Catholic politician chosen to lead opposition in Bangladesh
October 28, 2016
For the first time, a Catholic has been chosen for the leadership of the leading political opposition party in Bangladesh.
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Albert Costa was elected as president of Jubo Dai, the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He told the AsiaNews service that he hopes to revive the BNP; “I will reorganize the party from the ground up.”
Catholics account for less than one-half of 1% of the population of Bangladesh, a country of 160 million.
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Posted by: garedawg -
Oct. 29, 2016 2:44 PM ET USA
Seeing the last name "Costa" brought to mind my Portuguese-American wife's claim that, historically, her people "really got around". But Bangladesh, of all places? Sure enough, its second-largest city, Chittagong, had a large Portuguese settlement and the first churches in that area. Let's just hope that Mr. Costa doesn't anger the wrong people and end up facing "blasphemy" charges.
