Bangladesh’s main opposition parties have announced they will boycott national elections scheduled for January 22, alleging the polls will not be fair. Speaking on behalf of an alliance of 14 opposition parties, Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina says President Iajuddin Ahmed is “illegally” holding the post of interim government chief. She says he wants to hold elections without a correct list of voters. “We cannot accept this unfair election,” she said. The...
ABC News’ ‘This Week’
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- SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2007
Guests:
- Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vice chair of the Democratic conference
- Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., Senate minority whip
- Henry Paulson Jr., U.S. secretary of the treasury
- Wynton Marsalis, jazz musician and activist
“This Week’s” headliners: Sens.Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Trent Lott, R-Miss., join me to discuss the Senate showdown on Iraq funding, the Walter Reed controversy, Iran and the 2008 presidential election.
Then, a Sunday EXCLUSIVE with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson. In Paulson’s first Sunday appearance, I talk with him about the dramatic drop in the stock market and what it means for the U.S. economy.
On our roundtable,ABC News’ Martha Raddatz, the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne, and ABC News’ George Will join me to debate the week’s politics.
Plus,Grammy award-winner Wynton Marsalisjoins us to discuss his new album. It is his most political album in years, covering political leadership, cultural corruption and our material culture.
See you Sunday,
George Stephanopoulos
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