- Constitutional term of CEC Sikandar sultan raja expired: fazl
- The ex-PM Abbasi stresses that joint efforts for constitutional rights.
- PML-N representative of people: opposition parties
In accordance with the general elections of February 8, 2024 as “faked”, the chief of Jamiat Ulema-E-Islam (JUI-F), Maulana Fazlur Rehman, reiterated his call for new elections in the country on Tuesday.
The head of Jui-F made these remarks after attending a dinner organized by the head of the PTI and former president of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser. The leaders of the opposition parties, including the leader of the Pakistani party Awam, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, met during the dinner.
During his interaction with journalists following the meeting, Fazl, who played a key role in the ouster of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan of his functions through a motion without confidence in April 2023 , said that the Government led by the PML-N should withdraw and resign and move and move and resign and resign and move and move and resign and move and resign and announce new polls.
Answering a question, he said that the constitutional mandate of chief elections Sikandar Sultan Raja has expired, adding that there should be a consultation on this subject.
The five -year duration of the CEC expired on January 26. However, the government has legislated by the 26th constitutional amendment to maintain the CEC Raja in service until the appointment of the next head of the electoral regulatory body.
For his part, the former Prime Minister Abbasi underlined the need for joint efforts for their constitutional rights. He said that a meeting of the opposition parties had taken place at Qaiser’s residence, during which the country’s political and security situation was discussed.
“All the (opposition) parties have reiterated their position according to which the outgoing government is not the representative of the people.”
The session reached a consensus on the holding of new elections in the country, he said, adding that the participants asked to end “fascism” in the country and to release political prisoners.
Earlier in the day, the former Prime Minister met the Chief Jui-F at his residence and discussed the country’s political situation.