World IN BRIEF : BANGLADESH : Ex-President’s Party to Take Part in Vote
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Deposed President Hussain Mohammed Ershad’s Jatiya Party will contest the Feb. 27 parliamentary elections, party officials said in Dhaka. Ershad, who has been under house arrest for the last three weeks, resigned Dec. 6, bowing to public pressure against what opposition parties said was his autocratic and corrupt government. It was not immediately known if Ershad himself would be allowed to contest next month’s elections.
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