Jamaat-e-Islami has called for holding the next general election under the Proportional Representation (PR) system “at least once.” Speaking after a meeting with a high-level European Parliament delegation, Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher said discussions covered the upcoming election and the country’s current political situation. He revealed that during the Consensus Commission’s meeting, 26 out of 31 political parties expressed support for PR. While some favored it only for the upper house, Jamaat and others supported PR for both chambers. Taher stressed the urgent need to move away from the mindset of “forcibly seizing polling centers and entering parliament through rigging.” Jamaat Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman described the meeting with the EU delegation as “fruitful.”