Dhaka: The pinnacle of Bangladesh’s interim authorities stated on Monday that elections could also be held by the tip of 2025, supplied electoral reforms are applied first.
Bangladesh has been dominated by an interim authorities led by Nobel Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus since final August, when then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India amid mass protests.
“If there’s political consensus and the voter checklist is ready precisely with solely minor reforms, it could be doable to carry elections by the tip of 2025,” Yunus stated in a televised speech.
Bangladesh Military Commander Common Wakaruzzaman, whose refusal to assist Hasina throughout the bloody pupil protests led to her departure, stated: Reuters In September, democracy needs to be restored inside 12 to 18 months.
In his speech, Yunus stated that elections won’t be doable till electoral reforms are carried out.
“If extra reforms are wanted, making an allowance for the nationwide consensus, it could take at the least one other six months,” the 84-year-old added.
Opposition events, together with the Bangladesh Nationalist Get together, one of many nation’s two dominant events together with the Awami League, have known as for elections to be held as quickly as doable.
