BNP leader Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has strongly criticized ongoing debates around the proportional representation (PR) voting system, saying the sacrifices made during the July people's uprising were not for electoral technicalities but for the establishment of genuine democracy. "Whether we vote through PR or allocate seats proportionally—no one gave their life for that. The martyrs of the July uprising fought for democracy, not electoral formulas," Hafiz said at a recent political event. He emphasized that the simplest and most legitimate path forward is to hold elections under a neutral caretaker government. Citing a hypothetical example, he warned of the absurdities that PR could bring: “Imagine someone from Kurigram becoming the MP for Bhola—that’s the kind of disconnect the PR system might create.” Referring to the remarks of a martyr’s father, Hafiz said, “One father of a July martyr told me that the dreams for which their children died remain unfulfilled. That is a deeply painful truth.” He also criticized the interim government's leadership, pointing out that not a single word of accountability has been directed at Chief Advisor Sheikh Hasina. “Only Dr. Asif Nazrul, among the advisors, occasionally raises concerns,” he noted. Highlighting the BNP’s long struggle against what he called the authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina, Hafiz declared that the party had already defeated that regime through continuous movements. He criticized the imbalance in the current national consensus dialogue, where BNP stands alone on one side and 34 other parties on the other. “Let the people judge—compare the public support behind the BNP and these 34 parties,” he challenged. He also accused some political factions of wanting to discard the Constitution of 1972, a founding document achieved through the Liberation War, and warned against revisionist narratives from parties that had once opposed the war but now claim regret.