Staff Reporter :
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Tuesday said that elections were the cornerstone of democracy and Bangladesh would choose their leaders freely in the upcoming parliamentary election.
“Democracy is humanity’s most enduring means to advance peace, prosperity, and security, and elections are the cornerstone of democracy,” the US embassy said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.
He has also wished the Bangladesh Election Commission all success in its great ‘civic responsibility’ of conducting free and fair elections.
On Sunday, Ambassador Haas and other heads of diplomatic missions in Dhaka met with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal.
