she stays opposed to what she's asked for. now. it says a question about 5 unflinching questions. rigorous the bank that he added to 2 days that another thing is taking place. augusta. nothing goes into gauze and without us of permission, nothing leaves profit without the girl's permission. to allow me to push back for a moment, demanding a ceasefire, demanding an end to the root causes of all of this violence upfront. what algebra is bangladesh on a path to a one part to boom, the governing lemonade is likely to win another ton in sunday's election. the may, no position is quite crushing, accusing the government of tracking down one is levels. so what will this both mean for the country? this is inside story, the

hello welcome to the program, i am how sion, how about a voters in bangladesh. uh, getting ready for general elections on sunday. a. it's a controversial bulls. us dividing much all the country private associate has seen that is expected to win another time with virtually no competition. the main opposition is marketing pointing to what it says, intimidation, food, and widespread advice or the by the government. frustration has been building off for months with protest as demanding the prime minister step aside and for a neutral administration to oversee the vote. so how will this election say button gladish dispute? and is the nations shifting to a one party system? we've got to all guess in a moment. first, this report from kat's gallop is how do young she is bangladesh as long as serving prime minister. and she casino is all but guaranteed. another term for 76 year old has left the country for 15 years,

overseeing sharp economic growth that's lifted millions out of poverty. but the months leading up to sundays, general election had been marked by widespread protest and calls for her to resign . critics accuse her of authoritarianism, corruption in a blocking political rivals from running the main opposition party b. n p is bully clouding the election. it says millions of its members are facing a government crackdown in thousands have been jailed with the 5000 of our party leaders and work of stocking from our sector. again. that was down to the grass through several have been taken into custody. the military has been deployed to the capital ahead of the elections put on the streets of tonka. the mode is mixed with many voters expecting more of the same area that i've heard philip brought home was i believe i was eligible to vote for the 1st time in 2018,

but i wasn't able to on when i went to cost my vote, they said someone else it already voted for me, was hot breaking. i've seen a supporters points of bangladesh as fast economic transformation, but there are significant challenges of the international monetary fund has approve a 4700000000 dollar loan to offset the nations deposition in a week currency. that's a good fit. we are very happy with the infrastructure the government has developed when it comes to essentially, the prices are too high. we caught much of salaries with food expenses. bangladesh relies heavily on his clothing industry, which reached profits of about $40000000000.20. but it's struggling to develop new exports, inserted, and trade deals and partnerships with china are also raising concerns in washington . bangladesh prides itself on being a multi party democracy. but some are now asking if it's turning into

a one party st. katia a little bit, so the young alj a 0 for insight story. the let's bring it in august, the old joining us from bangladesh in deka most. i'm going to wash it investigative journalist under photo with a daily newspaper, new age in garcia, city of alpha, george a member of parliament for the governing. why may leak potty also in the capital dock out on the honda batteries to unfold a member of parliament for the opposition bangladesh? nation is bossy. welcome to the program. not tied to violence is not something new during the election campaigns and also of to the results out analysis. why is it so tense in the ticket at this time is because of the opposition staying away from the race or the general consensus of this is another big election as i can do for having you. um,

i would say that that is uh is not uh that much at this time because it is a virus between the ruling party that is called already and their back independent, candid as well. so we have, uh, just uh, no, i want to give you the official figure that i received from the police headquarters . they more than 380 incident that took place to just uh, 15 days since the know the hulu party had. uh they are like minded opposition and independent candidates stop in there for the election campaign. so even those can you say it's more than 300 and more to nearly nearly 400 people were injured according to the police report and and, and 50 is 57 people who were ever listed mostly uh only uh, leaders and activities. and 6 people were killed during this period. so they do

that. this is definitely them off. uh, other uh moms. uh we have seen, i know uh it seems that the position and uh really normally guys be not running the campaigning before. uh, the farm i like uh no announcement already scheduled for the election that keeps going to the happened in 7 to the 7th of this month. so many of dismiss bmt boy cuts as an attempt to undermine the elections. but the thing that the reason why this thing is because there are no guarantees, this is going to be fat and free. thank you. everybody and good evening. yep. nobody's going to give any guarantee. the election commission is an independent body election commission is asking every particular bodies to participate in the election. you owe me like a particular budget dentist but,

but i'm assuming an election and b and b on the other hand, they say they don't want to, but it's definitely eviction because the site, the electron election system that will be leaving the election system that will be leaving the constitutional system built to bring back something which is unconstitutional. and they say that we don't want to go to the election unless, unless the, i'm gonna stick with your system being back to the country again. mm hm. so election, commission league and other public about is we have to say, no, we're going to hold the election under the president comes to the show system. simple is that the election commission asking everybody to go above is super, super to fiction. so i'm going to get the body parts of another election. i don't next, 7, generally. they look to going to happen. and the people of this country is going to attend the election. they're going to participate in the election and they're going

to vote the, but they're going to vote at the, i mean, as you, you know, we didn't, we didn't, we didn't guide is going to be the f b. and then they're going to decide who's going to by minister, but i'm in that suited audio be in the saying the albany. and then we can do the, the some that is good to but it's even in the election. so election is not going to be in the, you know, in, in the end and that of, of, of falls. so the best thing, something we use not accepting the people. okay? the point what this thing because it what if you don't mind because we have the funds of interest or should be given us the policies bus back to romeo and you decided not to take, but you do. you have participated in 2014, that you decided to, to, sorry, your bulk of the 2014. you participated in 2018 and you said we're not taking part in the twin in the 2020 full for many they say is just an invasive attempt by the b

and b. so given that they know this is going to be seized by one b league. thank you so much and good evening. the election that is going to be held on the 7th of this month. it's not an election a tool. it's of pre said design. it's uh, you know, it's a drama that's so the stage by the golf, but on solving it's basically an election between the 1st, the nominated for mobile ballad. burke says the independent candidate of obama leg versus the old my leg support to drop you a party candidate for our stuff, the a while, my legs, a lot of candidates, etc, etc, etc. so whoever you, both you and, and now today you are voting for a while. i'm really so that was the reason why we are not part of the budget in the election. and as of today we have 11 elections in total and also those 11 and actions are the 4 elections were accepted by all the parties. and those 4 were held

on the caretaker government because i turned off my but the result of a while i'm really mad in 1996. and it was incorporated in the constitution through all the 13th amendment by being paid. and it was based on national phone services. everybody uh, you know, accepted as the correct form off of running the election. but when albany came in far in 2008, for the reasons best known to them, they just remove the, you know, the audi fell off of traffic. i don't, but from that goes to do should add, they are, you know, running the show off to that in their own way so that they can renew their power every 5 years in 2014 rather than participate in the election. because at that time, it was very clear to all the election will not be a free affair. one into a 2018. we got assurance from the prime minister herself. she said,

you have faith on me. i am daughter of bundle bundle. i am the boarding direct the election, so be trusted. hop be participate at the, in the election on more than 50 candidates of being paid by personally in george, physically in georgia. lot. so people that arrest that are active as right arrested . there was no level playing field at the end of the day, b and b bought only 7 states also have $300.00, which is on believable. okay. most of the, just what i mean has been saying, is it legitimate demand to say now that we should have had and useful to take a government to oversee the election of the sol guarantee that this was going to be 5 and 3, you got to start to see what we to see, the phone wants to go potty or both of the parties like uh,

being the said it had its uh uh more than 25000 people were ever stayed. uh, says, october 28th after not a button is broke out to doing a peaceful rally in cops and the hulu is not 55000 bit slowly, 11000. uh. and you can see the top leaders including major, hopefully some of them gear and, and others who are not policy maker. they are in behind the board and those who are not there, the sign in either and you k luncheon elsewhere. and those are, those are remaining the policy maker of this party. and the other thing is important that we are not getting any health issues such as dix from the government itself. given this con, uh, context uh in mind, uh, we are heavy at election and you see, i talked to barbara today and you are asking me, why don't you go back to your home and cause your vote. she said,

no election is always 50, and i don't fine. this election is 805050 d and nothing is here. how many i know this phase, this election is if you, if you compare me less than that 35 of us election, we could probably kind of war democraix. so this is kind of an election we have. okay, right. and the wind. so we definitely need to know, i'm not saying it, i don't want to say the what only is a thing of what being the same. but as a bolder, i really want to go in a p. c a minute, but i'm not, i'm not getting here. and i spoke to hundreds of people over the week and they said, no, it is not the environment in which okay, i can go into my liter sending, you've just heard what both, both have the under me happy and say, now if you say you seem to find much confident to your boss. you have the house and binds of bangladesh at people's by you see that there is

a was fee of full arise ation and mistrust. why didn't you reinstate the article that pays the way for a neutral, independent, non partisan government that would take over to oversee the election at the moment you, when you would have the altima justification under just to me see that you want a free and fair election the question of a discuss here today about how we're going to have the next election and everybody like the mean i'm other one must be ashamed to reinstate nutone government gift to get a government which is most interesting to use get to get the men to all neutral government, this is completed by those terms, which this a ghost of the cynical and bring that gift to open back, you know, come check anymore. why?

because the high school to the high school of this country said the system we have . uh, we have been like doing a lecture like 9 to 9 to 196 up to thousands of 1008, which was unconstitutional. and then it's, it's become an issue now we're looking for what, how all elections commission we get to stay. and so we ought to be in be and how the bodies so vicious. so they just do how we can stand in the election commission so they can trust them that we can do all election on a we want to big that but no, no, it's just, i mean, you know what, you know, what's a problem with you all getting that you're talking about the laws of the secret, it was the i why me league which abolished the practice of having okay, take a government saying that the good. okay. take a government back. that was concluding with the ministry establishment to expand

the influence. so it was a politically motivated decision. now it's the up to the people of bangladesh to say, what's a wide, what's wrong, what's good, what's bad for that. now, if you're really honest about the idea of competing freely unfairly with b, but why wouldn't you just what trigger i knew i'd say policy and that for when you, when people would say, well, you these of it, you own it, it all seem to be really convincing to me said, what you're talking to me about the need to maintain something as if it was really sacred. and this is what he was saying at the bottom of this thing. but the sick thing is we cannot go back to the system being the patient, but the super in the election of fighting. and then they can say that this election is able to do a test on that and give top the trust and electrical commission. we don't trust on the board of trustees. we don't have boston, law enforcement, it is. you're going to trust no more. so what i can do,

i'll make it public apart. albany with the election and election coverage is the whole election. so this is why i'm saying they do have a kind of sort of suspicious how the election commission is going to send them a collection of commission. i'll be very lecture romeo, the you. okay, no problem. and let me just go to the mean for a 2nd. what mean do you understand that by choosing not to take part in the election, you are basically sending the message that from now own words. and the decision is the, is going to be out of the constitutional framework, because the options would be very small for you. you go to this race, violence will kick in and therefore they wouldn't be no democratic way out for you in the future. unless you decide with wisdom, it is in the benefits of bind gladish to be possible the political establishment and bulk of the elections. um,

do you really believe that for the benefit of this country and for the sake of the people we should part to supply to the election, which is mostly those dummy election which is mostly known as a firestick beauchamp election. there is no point because people is already predetermine who's gonna uphold the golf bed? who's going to be the prime minister? who's going to be in the opposition? if you want to know, i have a list of names who has already been conformed to be the member of parliament. if you want to uh, activate the names i can do so, but i don't think that will be very nice, but we all have those messages here now. so what's the, what's the, what's the president of action where we all know that we're going to win from which said, so no, i don't think that this a mockery will be a nice thing to do with our people. on the top of that, we are very proud people, part the respect to our active is to be picked to all our gross repeatable people. it all said, please don't, don't be

a part of this far. and the just to let you know that drop your party, which is fantastic the election to be the main opposition policy in depaula med. most of the candidates are withdrawing from the election. they said that there is no level playing field. the voters are ready to, to come to the auction. there is by that there are not be able to, you know, stay, so they withdraw their cabinet se, okay, oh, let's try this. they say it's has already been conformed from the golf mag, in those to where they said the government did the place and you know, i mean, they just got it. i mean be a want really good place to the normally they just got it. i'm in those states for about please. they are going to win, but still we don't know because we have so much about going on. i hope you have and goes to cover with, you know, to little bit of perspective for all international audience. how did the, the of the band be versus a, i say it has seen of i why me, the,

it's the same deep seated unimed ball city that has back to beset political life in bangladesh. for that case, particularly the flight between the, the 2 main political parties, the social is 2nd to one me league found to be 949, the conservative nationalist, b, and be founded in 1977. all we are is bangladesh. none to keep paying the price of the same political and positive that has been valuable for years. and i think of it is it to be very complicated to predict that the day is coming. and it's, it's very complicated because you think of the, it only has its own complexity and with the supporters and beneficiaries and, but the b and b is not bidding menu of all the pick up party by this time after summer . and i know so many of you know, human rights that use and for the parents,

this will be checking so so, so you're comparing in a different uh, spectrum. oh this probably does the dynamics it. but what do we have the stand, the we have seen the dying because you know, the environment in by monday, you know, the bangladesh or it has been a long tradition environment. they, that the point to go to parties know the 50 b and everything. but we're seeing is different discourse and which is really an inspector in thompson. but uh, but because of a political thinking and body guy environment and when the guy says is best that democracy wouldn't be affected. and of course, i know that if it the, the law that was

a human rights that clearly say the freedom of expression that was affect our no, no, i don't know what's gonna happen after the action that the said and 17, the 7. 0, i generally sent him. if you would have asked me, i guess nobody me who asked questions, but if you would have asked me about the track record of she has seen a about a few years ago. there was a consensus with us. she was presiding over an unprecedented economic boot and expanding of the government's industry in bangladesh. but things how change those, the economy's almost inc tots us to the point where it needs cash injections from the international monetary institution. it's not a good side for the voters. we've got to have both that this is the right candidate to vote for. this is the crisis is not for the shallow, the cartridge is all over the so our policy is to keep an eye on

that as a how do we move forward? and then we have, we have our own policies, we have old friends, our developing partners, a friend, countries we're working on that. so people, some people are expecting for the election. they kind of bring to crisis has been a, even more and more. they are expecting that, but i can assure you we have our own plan, our own policy, and the own take to go every. so a bundle dish is still a great, it's going to be through the country. we have our so many stops and friends around . we have talking with them, but the next election ballot i'm talking about the if it is not accepted by the induced um community or must say, but then what's going to happen because we need some of the money from my and therefore the injection injection from other countries okay, we keep talking, we keep talking with them like, oh, i'm going to deal with you know, but,

but i definitely the point of running what's next for the position i'll do is just likely to continue the same campaign that your thought took in december 2022 by pick into the streets, the same campaigns that resulted in unprecedented boss, protests kidding, of civilians. and also the rest of thousands of people on the street. it's a, it's a gun, but here it could backfire on you. she can notice that for last one on how she is, we are continuing with our movement and it was so testable and so non violent. the golf men sometimes made this joke out of our basement. they said, how would they expect that they've been, you know, couple down the golf men through this kind of feedback. but of course we will be able to do so because we believe that people are with us and uh, regarding our economic crisis. could i say a few words about that very briefly, if you don't mind. yeah, of course. um, our adults might have street called purch to blame one is our own off pandemic. second is ross shaw. you print for a 3rd as well as the rest session,

but unfortunately the reality remains, but all of which is going to be bad from very soon new martin result is below 6. been $1000000000.00, which is the occupant enough to meet 3 months in board. built situation, a bus stop, nash, and now oil in port organizations found these really difficult. there's an opening else. these. the upcoming bonds to the government has to pay $10000000000.00 of their repayment upload and use inflation is so high that says the local currency is losing its value against the door. the impression is rising very, very sharply. and you know, some, if it all this star forecasting di, hyperinflation is going to take place. i have the very profitable situation. i see your point, most of the more uncertainty for the country all the time when the key global play is india, china and the united states of america. i'm looking forward to see what happens next, which could be defined the way that we'd have to talk it with, with the south asian country. how do you see it's future relations with this?

a political have a weight? oh no. we do. we see it's already been uh no changing because uh we see how that us diplomats, are we really cool in bangladesh sheet for the dc and especially, you know, really talking leaders. they try to bundle a bit and they get on to do no, no, really cool them. it's a, it's a very i even get involved with this we've never seen in pop. so then the, on the other hand, we have seen that the other big power in, in, out this, i know saltisha be try to say now there or people in the constitution and we see a independent can you just say that he is the can do that all in yet, so this is the different dynamics you and diana is saying in different way and i want to make it sure in different way. does that bother to people really

want democracy and development? i don't know, but we thank you someone gets kind of put the pin but on conversely, and let's see what happens next. in the meantime, most of the of the last it city of choice. i mean for honda, i really appreciate your insights looking forward to having the same conversation with you in the near future of the outcome of the election. thank you for watching . you can see the program i got any time by visiting our website as, as you know, the. com for further discussion posts on facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash a j inside slot. or you can also join the conversation on x. and that is a j insightsquared. if let me ask you about about the entire team here by the to leave off church solutions that gives us know for

future that we have to find creative solutions. not just turn our backs on the don't think that has a number, think about it as a person and yourself and that person's shoes. so as you can see for this is my us, my life in my life, those dentures. we want, we want the education, we want to go great. because the women in my country, they're not sweet to come out to us. we are not denied all of who we are human beings and this has to be trees and the coins. we are working in their thoughts, that's our ancestors. whatever has been done before can be done as long as the human being is doing it, you just have to keep pushing because no one else can see. the vision is clear. rejecting decades of internal conflict,

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