UN closely monitoring Bangladesh’s election: Spokesperson

The United Nations is closely watching the election process of Bangladesh and it hopes the election is transparent one.

The  UN Secretary-General’s associate spokesperson Florencia Soto Niño said this at a regular briefing on Wednesday.

At the briefing, a journalist of a Bangladeshi newspaper said more than 1,970 candidates of 28 out of 44 political parties are contesting the upcoming election for 300 seats in Bangladesh parliament.

As of today, there were about 400 foreign observers. Instead of participating in such inclusive and participatory elections, main opposition party BNP has given programmes of boycott. Does the United Nations have any observations on this matter?

“No, we don’t.  We will just… we’re watching the process closely, and we hope that all the elections happen in a transparent and organized manner.  That’s all we have for now,” replied the associate spokesperson.