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"Mr President, as others have said, the 2008 elections in Bangladesh saw real progress. The concern many of us have here is that the next election should not go back on what was a very positive election, where all parties could actually accept the results.
There are issues about the interim arrangements. On our last delegation visit there – I chair that delegation – we made it very clear that we felt that interim measures had to be put in place well in advance and agreed well in advance, and of course that has not happened. This is part of the problem that we are now seeing, with parties that did not originally like the caretaker government now wanting it, and those that did like it originally now having overseen its removal from the constitution.
We are talking about the confidence of all parties in an interim measure. The problem, of course, is that there is no confidence between the leaders of the two main parties. This is why the people of Bangladesh find themselves in a difficult position.
We would all agree that we want to see as wide a choice as possible in those next elections. That is what the people of Bangladesh want. That is what they deserve. There is a vibrant civil society in Bangladesh. We are really concerned at the moment that what we are seeing is a bit of a clampdown on some of those who dare to criticise some of the things happening there. We would call, therefore, for those who are currently being charged to be released and to be allowed back into civil society."@en1
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