Bangladesh: interim govt should respect people's interest, says US
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Washington: The interim government that is going to be formed in Bangladesh should follow democratic principles, the rule of law, and the will of the Bangladeshi people, according to the United States government. Following the intensified conflict and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country to India, the army was informed that an interim government would be formed.
US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Millers said that the US wanted to see Bangladeshi people decide the future of their government.
The People's Republic of Bangladesh fell into chaos after the student protests turned violent, killing more than 300 over a fortnight; PM Hasina stepped down from the post and fled the country. Following her departure, the army stepped in to fill the power vacuum and announced an interim government.
Following Hasian's fleece, hundreds of protesters broke into her residence, vandalized, looted, etc.
A stepped-down PM and Awami League party chief, Hasina, landed at the Hindon airbase in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad in India, and it was learned that she was waiting for the UK to offer asylum.
At the US capital, Matthew Miller told reporters that the Biden administration is monitoring the situation carefully and is seeking an end to violence. It also calls for accountability for deaths that have occurred over the recent weeks.
He said that all decisions regarding the interim government must be made under the principles of democracy, the rule of law, and the interests of the Bangladeshi people.
"Now, as to what accountability looks like, that's something that should take place under Bangladeshi law. Obviously, anyone responsible for acts of violence, acts that break the law, should be held accountable for them," Agence France-Presse quoted Miller.
