Bangladesh military ruler promises elections in '85

Military ruler Hossain Muhammad Ershad has said he will restore Bangladesh's Constitution and hold national elections by March 1985. Mr. Ershad suspended the Constitution and declared martial law when he deposed President Abdus Sattar in March last year. The Constitution provides for a presidential system in which both president and parliament are elected through universal suffrage.

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