On the anniversary of the revolution, Yunus Bangladesh announces the national elections News protest

The temporary leader says that the first national opinion polls since the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina will be held in February.

The temporary leader in Bangladesh, Mohamed Yunus, revealed a road map for democratic reforms, as the nation has been a year ago A group uprising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina overthrew.

The gatherings, music parties and prayer sessions were held in the capital, Dhaka, on Tuesday with the celebration of people in South Asia. What many called the “second liberation” of the country After its independence from Pakistan in 1971.

The anniversary of its climax with Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winner of 85 -year -old, heads democratic reform in Bangladesh, announcing that he will write to the chief election commissioner requesting the arrangement of national elections against Ramadan in February.

“We will go to the final and most important stage after delivering this speech to you, and this is the transfer of power to an elected government,” he said.

Yunus had previously held that the elections would be held in April, but the main political parties were demanding it early and before the sacred Islamic month in the 170 million Muslim majority state.

The temporary leader added: “On behalf of the government, we will extend all the necessary support to ensure that the elections are free and peaceful and celebrate a spirit.”

Hasina’s base was widely seen Human rights violationsIncluding mass arrests and outside the judiciary of its political opponents.

The protests against Hasina’s rule began on July 1, 2024, when university students called for changes in the class for public sector jobs. They were crowned on August 5, 2024, when thousands of demonstrators stormed Hasina Palace while escaping from a helicopter.

Hasina, 77, fled to India and is still there. The court’s orders have defied its ongoing trial on charges of crimes against humanity.

On Tuesday, Yunus called on people to seize the “opportunity” of reform. He also warned of the people who said they sought to undermine the nation’s gains, saying: “The fossilized wings and their allies who serve themselves are still active, conspiring to obstruct our progress.”

He added: “The dialogue with political parties and stakeholders continues the necessary reforms, including political and electoral systems.”

Among the people who gathered in Dhaka are the families of those who were killed in the protest campaign last year. The police were at maximum alert across the city with armored vehicles carrying out the streets to deter any attempt by the banned Awami Party in Hasina to disrupt the events of today.

The demonstrators also welcomed Yunus to read the July Declaration, a 28 -point document seeking to make a constitutional recognition of the 2024 students uprising.

Farha Tamana, 25, said that it is “very sick” hearing the government “recognizes the uprising.” “There is still a long way,” she told news agency.