Bicameralism and proportional representation are not the panacea to solve all our problems of abuse of power.

A pervasive sense of mistrust, fuelled more by political calculation than by reality, has paralysed the charter’s progress.

The Jamaat-e-Islami and several other like-minded parties have decided to take to the streets to realise their five-point demand that includes holding the election on the basis of the July Charter and under the proportional representation system.

Major political parties are divided over the July Charter’s implementation timeline

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said local leadership will not develop if elections are held under the Proportional Representation (PR) system.

From a staggered national election to a proportional representation system -- the Election Commission has been flooded with a whopping number of proposals placed by 28 political parties on the electoral reforms during the recently concluded dialogue.