Next JS will decide on PR system: Fakhrul

FE Team | Published: October 14, 2025 00:00:45

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the next Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will take decision on the application of the proportional representation (PR) system, report agencies.
He said the decision about PR should be left to the next parliament. If the representatives of the next parliament think that they will adopt the PR system and if the people think that they will go for the PR system, then the election will be held using the PR system."
Fakhrul made the remarks while speaking at a views-exchange meeting with a delegation of the Christian Community at the BNP Chairperson's office in the capital's Gulshan on Monday.
Mentioning that adopting the PR system for the upcoming election will create complications, the BNP leader said, "If the upcoming elections are held using the PR system, the public will not understand this process. Consequently, there is a possibility of complications arising."
"The PR system is prevalent in many countries. However, the people of our country are not very familiar with this method. Today, this issue is being brought up suddenly and with ulterior motives and there is an agitation for it," he added.
Referring to the demand for the PR method as a misguided effort, Fakhrul said, "Those of us who want an election very soon to establish democracy and form a democratic government in the country are truly worried about this misguided effort."
During this time, Mirza Fakhrul sought the cooperation of the Christian community in the upcoming national election. "We seek your cooperation in the next election. In the next election, the people will once again give their verdict that the people of Bangladesh are truly non-communal."
BNP will work to solve the problems of various minority groups, ethnic minorities and indigenous people, if it can form the government in the upcoming parliamentary election, he said.
Fakhrul also pledged to build Bangladesh as a non-communal country. "We want to build Bangladesh free from," he said.
President of Bangladesh Christian Lawyers Association Albert Rozario presided over the event, while Anil Leo Costa of the Bangladesh Christian Forum moderated it.
Chairman of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Welfare Front Babu Bijon Kanti Sarkar, BNP Chairperson's Advisory Council Member Shankar Patrick Costa, Assistant Secretary for Religious Affairs of BNP Advocate Jan Gomez, BNP Central Committee Member Ramesh Dutta, Trustee of Buddhist Religious Welfare Trust and BNP Central Committee Member Sushil Barua and Christian leaders, among others, took part in the meeting.