The recent op-ed titled “Without Real Agency, Reserved-Seat MPs Cannot Serve the Public,” written by Rabeena Sultana Ananna, Research Associate at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, and Md. Abrar Hasan, Program Associate at BIGD, BRAC University, focuses on how the lack of direct elections for reserved seats weakens the legitimacy and accountability of women MPs. The authors argue that without a public mandate or defined constituencies, these positions remain largely symbolic and ornamental, hindered by party dominance and conflicts with elected representatives.
The recent op-ed titled “Without Real Agency, Reserved-Seat MPs Cannot Serve the Public,” written by Rabeena Sultana Ananna, Research Associate at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, and Md. Abrar Hasan, Program Associate at BIGD, BRAC University, focuses on how the lack of direct elections for reserved seats weakens the legitimacy and accountability of women MPs. The authors argue that without a public mandate or defined constituencies, these positions remain largely symbolic and ornamental, hindered by party dominance and conflicts with elected representatives.
