Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of outdated high minister Sheikh Hasina, has hired a accepted Washington DC lobbying agency, Stryk Worldwide Diplomacy (SGD, beforehand Sonoran Policy Personnel), with the aim to lead US policymakers.
Joy signed a six-month contract with SGD, paying $200,000 upfront (Tk2.4 crores), reported Netra Files.
In return, the lobbyists will “engage with the Executive and Legislative Branches of america executive to supply a definite insight on the contemporary factors going by Bangladesh.”
The settlement and an modification had been filed below the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) on 12 September, by Wazed Consulting Inc., a firm owned entirely by Joy. The lobbying agency, led by Christian Bourge and Robert Stryk, has deep ties to outdated US President Donald Trump, with each having served as advisers for the length of his 2016 campaign.
Joy’s hiring of SGD follows a historical past of taking part US lobbyists. In 2005, he paid $720,000 to Alcalde & Fay on behalf of the US Awami League. For the time being, Earn. Gary Ackerman had expressed downside over Bangladesh’s political direction, comparing it to Pakistan below Fashioned Musharraf and warning that mainstream parties’ weakening could bolster Islamist forces.
Following the ouster of his mother, Joy has emerged as the spokesperson of the Awami League while most leaders of the obtain collectively are in hiding or prison. Given Joy’s most up-to-date public statements, these efforts could focal point on portraying a post-Awami League Bangladesh as being overrun by Islamist extremists.
The Awami League executive fell on 5 August in the face of current protests and Sheikh Hasina used to be forced to waft to India.
