We do not want to go back to an elective democracy where corruption becomes all pervasive," General Moeen U Ahmed, the chief of the Bangladesh Army, told a conference in April.
Two political dynasties have ruled Bangladesh since 1991. Among the larger democracies, only in the USA have two families, monopolised executive power for a longer time.
Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister from 1996 to 2001, is the daughter of Mujibur Rahman, the "Father of Bangladesh", a former student agitator who led the movement for separation from Pakistan, then became the first leader of independent Bangladesh.
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