Myanmar’s NLD Rejects Military’s Call for Proportional Representation Election System 25 February 2021 A voter in the 2020 general election. / Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy 7.9k By The Irrawaddy 4 March 2021 YANGON—The National League for Democracy (NLD) and ethnic political parties that won seats in the 2020 general election said they are against the proportional representation (PR) system proposed by Myanmar’s military regime, which seized power in a coup last month. Central Executive Committee member Daw Khin San Hlaing of the NLD, which won over 83 percent of votes in the Nov. 8 election, said: “People are not ready to exercise PR. As long as the military is in the Parliament and the Constitution remains unchanged, we don’t support switching to PR.”