2007年VOA标准英语-Riot Police, Protesters Clash in Bangladesh Ahe
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By Anjana Pasricha
New Delhi
07 January 2007
At least 50 people were injured when security forces clashed with protestors in Bangladesh's capital Sunday at the start of a three-day transport blockade. The blockade - staged by the Awami League opposition2 alliance -aims to force the government to delay the January 22 elections and to implement3 electoral reform. Anjana Pasricha has more on the story for VOA News from New Delhi.
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Bangladeshi Riot Police baton charge as protestors throw bricks during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 7 Jan 2007
At least 12,000 security forces and riot police were deployed4 Sunday across Dhaka to stop the latest protest called by the Awami League and its opposition allies.
But thousands of stone-throwing political activists5 defied the caretaker government's ban on demonstrations6 and packed key intersections7 in the city, halted all transport, and shut down businesses.
Dozens of people were injured as riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse8 the protestors, who vowed9 to cut off Dhaka from the rest of the country.
The main port city of Chittagong was already feeling the impact with deliveries interrupted.
The protest was organized this week after the Awami League announced it would boycott10 January 22 parliamentary elections. The Awami League-led 14 party alliance accuses the interim11 government organizing the elections of favoring its main rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
The Awami League wants the ballot12 postponed13 until key electoral reforms, which include a revised voter list, are complete. It also wants the president to step down as the country's interim leader.
Abdul Jalil, general secretary of the Awami League, told VOA the opposition plans to intensify14 protests in the coming days.
He says his party must act to stop the government from organizing a rigged election without the participation15 of the people.
In a statement late Saturday, President Iajuddin Ahmed vowed to go ahead with the elections, saying he was constitutionally bound to install a new government by January 25th and he urged all Bangladesh citizens to support the legal process.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which led the previous government, has accused the Awami League of sabotaging16 the political process. The two parties are bitter rivals and have alternated in power in the country for the last 15 years.
Political analysts17 say the Awami League's decision to pull out of the elections means that the country could be headed for months of political turbulence18. More than 35 people have been killed and hundreds injured in protests organized by the Awami League since October.
