The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

A non-elected government should not remain in power for an indefinite period, said Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, the newly appointed permanent representative-designate of Bangladesh to the United Nations in Geneva, yesterday.

'Changes will take place in the country's political culture and election will be fair if the government follows the time-limit of reforms in political parties,' he said before leaving Dhaka for Geneva yesterday to take over his new assignment as Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN.

Dr Debapriya, who was the former executive director of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), observed that the existence of a democratic environment in the country is necessary at this moment for negotiating on different issues in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on behalf of Bangladesh.

"It's very important to protect the interests of poor people of Bangladesh in the present global context. The citizens of Bangladesh should play their due role in the process which is now going on for freeing the democracy in the country," he said.