Yunus’s Rushed Election Announcement — A Smokescreen to Cover Up Failures?

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Yunus’s Rushed Election Announcement — A Smokescreen to Cover Up Failures
Yunus’s Rushed Election Announcement — A Smokescreen to Cover Up Failures

Bangladesh today stands at a grave crossroads. Politically, the country faces uncertainty; economically, stagnation; and on the international stage, it is heading toward complete isolation. Yet, in this dire reality, Yunus’s government is using a national event as critical as an “election” as nothing more than a shield to cover up its monumental failures.

Diplomatic Failures and Bangladesh’s Severe Decline
The United States has withdrawn special trade benefits from Bangladesh, imposed tariffs on various goods, and pressure is mounting from the European Union as well. International organizations are openly expressing dissatisfaction over human rights, corruption, and the law and order situation. Yet the government remains silent, diplomatically inactive, and has pushed the country into dangerous isolation.

Bangladesh was once hailed as one of South Asia’s most promising economies. Now, we are heading rapidly in the opposite direction.

Economy in Ruins, People Bear the Burden
Inflation is out of control. Prices of daily essentials have doubled or even tripled. Power shortages, load shedding, and skyrocketing living costs are crushing people. The foreign currency reserve is depleting at an alarming rate, and foreign investment has practically dried up. Because of the incompetence and lack of vision of the Yunus government, the country’s economy is now critically sick.

It’s not just the economy; this government has shattered people’s dreams. There are no jobs, no security, no hope for the future.

Not Elections — The People Want to Save the Country and Democracy!
Is this rushed election announcement before Ramadan merely to hide these failures? Or was the Yunus government forced to comply with a deadline given by the army chief to keep him pleased?

A government with no constitutional foundation, no minimal acceptability — do they really want people’s votes? Or do they simply want a “certificate of immunity” from foreign powers?

A Nation’s Question: What Kind of Inclusive Election Is This?
When the Awami League and the 14-party alliance are excluded, calling this an “inclusive” election is nothing but a farce. A coalition formed with BNP, Jamaat, Hefazat, NCPA — extremist and pro-Pakistan forces — makes this election not democratic, but leaning towards militancy.

This election is about to rewrite history, echoing the one-sided February 15 election of 1996.

No Compromise — The People’s Final Message
The nation has decided: no election under this government. To protect the constitution, democracy, the spirit of the Liberation War, and the country’s future, this government must go.

There can be no compromise with a government that sells out national sovereignty, normalizes enforced disappearances and killings, and uses the military, administration, and judiciary to run the state as an occupying force. They should not remain in power a moment longer.

Only One Demand: Remove Yunus, Save the Country
In the eyes of the Bangladeshi people, the biggest priority right now is not an election — it is the fight to protect independence. People do not want a vote at this moment; they want liberation. Liberation from this oppressive regime, liberation from subservience to occupiers.

Before a New Vote, We Need a New Path — Before a New Journey, We Need a New Government — Neutral and Accountable to the People.