.
He added, “I urge you all to pray for us so that we can hold a fair and smooth elections, which enables all citizens to move forward successfully in building ‘Bangladesh’.
“On behalf of the government, we will extend all the necessary support to ensure that elections are free, peaceful and celebrating in terms of spirit.”
On August 5, 2024, after the end of his 15 -year rule to the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a South Asian nation, is still suffering from political turmoil.
Yunus addressed a crowd of thousands of people outside the parliament, and stood in the rain to issue “announcement” along with leaders of major political parties. This document will be included in the country’s constitution.
He read the document, “People’s confidence … as widespread rebellion has been expressed in Bangladesh to tackle the political and constitutional crisis, a legitimate, legitimate and internationally recognized.”
“The people of Bangladesh express their desire to introduce good governance and fair elections, the rule of law and economic and social justice, and legal democratic reforms for all states and constitutional institutions.”
‘Stand United’
Hussein’s rule was seen as widespread human rights abuses, including massive detention and illegal killings of its political opponents, and Younis has promised to restore democratic institutions.
“Thousands of sacrifices have given us this rare opportunity for national reforms, and we have to protect it at any cost,” Younus said in a letter issued on the occasion of the anniversary.
“The fallen autonomous and their self -serving allies are dynamic, who plot to remove our progress.”
But he said that when the interim government made “extensive reform efforts”, the agreement on measures to stop the return to authoritarian rule was vague.
Political parties are getting involved in power before the elections.
He added, “Necessary reforms, including the political and electoral system, are in talks with political parties and stakeholders.”
He called on the people to remember the sacrifices made last year and work together.
“We stand beyond all divisions to counter these risks and defeat them,” he added. “Together, we will create a Bangladesh where oppression will never happen again.”
Protests began on July 1, 2024, with university students demanding reforms for quota system for public sector jobs.
They ended on August 5, 2024, when thousands of people escaped from the helicopter and attacked thousands of palaces.
The 77 -year -old Hussein is in India, where he has refused judicial orders to participate in his ongoing trial on charges of crime against humanity.
