Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has remained stick to his position that the national election would be held anytime between December this year and June next year.
At a question-answer session after addressing the inaugural session of the Nikkei Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Thursday, he said that not all political parties, but one particular party, wanted the election be held by December this year.
鈥楾he general elections will be held between December this year and June next year,鈥� said Yunus, adding that they had two more agenda to be completed before that 鈥� one being reforms in various sectors so that the country did not return to its previous situation and the other being trial of the perpetrators of the killings during the student-led July uprising in 2024.
The chief adviser said that they were working to prepare for a 鈥榝ree, fair, credible鈥� national election aimed at a 鈥榮mooth transition鈥� to democracy, reported the United News of Bangladesh.
They are also working hard to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of the people to ensure justice, equality, freedom and dignity of the people, he added.
鈥業n Bangladesh, we went through a transformational change by a student-led mass uprising in the past year and consequently my government took over,鈥� the UNB report quoted Yunus as saying while he was delivering his keynote speech at the inaugural session of the 鈥楴ikkei Forum: 30th Future of Asia.鈥�
Yunus said that they considered this as an opportunity to right past wrongs, build new institutions, and realise the vision of a more just society.
Despite multiple domestic challenges, he said, Bangladesh is playing its role, contributing to global peace and security through its participation in UN peacekeeping and peace-building missions and hosting more than a million Rohingyas who fled persecution in their homeland in Myanmar purely on humanitarian ground.
The chief adviser on Wednesday also told former Japanese prime minister and Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship League president Taro Aso that the country鈥檚 next national election would be held any time between December and June next year.
鈥楶rofessor Yunus told Taro Aso that the election will be held between December and June. He has set a six-month time frame and the election will be conducted within that period,鈥� said the chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam in Tokyo.
Yunus left Dhaka on May 28 on a four-day official visit to Japan to join the Nikkei Forum.
He took over as the interim government chief adviser on August 8 after the fall of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 in 2024.聽
