The Bangladesh Awami League has rejected the election schedule, accusing the “illegal government’s illegal Election Commission” of operating under a biased authority.
The Bangladesh Awami League on Thursday issued a statement rejecting the election schedule announced by what it called the “illegal government’s illegal Election Commission”, after it was banned from running.
Escalating its confrontation with the authorities ahead of the planned national polls, the party, in a formal declaration released from its headquarters at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka, said it had “closely reviewed the election schedule announced by the illegal, occupying, killer-fascist Yunus clique’s illegal Election Commission”.
It also asserted that the current administration was “entirely biased” and incapable of ensuring any environment where transparency or voters’ will could be reflected.
“The Bangladesh Awami League has closely reviewed the election schedule announced by the illegal, occupying, killer-fascist Yunus clique’s illegal Election Commission,” the statement read.
“It is now clear that the current occupying authority is entirely biased, and that under their control it is impossible to ensure a fair and normal environment where transparency, neutrality, and the people’s will can be reflected,” it added.
Positioning itself as the country’s most historically validated political force, the Awami League underscored that elections remain the “measure of public popularity” and reiterated its self-identification as an election-oriented party.
It highlighted its long participation record, noting that it has contested 13 elections, “winning 9 of them and forming the government”.
The party alleged that the election schedule was announced with the deliberate intention of excluding it from the political process.
“Attempting to hold an election while excluding the Bangladesh Awami League, the party that led the Liberation War, along with other political parties and the majority of the population, is a scheme to push the country and the nation into a deep crisis,” the statement warned.
The Awami League demanded the withdrawal of all restrictions placed upon it, including the release of political prisoners and the lifting of “all fabricated cases against Bangabandhu’s daughter, Sheikh Hasina, national leaders, and people from all walks of life”.