Just one particular party wants election in December: CA Yunus
The chief adviser outlines three priorities for the interim government: reforms, trials, polls
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has said just one particular party wants the national election to be held in December this year.
Mentioning that some politicians want elections in December this year, he said, "We don't want to leave the country with the old institutions remaining as it is. If we need a good job at the reforms, we have to wait for six months more [for the election]."
"There are opinions that let's get the election done, but it is not all, just one particular party," he said while speaking at the 30th Nikkei Forum in Tokyo, Japan yesterday (29 May).
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Yunus also outlined three priorities — reforms, trials and polls — for the interim government.
During a question and answer session, he said the government aims to reform institutions, policies, the judiciary, and other areas.
"We want to design new institutions, new policies. The government doesn't want to go back to the old system where forces killed people and used the judiciary as a weapon," he said.
"My job," he added, "is to get this done and hand over to the newly elected" leadership.
Yunus said he is currently coordinating opinions on the matter.
Drawing on his experience at Grameen Bank, the chief adviser said: "I have learned one thing very clearly: people are not born to suffer. People are born with unlimited potential. We just need to give them the right opportunities."
He called for creating "a new kind of economy, one that is built not only on competition."
