Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that Bangladesh still had a long way to go to build a robust and strong democracy as weaknesses of democracy existed in most of the countries in the world till then.
He made the comment in a message on the occasion of the International Day of Democracy to be observed on Sunday with the theme 鈥楴avigating AI for governance and citizen engagement鈥�.
鈥楶ersonally, I and my party believe that there is no alternative to promoting and upholding the principles of democracy,鈥� Tarique said.
He said that democracy was a universal value that recognised people鈥檚 freedom of expression and unhindered expression of thoughts.
鈥榃e are determined to build such a safe, progressive and democratic Bangladesh, which will contribute to global democratic development across national borders,鈥� he continued.
鈥楽ince 2007, every year on September 15, the International Day of Democracy is a special day observed by the member countries of the United Nations to create interest about democracy and to realise its inherent power,鈥� said the BNP acting chairman.
Paying deep respect to the memory of those, who sacrificed their lives to establish democracy, he prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of them and expressed his empathy to the injured.