Overview
- Rahman's swearing-in is scheduled for Tuesday in Dhaka, with cabinet formation to follow and a six-month constituent period planned to enact interim reforms.
- The BNP won 209 of 300 parliamentary seats in the February 12 election, while Islamist parties secured 72 seats, including 68 for Jamaat-e-Islami.
- The vote was described as the most open since 2008, though the Awami League was not permitted to participate.
- Rahman has promised a new era of political freedom, even as past allegations of corruption and violence continue to shadow his leadership.
- Invitations to the inauguration went to India, China, Pakistan, the United Kingdom and Gulf states, with no U.S. presence announced.