It strongly condemns violence, threats toward people
Condemning all sorts of intimidation and violence against people, Japan on Tuesday urged Bangladesh political leaderships to immediately initiate ‘serious efforts’ to provide people with a voting opportunity for making their political choice.
“Japan is aware that the people of Bangladesh have a strong aspiration for making political choice based on their own free will without fear of violence,” said Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Shiro Sadoshima in a statement on Bangladesh’s 10th parliamentary elections.
In a statement, the Japanese diplomat said the political leaderships in Bangladesh, regardless of their positions, should immediately initiate serious efforts to provide its people with a voting opportunity for making political choice in a manner that responds to their aspiration.
The envoy said Japan is deeply concerned with the political violence which resulted in deaths and injuries of so many people over the last several months in Bangladesh.
Sadoshima also expressed his displeasure over attacks on minorities. “We strongly condemn all sorts of violence and intimidation toward people of Bangladesh, including attacks on peaceful political activities, assaults on minority communities, arbitrary arrests and obstruction of electioneering.”
He expressed disappointment as the major political parties in Bangladesh could not reach a solution. “Therefore, we’re deeply disappointed by the fact that no agreement was achieved among major political parties on political framework prior to the implementation of the 10th parliamentary elections.”
Source: UNB Connect
