Mohammed Yunus liken the leading task of clearing after tornado

Bangladesh's temporary leader says he felt “blinded” when he was asked to take responsibility after being expelled last year for a longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

“I had no idea I would lead the government,” Mohammed Yunus told the BBC. “I had never managed a government machine before and had to fix the buttons.

“After this was established, we began to organize things,” said a winning Nobel Prize economist, adding that the restoration of the law and the order and the fixation of the economy were priorities for the country.

It is unclear if Hasina, who has fled to exile in India, and her party will participate in the elections that Yunus hopes to hold later this year. She was wanted in Bangladesh for alleged crimes against humanityS

“They (the Awami League) have to decide if they want to do it, I can't decide for them,” Yunus said in an interview with the BBC at his official residence in Dhaka.

“The election committee decides who participates in the election.”

He said: “Peace and order are the most important and economy. This is a broken economy, a devastated economy.

“It was as if there was some terrible tornado for 16 years and we were trying to get the pieces.”

Sheikh Hasina was elected Prime Minister in 2009 and managed Bangladesh with an iron fist. The members of her Awami League government have mercilessly disagreeing. There were widespread allegations of human rights and the murder and prison of political rivals while she was the Prime Minister.

A The excitement led by students forced Mrs. Hasina from office in AugustS At the request of the protesters Yunus, he returned to Bangladesh to lead the new temporary government.

He says he will hold an election between December 2025 and March 2026, depending on how quickly his government can create reforms that he thinks are needed for free and fair elections.

“If the reforms can be made as quickly as we want, then December will be the moment when we will hold elections. If you have a longer version of the reforms, then we may need a few more months.”

“We come from a complete disorder,” he said, citing violent protests that swallowed Bangladesh last summer. “People shoot, killing.”

But almost seven months on, people in Dhaka say that the law and order have not yet been restored and that things are not improving.

“It's better a term,” he said. “If you compare it with the last year, for example, for example, it looks good.

“What is happening right now is no different from every other time.”

Yunus accuses many of Bangladesh's current troubles for the previous government.

“I do not support that these things should happen. I say that you have to think, we are not an ideal country or an ideal city that we suddenly made. This is a continuum of the country we inherited, a country that has been taking place for many, many years.”

The victims of Sheikh Hasina's brutal regime remain angry. Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in recent months, demanding that it be pursued for a deadly repression against student protesters.

Bangladesh court has issued an arrest warrantBut India has not yet answered.

Now, under the leadership of Yunus, there are questions about the safety of those belonging to the Sheikh Hasina political party.

In February, several members of the Awami League Homes, including the Bangladesh founder – the late father of Hasina, Sheik Mujibur Rahman – were vandalized and set aside after her supporters were told to turn to YouTube.

In a social media publication, the Awami League accused the provisional government of justifying violence.

Asked by the BBC for claims from members of the Awami League that Bangladesh was not safe for them, Yunus was quickly defending his government.

“There is a court, there is a law, there is a police station, they can go and complain, register their complaint,” he said. “You just don't go to the BBC correspondent to complain. You go to the police station to complain and see if the law takes its course.”

Trump Administration A decision to reduce foreign assistance and effectively terminate almost all programs funded by the US Agency for International Development It will affect countries like Bangladesh.

“This is their solution,” Yunus says.

“It was useful. Because they were doing things we wanted to do, like fighting corruption and similar things we couldn't afford right away.”

The United States is the third largest provider of official Bangladesh development aid. Last year, the United States made $ 450 million in foreign assistance.

When asked how he will compensate for the shortage, Yunus said, “When it happens, we will do.”