, Sept. 25 -- BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday said the Proportional Representation (PR) system of elections would create political instability and help establish autocracy by political parties.

"PR stands for 'Permanent Restlessness'. We want to follow constitutional continuity. No political party's illegal or unconstitutional demands can be allowed to put the nation in crisis," he said.

Salahuddin, a BNP Standing Committee member, made the remarks while speaking at a seminar organised by the Bangladesh Nationalist British Students' Alliance at the Supreme Court Bar Auditorium.

He said if the PR system is implemented, it would create frequent political instability, benefiting those who want the country to remain uncertai...