What is the problem with Bangladesh's general elections?
Since last year, opposition groups in bangladesh have been calling for national elections. Sheikh Hasina is the target of constant accusations from Khaleda Zia's party that she rigged the 2018 election to win. Zia claims that in order to gain power, Sheikh Hasina's party abused the system. Thus, before the elections this time, a provisional administration ought to be established. But Hasina's party has turned down Zia's request.
Zia's party claims that Sheikh Hasina suppressed the general populace in order to preserve her government. Three thousand individuals have already perished as a result of this brutality, while thousands of innocent people are incarcerated. After the dictatorship in bangladesh, inflation is the most significant problem. Bangladesh's economy has fallen since Corona, per an Al Jazeera article. The Hasina government had borrowed US$4.7 billion from the IMF earlier this year in order to combat inflation.
The report states that Bangladesh's overall foreign debt climbed by 238 percent to $91.43 billion between 2011 and 2021. Analysts claim that the primary cause of Bangladesh's deteriorating economic situation is the conflict between russia and Ukraine. bangladesh has experienced violence for a year. Although the opposition party is being held accountable by the ruling party for the violence, the government's incapacity to put an end to it is also evident. An further significant issue during elections is corruption. The BNP, the opposition party, has not stopped accusing Sheikh Hasina and those close to her of being corrupt.
In a report, the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) disclosed that corruption in the banking industry cost bangladesh $900 million during the 2016–17 fiscal year.
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