PPP threatens sit-ins against provincial govt
June 3, 2015, Published in dawn.com, Source
IN PESHAWAR: Pakistan people’s party rejected the results of the may 30 elections in local authorities and threatened to launch a series of protests, sit-ins against the Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf and its government in the province.
speaking at a press conference at the residence of former Federal Minister Arbab the Ālamgīr here on Tuesday, PPP provincial President Khanzada Khan and former provincial President of PPP women wing of ASMA Ālamgīr urged other political parties to unite against the provincial government for election fraud.
they asked chief Minister Pervez Khattak to admit his failure and resign.
the leaders of the PPP Arbab the Ālamgīr, Zulfiqar Afghani and Malik Tehmash was also present at the event.
they said that PPP would not accept Imran Khan proposal re-election in the presence of his provincial government, because it (the government) lost the confidence of all political parties for election fraud.
In the PPP leaders said that 13 people were killed in a “rigged” election. They appealed to the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take suo Moto notice of the matter for decision, who is responsible for the bloodshed.
If cases could be registered against the chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif for model town incident so why not the chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak should be held responsible for loss of life, they questioned.
MS Ālamgīr stated that the election took place in the shadow of hooliganism and her party rejected the results because women are subjected to violence are not to blame.
the rigging, she said, was carried out by those who always high claims about bringing changes in the lives of people. The people and the media witnessed that women were treated badly during elections and ballots were torn and they were expelled from polling stations, ” she added.
MS Ālamgīr said that the chief Minister’s silence on these issues was a mystery to the people, as he had to answer these questions. “We can’t call this election, but it was a choice,” she said, and added that after his complaint to the provincial government must stop abuse of their powers, but still continued to put pressure on returning officers to change the results in accordance with the wishes of the rulers.
MS ASMA argued that the provincial Ministers were caught red-handed carrying away ballot boxes from the polling stations, and there was sufficient evidence tampering and abuse of power.
policy on PPP election 2013, she said that at that time the results have been taken to preserve democracy in the country, but now the party will raise the voice against injustice and violations of human rights.
In the PPP leader said that billions of rupees were spent on “fake” elections just to fool the masses. She said that Imran Khan was joking with the whole country, and have a habit of staging sit-ins, but this time the other members will launch a new “sit-in campaign against him in Peshawar.
regarding Imran Khan’s offer to hold re-elections in the province, MS Ālamgīr said that her party will not recognize the elections in the current provincial of the installation, and the entire system needs to be changed instead of befooling people.
Published in dawn.com
