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DHAKA, July 30, 2025 (BSS)- BNP Standing Committee member Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan has demanded of the government declaring election date immediately.
“Announcement of election date is important now. There is nothing to be worried in which month the polls will be held,” he said.
Moyeen Khan said this at a seminar on “Democratic Transition, Interim Government Tenure and Proportional Representation in Election: Bangladesh and Global Perspective” at a city hotel here today.
Criticizing the PR system, the senior BNP leader said, “If you go deeper into the PR system, you will see that people cast their vote for a party, not for an individual. If elections are held in this system, it will not be in line with the social conditions of our country.”
“Our country’s social condition is not similar to others, so we need to think about whether the PR system can be implemented here or not,” he said.
Moyeen said those who have raised the PR system should conduct a survey. Only then it will be clear whether people want votes according to the conventional rules or want PR, he added.
Noting that PR was not an issue in Bangladesh, the senior BNP leader said, it is not important who gets what percentage of votes.
“In a democratic system the highest vote drawers is declared as winner. Large democratic country as as USA does not have the PR system.
“PR is an impersonal voting process. People in Bangladesh cast their vote by looking at the candidate as well as the party,” he said.
Pointing out the deteriorating law and order in the country he said, “With the announcement of the date of the national election, the law and order situation will be normal.”
“Only the elected government has the right to reform,” he said.
Noted economist Debopriyo Bhattachariya and senir journalist and political analyst Masud Kamal also spoke on the occasion.
