The recent remarks by foreign diplomats about elections in Bangladesh, including the joint statement regarding the attack on Dhaka-17 by-poll candidate Hero Alom, have as much to do with geopolitics as democratic values, says Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury. So why are only a few countries issuing statements?" Shamsher pointed to countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India – with a history of fair elections – and asked why they had not issued similar statements. "Why is it that only some countries in the West are issuing this statement? So we see something more behind this than just a quest for democracy and fair elections behind this joint statement."

Source: bd News24 July 30, 2023 14:22 UTC