The Bengal Awami League, formerly the ruling party in Bangladesh until longtime dictator Sheikh Hasina was forced to abdicate and flee the country amid massive unrest last year, cried out in extreme butthurt over their ban from political activities pending a special tribunal against the party and its leadership over the deaths of protestors, the Associated Press reports.
Whining over the ban, which extends to their web and social media presence, the Awamis sobbed a refrain familiar to Americans who lived through the tearful tantrum of Republicans during the Biden years with their hollow cries that the interim government led by Mohamed Yunus is “stoking division” and trampling on “democratic norms” by handcuffing a party that did exactly that when they were in charge. “People no more feel safe under Yunus,” and accusing his administration of having “fueled ongoing pogrom against dissenters and strangled inclusivity, all undemocratic steps under pretext of making trial of July-August violence and reform scheme.” Might as well have said “witch hunt.”
The opposition BNP is agitating for elections to be held this December. It’s not clear if Sheikh Hasina will run from exile in India or if she will win if she does. Guess you shouldn’t count her out.