Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party has won a record fourth straight term in power. But the election victory was tarnished by significantly low voter turnout and the main opposition’s boycott.
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00:00 As the curtains closed on this election, for many this was merely a ritual for the incumbents
00:05 to secure their grip on power.
00:08 The question is what comes next?
00:11 The ruling party argues their extension was crucial for economic stability.
00:17 But for the opposition, democracy now in this country faces one of its toughest chapters.
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01:33 We put our faith in the people, and the people
01:39 had put their trust on us.
01:41 This has been proved yesterday.
01:45 Our next step is to continue our peaceful movement
01:49 against this repressive government to restore the democratic values, norms,
01:55 and practices back into Bangladesh.
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02:04 This is not an election.
02:06 This is a project and a socio-political economic project
02:12 with motives of achieving greater power, greater wealth.
02:20 But you have to show that you have done an election.
02:23 So you have a voting exercise.
02:27 Now, the voting exercise, a very expensive exercise,
02:30 and I see no rationale behind this high expenditure
02:35 for this quality of voter process.