, Aug. 19 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party will not accept the proportional representation (PR) system of election as the people of the country are not familiar with it.

"We have clearly said we will never accept the PR system because the people of this country are not used to it. They also do not know or understand it," he said.

Fakhrul made the remarks while talking to reporters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after returning home from Thailand.

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He said Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were cancelled after being used for some time while people also have no idea about the PR system. "So, there is no question of acc...