UNB: The United States has reiterated the call for free and fair elections in Bangladesh as the country is heading for the next national election in a couple of months.
‘I have said a number of times, the holding of free and fair elections is the responsibility of everyone — all political parties, voters, the government, security forces, civil society,’ US State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller told reporters in a briefing in Washington DC on November 1.
He said that the United States wanted what the Bangladeshi people wanted for themselves — free, fair elections conducted in a peaceful manner.
Responding to a question on Mian Arefy, Miller said, ‘I do not have any comment on this individual’s actions other than to reiterate what the US embassy says, which is, he does not represent the United States government.’
Mian Zahidul Islam Arefy, who claimed to be an ‘adviser to US president Joe Biden,’ has told DB officials that he ‘only followed instructions he received at the BNP office.’
