The National Citizen’s Party (NCP) proposed lowering the voting age to 16 and the minimum age to run for parliament to 23. Leader Akhtar Hossain said many countries already treat 16-year-olds as adults and that today’s youth have access to enough information to make informed decisions. Sarjis Alam added that the NCC (proposed new constitutional body) would oversee executive accountability and constitutional appointments. The party also proposed proportional representation in the upper house of parliament.