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hello welcome to the program, i am how sion, how about a voters in bangladesh? uh, getting ready for general elections on sunday. it gets a come to the so pulls us, dividing much of the country, present 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 for, and widespread advice or the by the government. frustration has been building out for months with protest as demanding the prime minister step aside and for a neutral administration to oversee the vote. so how will they selection, say button gladish dispute, and is the nation shifting to a one party system? we've got to all guess in a moment. first, this report from cots, gallup is. how do you on she has been with dish as long as serving prime minister, and she casino is all but guaranteed another term, the 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 have been marked by widespread protests 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 cutting the election. it says millions of its members are facing a government crackdown in thousands have been jailed. 25000 of our party leaders and work of stocking from our sector again level 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 but they said someone else to do already voted for me and i was hot breaking the dish has seen a supporters points of bangladesh as fast economic transformation. but there are significant challenges to the international monetary fund has approve a $4700000000.00 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 must have been wash it investigative journalist under photo with a daily newspaper. new age in garcia. city of alba, george a member of parliament for the governing. why meek potty, also in the capital dichotomy of a honda that was to unfold a member of parliament for the opposition buying letters, nation is bossy. welcome to the program. not tied to violence is not something new during the election campaigns and also off to the results out analysis. why is it so tense in ticket at this time? is it because of the opposition staying away from the race or the general consensus of this is another big election or not. thank you for having me here. um,

i would say that that is uh is not uh that much. it is time because it's a virus between the ruling party that is called already and their back independent, candid as well. so we have uh uh, just uh no, i want to give you the official figure that i received from the police headquarters . but more than $300.00 of the, the incident that took place. uh, just uh, 15 days since the know the ruling party had. uh they are like minded uh, opposition and independent candidates stop in there for a election campaign. so even those can you say it's more than 300 and more that nearly nearly 400 people were injured according to the police report and and, and uh 50 is uh, 57 people were interested mostly, uh, only uh, leaders and activities. and 6 people were killed during this period. so they do

that. this is a deputy 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 company before. uh, the farm i like uh no announcement scheduled for the election. that is going to be happening in something that the 7th of this month. so many of dismiss bmt boy codes 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 can be shifted, 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 this say that we don't want to go to the election unless, unless the, i'm gonna stick with the system being back to the country again. mm hm. so election, commission league and all the buttons, you have to say, no, we're going to hold the election under the president constitutional system. simple is that the election commission asking everybody to go above just but the super to the 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. 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 that to be something that is good to do. 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 as well, if you don't mind because we have the funds of interest or should be given us the policies, perspective, 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 is not an election a tool. it's of pre said design. it's uh, you know, it's a drama that's the stage by the golf, but don't solve it. it's basically an election between the 1st and nominated from obama they versus the independent candidate of obama leg versus the old my leg support. good job, your party candidate for our stuff, the alarm i live, i live uh, candidate, etc, etc, etc. so whoever you both you and, and now today you are voting for a while on the lake. so that was the reason why we are not participating in the election. and as of today we have 11 elections in total and also those 11 elections are the 4 elections were accepted by all the parties. and those 4 were held on the

caretaker golf. but because i turned off, mine was the result of a while. i'm really mad in 1996 as it was incorporated in the constitution through all the 13th amendment by being paid. and it was based on national phone services every. a city of, 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. and we doesn't participate in the election because at that time it was very clear to all that but 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 may. i have a daughter all the bundle bundle i am or the boarding direct the election. so be trusted hop be part dissipated in the election on more than 50 candidates of bmt, but personally in george physically in georgia. lot. so people that arrest that are active as rhetoric that there was no level playing field. and in the end of the day being the board, 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 look at the expect 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, since october 28th after not a button is broke out to doing a peaceful, really getting back up. and the hulu is not 55000 bit slowly, 11000. uh and do you see the top leaders including major all of you and uh, and others who are not police did make or they are in the board and those who are not there, the sign in either a new cable motion elsewhere. and those are, those are remaining, the maker of this party. and the other thing is important that we are not getting any health issues such as 6 from the government itself. given this con, uh, context uh in mind. uh, we are heavy at elections and you see, i talked to barbara today and you are asking you, why don't you go back your own and because you are both. she said,

you looking is all those 50 and i don't signs this election is 805050 d and nothing is here. how many i know this phase, this election is if you, if you compare be less than that $35.00 of us election, we could probably kind of war democraix. so this is kind of 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 the saying and 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 setting. yeah, i just heard what both most of the under, i mean, how being say now if you say you seem to find much confidence you about to have the house and binds of bangladesh of people. but 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 ultimate 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 handle the next election. and everybody like the mean and other one must be assigned to a mr. newton government kept to get a government, which is most of the trust to use get to get a government, all neutral government. this is completed by those terms, which it is a ghost of the she couldn't bring that to get 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. so 2000 say a 1008, which was unconstitutional. and then 8 is became on comes to issue. now we're looking for what, how our elections commission, we get to stay. and so we ought to be in be and how the political 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 and we want to beat that. but no, no, it's just, i mean, you know what, you know, what's the problem with you all getting it? you're talking about the laws of the secret. it was the i why meant 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 bundle of dish 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 and fairly with b, but why wouldn't you just what trigger a new, let's say policy. and that for when you, when people would say, well, you these of it, you own it. you don't seem to be really convincing to me sitting while 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 talk with the trusted elections commission. we don't trust on the press sheets. we don't have boston, law enforcement, it is the trust no more. so what i can do, i'll leave you the quote,

you can part albany with the election election coverage is like the whole election . so this is what i'm saying is they do have a kind of sort of suspicious how the election commission getting this done. then accept the commission alden would be afraid of extra romeo accepting the you. okay, no problem. and let me just go to the mean for a 2nd. well, i 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, wait out for you in, in the future. unless you decide with wisdom, it is in the benefit of bangladesh to be profit with the political establishment on the bottom of the elections. um,

do you really believe that for the benefit of this country and for the sake of the people they should part pacific to the election, which is mostly those dummy election which is mostly known as of course, it goes from election. there is no point because people have already pre determined who's gonna form 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 paula mat. if you want to uh, box for me, 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 point of, 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 speak to our grocer bubble people that 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 contesting 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, state, so they withdraw their categories the, okay, oh, let's try to say this has already been confirmed from the gulf 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 me to a place and then all me, 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 to the of the band p versus a i say it has seen

a of our music. it's the same deep seated unimed ball city that has brought to beset political life in bangladesh. for that case, particularly the flight between the, the 2 main political parties, the social, the 2nd one, the league found to the 1949, 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 the boss it to that has been that for, for years, i pick up, uh, it is very complicated to predict that the days coming here and it's, it's very complicated because you see the, it only has its own couple of the d and with the this folder and beneficiaries and but the b and b is not bidding mess your policy. go potty by this time after summer. and i know so many of you know,

human rights that use and for the japanese this will be checking that so. so you're comparing in a different the spectrum of this load because the dynamics are. but what do we have the stand, the we have seen the dying because i know the environment in by monday, you know, the bangladesh or the, the, it has been a long tradition in bottom. are they that the point to go to parties know the 50, the, and everything. but we have fee is different this course and which is really as in tom. so, but uh, but because of a political thinking and body guy environment. and when the guy says is bad, that democracy wouldn't be affected. and of course, i know that if it the, the law that was the human rights that clearly say the freedom of expression that

was affect our no, no, i don't know what's going to happen after the action that the said and 17, the 7. 0, i generally sending 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 have changed those, the economies all the same tots. so, so 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, to keep an eye on that as to 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 the car seat 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 interest of community or must say, but then what's going to happen because we need some of the money from my and therefore injection injection from other countries okay, we keep talking, we keep talking with them like, oh i'm going to deal with the buy board. i definitely the point. i

mean what's next full. the position i'll do is just likely to continue the same campaign that you started in december 2022 by taking to the streets, the same campaigns that resulted in unprecedented boss, protests kidding, also civilians and also the rest of thousands of people on the street. it's a, 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, top of down the government to this kind of basement, but of costs to be able to 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 call us on our investment a street called purch to blame one is gonna spend the next 2nd is rough show. you print for a 3rd as well as the rest session,

but unfortunately the reality remains at the bottom of that you're going to be back from very soon. new martin result is below 6. been $1000000000.00, which is not even enough to make 3 months in ford. built situation, but stop nash now, oil import organizations found these are difficult. there's an opening, elsie's, the upcoming bonds to the government has to pay $10000000000.00 of their repayment . the load 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 at all this star forecasting di hyperinflation is going to take place. i have the very profitable situation. i see a point most of the more uncertainty for the country of 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 heavy weights. oh no. we do. we see uh, it's already been uh no changing because uh we see how that you is the diplomat starving and really cool in bangladesh. she for the she and especially, you know, the parking meters. they tried to bundle a bit and they did on to do no, no, really cool them. it's a, it's a very i even get in by what they should never see in pop. so and on the other hand, we have see that the other big power in, in, i don't know saltisha be try to send out there for people in the constitution and we see and independent. can you just say that he is the candidate all in yet? so this is not a different dynamics. you can die not is saying in different way and

i want to make it short 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 by and see and let's see what happens next. in the mean time, most of the of the law said city of choice, but 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 again, any time by visiting our website as, as you know, that's going 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 ex husband is a j. insightsquared. if let me ask you about the model and the entire team here by the the latest means as a spring. we will just hit pretty badly by tear gas. there has to be serious

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