Bangladesh’s interim government has not been able to guarantee public safety and the celebration of general elections this year will be difficult, said the head of a newly released political party Reuters.
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was expelled last August as a result of Mass protests, sometimes violent led by students. The interim government, headed by the Nobel Prize Muhammad Yunus, said this month that the elections could be held at the end of 2025, although the riots have continued.
“In the last seven months, we all expected the police system, law and order to be restored through short -term reforms. It has happened to some extent, but not to our expectations, ”said Nahid Islam, head of the Jatiya Nagorik party or the National Citizens Party (NCP) and former student leader.
“In the current situation of the law and order and the police system, I do not think it is possible to hold a national election,” said the 26 -year -old in his first interview as NCP head in his villa provided by the Government in Dhaka.
The Islam, who until recently was an advisor to the interim government, is the first politician in questioning Yunus’s term for an election.
Political analysts believe that their party led by youth could significantly remodel national policy, dominated for decades by the Hasina Awami League Party and its rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
These parties have demanded early elections, arguing that power should be returned to a democratically chosen government.
The incidents of disturbances include attacks on the symbols of the Hasina government and the clashes between the groups of students. There have also been reports of Hindu Households, Companies and temples and other minorities in the Muslim majority nation, although the interim government says that these reports are exaggerated.
Islam said that the NCP, which formed last week, would be ready for surveys every time they celebrate.
However, he added that before the elections can be held, it would be crucial to reach a consensus on the so -called “proclamation of the July Revolution”, a letter that the interim government plans to prepare in consultations with political parties and student activists.
The document intends to reflect the aspirations of the people of Bangladesh and honor the 1,000 people who died in last year’s violence. Manifest students eliminated the calls to the Constitution after the interim government said it would prepare the proclamation.
“If we can get to that consensus within a month, we can ask the elections immediately. But if it takes more time, the choice must be deferred, ”he added.
Many people rich throughout Bangladesh are helping to finance the party, said Islam, adding that it will soon look for a crowdfunding for a new office and creating a fund for elections.
