PM's Son Enters Politics

Sajeeb Wajed Joy, the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, has joined the ruling Awami League during a visit to Bangladesh from his domicile in the US, sparking anticipation that he will be groomed as the political heir of his mother. During the rule of a military-backed interim government in 2007 and 2008, Joy campaigned in the US and Europe for the release of his mother, who was jailed in Bangladesh on charges of corruption. We find it highly likely that Joy will enter into politics, but that he is unlikely to play a material role in policymaking in

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