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‘It’s people, not me, who want this change,’ says Yunus

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Banglapress Published: 23 September 2025, 10:25 AM
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‘It’s people, not me, who want this change,’ says Yunus
  Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the demand for change does not come from him personally but from people and he is just guiding them along the path they have chosen. “It's not me. It's the people who want this change. I am just helping them to go the way they want," Dr Yunus told Bernama, the official news agency of Malaysia, in an interview during his recent visit to Malaysia. He was in the country at the invitation of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim from 11-13 August. "I don't impose anything of my own. I just wait to see what the will of people is, and then I facilitate it," he said in a conversation with Bernama Editor-in-Chief Arul Rajoo Durar Raj, together with Editor of International News Service Voon Miaw Ping and Assistant Editor of Bernama Economic Service Kisho Kumari Sucedaram.
Yunus humbly described his role, less as a leader, and more as a guardian of a democratic process long denied. Yet, he acknowledged the immense challenges ahead. "There are many difficulties. Many people want to disrupt this, as the political elements that were ousted from Bangladesh are attempting to destabilise the entire system," he said, adding that many first-time voters who came of age over the past decade and a half had never cast a ballot before. He said some people had been waiting for 10 years and some even 15.
"Imagine being 18 years old, excited to vote, but your chance never came because elections were never truly held. Now, they will be casting their vote for the first time in 15 years," he explained. This article was originally published on Daily Sun. [Bangla Press is a global platform for free thought. It provides impartial news, analysis, and commentary for independent-minded individuals. Our goal is to bring about positive change, which is more important today than ever before.]
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[Bangla Press is a global platform for free thought. It provides impartial news, analysis, and commentary for independent-minded individuals. Our goal is to bring about positive change, which is more important today than ever before.]

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