Bangladesh's main opposition to boycott vote if Hasina stays put

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DHAKA - Bangladesh's main opposition party will boycott the next general election if Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina does not make way for a neutral government to conduct the poll, a spokesperson said, amid a crackdown on opposition politicians and deadly protests.

"The precondition of the whole discussion is that she has to resign first," said BNP spokesperson Zahir Uddin Swapon, a former lawmaker, referring to the prime minister. Hasina, seeking her fourth straight five-year term in office, has repeatedly ruled out handing power to a caretaker government. "The intensified crackdown on opposition party leaders and protesters over the weekend signals an attempt at a complete clampdown on dissent," said Yasasmin Kaviratne, Amnesty's regional campaigner for South Asia.

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