The acting government of Bangladesh said on Saturday that it would publish its Democratic revision list on August 5, the anniversary of one year of the overthrow of the previous autocratic administration.
The South Asian nation of around 170 million people has been in political troubles since a revolt led by students ousted the minister of the time, Sheikh Hasina, on August 5, 2024, ending its regulations of 15 years.
Muhammad Yunus, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 85, who heads the goalkeeper’s government as chief advisor until the elections were held, said he had inherited a public administration system “completely broken down”.
Yunus previously committed to revealing a “big package” to revise democratic institutions.
But the efforts to achieve agreements have made progress when political parties are jostling for power before the elections, scheduled for early 2026.
The Yunus government has warned that the difficulties of political power are likely to compromise the gains that have been carried out.
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On July 29, Yunus declared that he tried to “build a large national consensus around a renewed political system – the one that offers inclusive, participative and credible elections”.
The Yunus office said on Saturday that the “July proclamation” would be “presented to the nation … in the presence of all the political parties involved in the mass uprising”.
The Hasina rule has experienced generalized human rights violations, including mass detention and extrajudicial murders of its political opponents.
His government has also been accused of politicizing the courts and the public service, of staging unbalanced elections and of dismantling the democratic controls of its power.
Hasina, 77, fled to India, where she challenged judicial orders to attend her current trial for accusations showing crimes against humanity.
The events began on July 1, 2024, university students calling for reforms to a quota system for public sector jobs.
They culminated on August 5, 2024, when thousands of demonstrators stormed the Hasina palace as it escaped by the helicopter.
