Dhaka, Sept. 25 -- Patriarchy prevailed in the election and constitutional reform commissions' discussions on women's reserved seats in parliament, Badiul Alam Majumder said on Thursday.

Referring to the political parties involved in those reform discussions, he said the parties had wanted to increase the number of women's seats in parliament. However, they failed to propose a specific system for holding the elections.

"The Election Reform Commission had proposed allocating 100 seats for women in parliament under a rotation system, while the Constitutional Reform Commission proposed adopting the model used in Union elections.

I am convinced that the rotation system is the best option available. However, it was not adopted. We failed. W...