Yunus Announces Bangladesh General Elections In February Next Year | World News
Bangladesh Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus announced on Tuesday that the next general election will be held in February 2026.
In order to celebrate the first anniversary of the uprising that overthrew the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the state television announced its election time during his speech to the nation through BTV and Radio.
“I will write to the election commissioner on behalf of the provisional government by asking for a national election regulation before the next Ramadan in February 2026.” He said.
“This year’s elections in the history of the country’s history of joy and celebration, peace and order, voter participation and sincerity in terms of unforgettable mental preparation and institutional arrangements will begin.”
Yunus, “My objection to political parties, your election manifestos, promises, promises and plans, young people should not be left out. Women should not be left out. Remember, the young people who change the world have the power to change the world.” He said.
In the early hours today, the Bangladesh Provisional Government officially introduced the “July Declaration”, an official statement of the mass uprising of 2024 in Bangladesh. The chief advisor Muhammad Yunus announced a statement summarizing 26 points political, constitutional and governance issues in accordance with the spirit of the uprising led by the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The provisional government met with political parties who participated in the movement against Sheikh Hasina before completing the “July Declaration”. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-E-Islami and the newly established National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders, including the senior leaders of the parties, accepted by the consent of political parties, this statement was announced during the Southern Plaza of the Bangladesh Parliament, announced during the hundred-arrogant annual ceremony.
The July Declaration criticized the constitution adopted in 1972 after the war against Pakistan in 1971 and promised to reform.
“After the Awami League government, the weaknesses in the preparatory procedures and the inappropriate application of the structure of the constitution could not fulfill the wishes of the people,” July Declaration could not fulfill the July Declaration. He said.
“During the rule of Sheikh Hasina, under his leadership, an anti-human, autocratic and extreme power against human rights turned Bangladesh into a fascist, mafia and unsuccessful state, and thus darkening the international image of Bangladesh.”
“Therefore, the Bangladesh people say that 2024 students will receive appropriate state and constitutional recognition and the July declaration will be included in the reform constitution program framed by the government created through the next national election.” He said.
Thousands of people met on Tuesday at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Manic Mia Boulevard, a large street in Dakka, and formed the southern border of the National Parliament House Complex and high security to celebrate the first anniversary of the previous Sheikh Hasina Government. The provisional government of 170 million people of South Asian countries organized a mega event after declared a national holiday to the day.
The Human Rights Monitoring Organization (HRW) criticized the Government of Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad because it was insufficient to implement the challenging human rights agenda a year after tens of thousands of people went to the streets to dismiss the Sheikh Hasina government.
HRW Asia Deputy Director Meenakshi Ganguly said, “One year ago, when Sheikh Hasina opposed the rule of abuse of democracy, thousands of hope, Meenakshi Ganguly, Deputy Director of HRW Asia,” said Meenakshi Ganguly.
“The temporary government seems to be stuck, the political groups that seem to focus more revenge than protecting Bangladesh’s rights, sometimes violent religious hardliners and Hasina’s supporters.”
Bangladesh is on a high alarm on the anniversary of the uprising. Law enforcement officers, including the police, created control points on the streets and search.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s independence leader, was assassinated on August 15, 1975 with most family members. Although Bangladesh is leaning on the activities of the Awami League, the party observes as a month mourning August.
Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was thrown into an uprising under the leadership of a student known as the July Uprising or the July Revolution in August last year. He fled to India and a temporary government was established under the leadership of Nobel Prize -winning Muhammad Yunus.
