CM Gandapur announces protest against postponement of Senate elections in KP
PESHAWAR, (NNI): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Tuesday announced to stage protest against the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision regarding postponement of the Senate elections in his province.
Gandapur strongly protested against the allocation of his party's reserved seats for women and minorities to other parties in all the assemblies.
Talking to media, Ali Amin Gandapur said, "We will go to the limit. We will not back down. Lawmakers on reserved seats will not be allowed to take oath illegally." He said that they will not allow illegal and unconstitutional people to take oaths, adding that the constitution is being repeatedly broken in the country and his party's reserved seats are not being given to them.
"The Constitution is being repeatedly violated in the country. The Constitution was breached by not holding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa within 90 days," he added.
CM Gandapur asked how their seats could be given to someone else. He also announced that they would not be given women's seats to opponent parties in any case.
The Chief Minister said that the party leader [Imran Khan] was in jail, the party symbol of 'Bat' was snatched and reserved seats were allocated to others unconstitutionally.
The KP chief minister said violation of Article 6 of the Constitution was punishable by death.
Ali Amin Gandapur said they would fight for rights within the province and a parliamentary party meeting has been called for this purpose.
"We will lodge a strong protest against postponement of Senate elections in KP. We will fight tooth and nail to get our right," said Gandapur.
CM Gandapur raised a question why is the judicial commission not being formed on the letter of six judges of Islamabad High Court?
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM said founder PTI had taught a lesson to adopt the path of struggle for the Constitution and law. "We will not compromise on the rights of women and minorities. We will ensure the protection of women's rights. We will ensure sanctity of vote is respected," he said.