CM Kamal faces no-trust motion
TI don’t care two bits on opposition’s motion of no confidence. For me It’s important if my own party and coalition are with me. The day I don’t have majority...then for me being the leader of the house is of no use and will leave myself. Jam Kamal Khan Alyani Balochistan chief minister
We demand that Jam Kamal immediately step down from the post of the chief minister. Due to his poor governance, the province had to witness hopelessness, disrepute, and unemployment, while the performance of different government departments was also adversely affected. No-trust motion
he ongoing political crisis in Pakistan’s Balochistan province took a serious turn on Wednesday when a no-confidence motion against embattled provincial Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani was tabled in the provincial assembly.
The motion had the support of the disgruntled members of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and the opposition.
Food Minister Abdul Rehman Khetran tabled the motion. Out of 65 members, 33 backed the motion, which is also the number of lawmakers required to pass the motion when it is put up for voting.
According to the Constitution, a no-confidence motion needs the signatures of 20 per cent of the total make-up of the legislative body to be tabled for discussion and half the members must vote in favour of it to be passed.
Under assembly rules, the speaker must summon the session between three and seven days after the motion has been tabled to debate and vote.
Reading from the motion, Khetran said that the performance of government institutions had been negatively affected during the chief minister’s three-year tenure while unemployment had also increased, reports Dawn News.
He alleged that Alyani had been taking key decisions without consultations which had caused “irreparable damage”. He said lawmakers had tried to inform the chief minister about the damage being caused, but he paid no heed.
He noted that many people in the province, including bureaucrats, doctors, students and landowners, had taken to the streets in protest against government’s “bad governance”. In view of these facts, Khetran said that Alyani should be removed as the provincial chief minister.
Khetran also demanded the release of five “missing” parliamentarians. Claiming to be a “wellwisher” of Alyani, he advised the chief minister to step down.
The signs of the ongoing political crisis in Balochistan were first seen in June this year when opposition members had camped outside the provincial assembly’s building for days in protest against the Alyani government for its refusal to allocate development funds for their constituencies in the budget. The protest had led to mayhem and police had later booked 17 opposition lawmakers in connection with the incident.
Later, 16 opposition members had filed a no-trust motion against the chief minister. However, the Governor’s House Secretariat had returned the motion to the Balochistan Assembly on technical grounds.
Earlier this month, a no-confidence motion, signed by 14 lawmakers, was submitted to the Balochistan Assembly secretariat as Alyani continued to face criticism from the disgruntled members of his party over what they termed his failure to consult them in running the affairs of the province. —