BNP is in favor of increasing the number of reserved seats for women from 50 to 100.
The BNP has consented to increase the number of women's reserved seats in the national parliament from fifty to one hundred.
However, because the BNP thinks that direct voting is still a ways off, the party now supports nomination-based selection over direct elections for the seats.
Following the National Consensus Commission's reform meeting with political parties on Tuesday, Salahuddin Ahmed, a member of the standing committee, revealed the stance during a news briefing at the Foreign Service Academy.
The commission's vice-president, Ali Riaz, presided over the private meeting, which started at 11:30 a.m. in the Doel Multipurpose Hall of the school.
It was the final meeting of the commission's second round of talks with political parties before the Eid vacations.
According to Salahuddin Ahmed, the BNP has suggested raising the number of reserved seats to 100, and the current system of elections for these seats is proportionate. With a few exceptions, nearly every party's ideas were similar. Nevertheless, there is still no agreement on the best way to conduct the election. There is still room for discussion on this matter.
The BNP leader clarified that they now oppose direct elections as an election option. Bangladesh's political and parliamentary culture does not appear to support the election procedures that were discussed during the discussion.
He stated, "Therefore, we have stated that it will reach a position where direct elections for these seats will be viable after one or two more parliaments."
The women's industry has not yet reached that level, Salahuddin Ahmed emphasized. To move them ahead, this particular clause ought to be kept in place. Eventually, society may reach a point where these measures are no longer required. It must go on until then.
Two topics were covered in the afternoon session: the number of reserved women's seats and the election procedure, as well as parliamentary standing committees. The conversation today did not cover other subjects.
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