Bangladesh invitations overseas envoys ‘to make sure neutral polls’

Amid stress from the West to carry neutral and consultant elections, Bangladesh has prolonged an open invitation to overseas envoys to be a part of a world staff of observers for its normal elections scheduled for January 7 subsequent 12 months.
At a press interplay on Saturday, Momen stated he briefed the Delhi-based diplomats about Dhaka’s stand on varied geo-political and modern points and the political dynamics of Bangladesh beneath the management of PM Sheikh Hasina.“I briefed them since there may be misconceptions as some opposition events have been participating in disruptive actions in current occasions … and invited them as observers for the polls,” he stated.
Memon, who was right here for overseas workplace consultations (FOC) along with his Indian counterpart Vinay Kwatra, stated, “They (overseas mission heads) took notice of our factors and have agreed to ship observers to the elections. We welcome overseas observers to the elections, we gave them tips and we’ve got assured them of our cooperation,” he added.
Requested by TOI about participation of opposition events within the normal elections, Momen stated, “Proper now we’re going by the schedule of submission and scrutiny of nomination papers. Awami League, Jatiya Get together and lots of different rising events have began the method… there’s a constitutional obligation to carry elections inside 90 days of the expiry of Parliament’s time period. However even this time frame will be prolonged past January 7, as recommended by one of many election commissioners, if Bangladesh Nationalist Get together (which didn’t participate within the final two normal elections) or different events resolve to take part within the elections.” He added that the “scenario may be very fluid now”.