The interim government of Bangladesh will be trained and sworn on Thursday evening, and its chief Muhammad Yunus will guide citizens through a “democratic process,” said the country’s army chief.
On Wednesday, there was a burst of activity, two days after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as Prime Minister in the midst of a mass movement which blames her for more than 300 lives lost during demonstrations since mid-July.
The Ministry of the Interior announced a new controversial battalion chief of the rapid elite action (RAB), one day after the replacement of the police chief. The country’s attorney general resigned. The employees of the Central Bank agitated against its allegedly corrupt governors. A court of appeal has made a significant acquittal.
And Yunus spoke publicly for the first time since he was appointed earlier to lead the interim government, mainly calling for the end of violence since Hasina fled to India.
“I congratulate the courageous students who took the lead to make our second day of victory possible and to people to have given them total support,” he said in a statement.
Citizens considered on December 16, 1971, the day of victory to mark the official surrender of the Pakistani army during the war for the independence of Bangladesh.
“Do not let it escape because of our mistakes. I appeal to everyone to stay calm to stay calm. Please abstain from all kinds of violence. … This is our beautiful country with many exciting possibilities,” said Yunus.
“Violence is our enemy. Please do not create more enemies. Be calm and prepare to build the country. ”
General Waker-Uz-Zaman, the army chief, said on Wednesday that Yunus would return from Paris in time for acting members to take the oath.
“The oath should take place in Bangabhaban at 8 p.m. on Thursday,” Waker told journalists. Bangabhaban is the official residence of the president.
He added that Yunus was “very eager” to start working in the interim government.
“I am sure that he can guide us through a beautiful democratic process and that we will benefit from it,” said General Waker.
Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to withdraw millions of people from poverty by lending them small sums to start businesses and increase income.
The university students who led a protest movement demanding more access to government jobs had proposed that Yunus directs the acting government.
A court of appeal, on the other hand, authorized the decks so that Yunus assumes the management of the new administration by accepting it in a case of violation of the laws of labor one day before the swearing in.
He had been sentenced and sentenced to six months in prison in the case, a decision he had appealed. He was on bail while waiting for the verdict on the call, given Wednesday.
Yunus enters Hasina’s place, who seemed to hate him.
She thought he had prevented a world loan institution from financed a mega project in Bangladesh. He was then crossed out with a series of legal affairs which, according to his supporters, were politically motivated.
“ Failure of leadership ”
Meanwhile, police members abandoned their posts for the second consecutive day, fearing their lives. Mobs attacked the police posts after Hasina left and decamped on Monday, when a new cycle of violence has at least 108 lives.
The demonstrators say that the police and supporters of the Awami league party in Hasina were directly responsible for the previous deadly violence.
One of the first officials to be dismissed after Hasina fled was the country’s police chief, who was replaced on Tuesday.
Wednesday, the inspector general of the Moinul Islam police apologized on Wednesday for the police in recent weeks.
He declared during a press conference that the “ambition” of certain non -professional members of the force had led to the violent clashes.
The police ranged human rights, “and the failure of leadership caused death, injuries and assaults on many,” he said.
The new police chief promised an investigation and justice.
“We are committed to conducting a fair and impartial investigation into each recent murder of students, ordinary people and the police,” he said.
Moinul said he had asked all members of the police to join their respective posts across the country on Thursday evening.
His predecessor, Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, was said to have been a supporter of the Awami League in Hasina, observers said. He served in the rapidly of elite police unit (RAB) and was one of the six-current or former officers that the United States was sanctioned in December 2021 for raw human rights violations.
The United States had also imposed financial sanctions on Rab, to “undermine the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the economic prosperity of the people of Bangladesh”.
The criticisms said that Hasina politicized state institutions and security forces, making agents of her ambition to stay in power and crush dissent.
Other people who resigned or were dismissed on Wednesday included the Prime Minister’s chief secretary, the Attorney General, and, according to the media, four sub-government of the Bangladesh Central Bank.
About 200 employees of the bank, which is called Bangladesh Bank, stormed its premises, demanding the resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank, four deputies, advisers and the head of the financial intelligence unit, alleging that they were responsible for corruption in the banking sector.
The upcoming road
Analysts told Benarnews that the interim government was to depoliticize the security forces, the judiciary and all the state institutions, because it is only when only a free, fair and credible election can take place.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told journalists on Tuesday that this new administration was to listen to the Bangladais people.
“”[A]New York decisions that the interim government needs to respect democratic principles, to respect the rule of law, to reflect the will of the people, “he said.
The international crisis group, an independent organization that is committed to warning war and conflicts, said on Wednesday that the interim government of Bangladesh would have the maintenance tasks and manage the country until new national elections can be held.
“THE [Bangladesh] The Constitution stipulates that a general election should take place within 90 days of the dissolution of the Parliament, ”the group said in a press release.
“Until now, at least, neither Waker nor any other army officer seems eager to hold power longer than necessary.”
The composition of the interim government is still unknown and can only be revealed when taking the oath on Thursday evening.
For the ICG, this question is vital for the immediate future of Bangladesh.
“The key will be to ensure that the protest movement is represented capable,” said the ICG press release.
“If calm must be restored, those who have risked and sacrificed the most to oblige Hasina to resign – namely students who launched the protest movement – should have a significant voice in government councils, rather than being sidelined by conservative generals and opportunistic politicians.”
Benarnews is an online press organization affiliated with the FRG.