Opposition has right on the offices of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Senate: Ch Pervaiz Elahi

Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) senior central leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has said rebellion of N-League members has come to the fore in the Senate election and all govt tactics to stop this had failed, due to govt.’s unconstitutional, undemocratic and conflicting ordinance Senate election could not be completed in one day for the first time in Pakistan, opposition should forge unity in their ranks to get the offices of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Senate.

He said this while talking separately to media and delegation of Overseas Pakistanis which called on him under the leadership of Syed Shabbir Shah today.

Ch Parvez Elahi said that election to the Senate had always been completed in one day in the history of Pakistan but this did not happen this time for which present undemocratic and product of rigging govt was responsible, it got such an ordinance promulgated by the President regarding election to the Senate from FATA due to which the members could not be elected from there. He said that now it has been established that the role of the sitting President was merely that of rubber stamp, he should not have promulgated such unconstitutional and vague ordinance.

In reply to a question, Ch Parvez Elahi said that N-League rulers in order to stop rebellion among their MPAs had tried in vain to amend the Constitution and complete vigilance of the members as well as resorted to all other tactics including bribery, threats and what not but the MPAs from Punjab and Balochistan did not vote for the candidates nominated by their party leadership and thus demonstrated total no trust in their policies. PML leader said that N-League had formed groups of 44 members each in the Punjab Assembly but from every group PML and Peoples Party’s joint candidate Nadeem Afzal Chan got the votes while N-League candidate was defeated in Balochistan.

Ch Parvez Elahi said further that opposition members in the Senate could win the election of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Senate by putting up unanimous tactics.