Decision on proportional representation will rest with next parliament, says Fakhrul

The decision on whether the national election will be held under the proportional representation (PR) system will be made by the next elected parliament, BNP senior leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. On Monday, he said if the representatives in the next parliament believe it should move from the current voting system to PR, it will. “If the people think it should move to PR, it will. But right now, the public knows nothing about it.” The secretary general of the party also expressed the BNP’s concerns over demands by the Jamaat-e-Islami and some like-minded parties for parliamentary elections under PR. “The problem with...