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🇧🇩 #Bangladesh – Oggi oltre 120 milioni di cittadini sono stati chiamati alle urne per rinnovare i 350 seggi del Parlamento, le prime elezioni dopo la deposizione della premier Sheikh #Hasina e la messa al bando della Lega Awami. Si sono sfidati il Partito…

🇧🇩#Bangladesh – Il National Citizen Party (#NCP), fondato dagli studenti Gen Z che hanno portato alla caduta dell’ex premier Sheikh #Hasina, si coalizzerà con i partiti islamisti in vista delle elezioni di febbraio. Diversi dirigenti e candidati riformisti si sono dimessi in seguito alla decisione che potrebbe portare il clero islamico al governo. @UltimoraPolitics24

#Bangladesh La Prima Ministra Sheikh #Hasina (#AL|Centro-sinistra nazionalista) ha rassegnato le dimissioni dalla sua carica ed è fuggita dalla capitale Dacca a seguito delle proteste antigovernative iniziate ieri. @OsservatorioEsteri

Bangladesh: Reloaded? Tarique Rahman, who after 17 years in exile is the main contender to be the next prime minister of Bangladesh, has pledged to end entrenched corruption and put the country on a “new path” as voting began in the first free and fair elections in almost two decades. Speaking to the Guardian before polls opened on Thursday morning, Rahman promised a new era of clean politics, including a “top down, no tolerance” approach to graft, if his Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) was brought to power. According to polls, the BNP are likely to win a sizeable majority over their rival, the Islamist party Jamaat e-Islami, returning the party to power after 20 years. Softly spoken and understated, 60-year-old Rahman acknowledged the elections were taking place at a pivotal but “challenging” moment for Bangladesh, which has long ranked among the world’s most corrupt countries and where democracy has faced a sustained attack for more than a decade. “We saw in the last regime that corruption was encouraged,” said Rahman. “Our economy was left destroyed. It will take time, but if we establish real accountability in every part of the government and send a message down the chain, that will eventually control corruption.” Last year, the former prime minister – now exiled in India – was found guilty of crimes against humanity committed during the final days of her rule and sentenced to death. For the past three elections, Hasina and her Awami League party have been accused of rigging the results and ruthlessly crushing and jailing opponents, including thousands of BNP activists and leaders. Since August 2024, Bangladesh has been led by an interim government, headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, tasked with restoring democracy and readying the country for free and fair polls. However, the country has remained in turmoil, amid a decline in law and order and frustrations over economic stagnation. Analysts emphasised that a fair and violence-free election would be a vital step forward for the country. There are 127 million registered voters and in a bid to keep security tight, more than 900,000 police, army and security personnel have been deployed on polling day. Many in Bangladesh say they cannot forget the corruption that flourished during the last BNP regime between 2001 and 2006, under his mother. Rahman did not dispute that “mistakes” had been made by his party in the past. “I will not deny that. If we do, it will not help anything,” he said. During Hasina’s subsequent 15-year rule, he was convicted of a slew of terror and corruption charges, which he alleges were politically motivated to keep him out of Bangladesh. In 2024, after Hasina’s fall, the courts overturned his convictions, finally freeing him to return home. “It’s been more than 18 years and they’ve failed to prove anything,” said Rahman. “Don’t you think that’s good enough, long enough to prove that I did nothing wrong?” Yet not all in Bangladesh have cheered Rahman’s return. Both his parents were Bangladeshi prime ministers and to many, he is just the next generation of dynastic politicians, continuing the grip that two families have had over Bangladesh since independence in 1971 and which many had hoped the July uprising would bring to an end. Jamaat e-Islami’s leader has already been accused of regressive policies and controversial views on women’s rights in the home and workplace. Human rights groups have also raised an alarm over a recent surge in moral policing of women, with incidents such as girls being prevented from playing football and enforcement of modest dress and headscarves. Rahman acknowledged there were “some extremist people who are trying to do these things” but he said it didn’t have “any relation with Islam or religion”. Instead, he attributed it to the “absence of democracy (…) People were not allowed to express themselves for so long, it has built up frustration and in some cases, extremism”. #bangladesh#rahman#hasina#corruption 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

Bangladesh Could Find Itself Heading for Huge Changes The Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) led by Tarique Rahman has claimed a sweeping victory in the country’s first election since a gen-Z uprising toppled the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina. By Friday morning, results had shown a clear win for the BNP, returning them to power after 20 years. The vote had been seen as the first free and fair election held in Bangladesh for almost two decades and came after a period of significant political upheaval in the country. This victory was expected,” said Salahuddin Ahmed, a leading BNP committee member. “It is not surprising that the people of Bangladesh have placed their trust in a party … capable of realising the dreams that our youth envisioned during the uprising.” Ahmed acknowledged a difficult task lay ahead for the new BNP government, which has pledged a new era of democracy and zero tolerance towards corruption. “This is not a time for celebration, as we will face mounting challenges in building a country free from discrimination,” he said. By about midday local time, the BNP had won 208 seats while their rival, the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, had claimed 69 seats. India was among the first countries to congratulate the BNP. Relations between the two neighbours had plummeted since the fall of Hasina and the message from Indian prime minister, congratulating the BNP on their “decisive” win, was seen to extend an olive branch to the new government. “India will continue to stand in support of a democratic, progressive and inclusive Bangladesh,” said Modi, adding that he was looking forward to working with Rahman. Rahman, who returned to Bangladesh in December after 17 years of exile in London, is now poised to become the country’s next prime minister. He comes from one of the country’s most powerful political dynasties; the son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and former president Ziaur Rahman, who was assassinated in 1981. The election was the first truly competitive vote in years. As documented for years by human rights groups and the UN, Hasina’s regime routinely suppressed dissent of its critics and political opponents, thousands who were disappeared, tortured and killed in secret jails. Many emerged only after Hasina was toppled. The past three elections under Hasina were marred by widespread allegations of vote-rigging. The student-led uprising that toppled Hasina’s 15-year regime in August 2024 had been prompted by mounting anger over widespread corruption, human rights abuses and an economic slump. The uprising, and Hasina’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters, left an estimated 1,400 people dead, according to the UN. For the past 18 months, the country has been run by an interim government under Bangladesh’s only Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who was tasked with readying the country for free and fair elections. Speaking after casting his vote in Dhaka, Yunus said that the country had “ended the nightmare and begun a new dream.” #bangladesh#changes#hasina#corruption#rahman 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

Bangladesh: quando la "rivoluzione" consegna il Paese alla destra. A febbraio, Bangladesh ha votato. I media occidentali parlano di "ritorno alla democrazia" dopo la caduta di Sheikh Hasina. Ma la realtà è più complessa e preoccupante. Il risultato? Il partito nazionalista di destra (BNP) torna al governo con una maggioranza schiacciante, mentre la storica Lega Awami viene messa fuori legge. Una bella "democratizzazione". La spinta dei giovani che hanno riempito le piazze nel 2024 si è tradotta in soli 6 seggi, e il nuovo esecutivo co-opta due figure del movimento solo per dare una patina di legittimità. Nel frattempo, con un referendum, si cancellano secolarismo e socialismo dalla Costituzione, aprendo spazi ai conservatori religiosi. Il sospetto è che sotto la maschera della "lotta all'autocrate" si nasconda una normalizzazione autoritaria con segno opposto, in un Paese troppo strategico (Oceano Indiano, Cina, India, USA) per essere lasciato davvero al suo destino. Non si tratta di difendere Hasina, ma di guardare con lucidità a chi vince e chi perde in queste "transizioni". #Bangladesh#Geopolitica#Democrazia#AnalisiPolitica#Hasina#Rivoluzione https://www.marx21.it/internazionale/il-bangladesh-dopo-la-caduta-di-hasina-quando-la-rivoluzione-consegna-lo-stato-alla-destra/

#Bangladesh Il Premio Nobel per la pace Muhammad #Yunus ha accettato l'incarico di Primo Ministro ad interim, dopo le dimissioni di Sheikh #Hasina (#AL|Centro-sinistra nazionalista). La decisione è arrivata dopo un incontro sulla formazione del governo provvisorio tra i principali organizzatori del movimento studentesco antidiscriminatorio e il presidente Mohammed #Shahabuddin (AL). All'incontro erano presenti anche i capi delle tre forze armate. @OsservatorioEsteri

🇧🇩#Bangladesh – Oggi oltre 120 milioni di cittadini sono stati chiamati alle urne per rinnovare i 350 seggi del Parlamento, le prime elezioni dopo la deposizione della premier Sheikh #Hasina e la messa al bando della Lega Awami. Si sono sfidati il Partito Nazionalista Bengalese (#BNP) di Tarique #Rahman (rientrato dall’esilio a Londra dopo 17 anni), di centro-destra, per la liberalizzazione dell’economia, vicino alla classe media e all’esercito, e la coalizione guidata dal partito islamista Jamaat-e-Islami (#Jamaat) di Shafiqur #Rahman, che punta a introdurre la sharia nel Paese. La coalizione include il Partito Nazionale dei Cittadini (#NCP), fondato dai leader delle proteste studentesche, ma l’alleanza con gli islamisti è stata fortemente contestata da donne, laici e minoranza indù che avevano sostenuto le proteste. Risultati nelle prossime ore. @UltimoraPolitics24