Sayeed Muhammad: Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi has said the next general election will be held fairly and timely without creating any impediment to any political party.
“There’s no question about election. [The] election will be held in time… on time. [The] election will be held according to the rules – free and fair. There’ll be no impediment to any political party from participating in the election,” he was quoted by UNB as saying.
He as the chief guest was addressing a discussion on Bangladesh-Australia trade and investment opportunities at a hotel in Dhaka yesterday.
The Australia Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ABCCI) hosted the welcome reception to Australian High Commissioner in Dhaka, Julia Niblett, and the discussion on ‘Bilateral Business & Trade Opportunities Between Australia & Bangladesh’.
Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Kazi M Aminul Islam and Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) spoke as special guests at the event chaired by ABCCI President Obaidur Rahman.
ABCCI Vice President M Khan made a presentation on Bangladesh-Australia trade and investment opportunities.
There will a political revival and rejuvenation of all political parties and political institutions — everybody will come forward to keep up the democratic continuity, hoped Dr Rizvi, however, saying the outcome of election results is always unpredictable.
“Election results may be unpredictable. What not unpredictable is our economic policies that will remain predictable and there’ll be a continuity and there’ll be no change.”
Inviting the Australian investment in Bangladesh taking the advantage of ‘stable political system’ availability of workers and fast growing market inside Bangladesh and re-export to other countries, he said, “So, the investors who will come here can come and there won’t be any change.”
Bangladesh, Dr Rizvi said, is now a different place with social and economic growth, and the political stability over the last 10 years played the key role.