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Monday, April 04, 2011
Bilawal against premature release of BB murder report
* PPP chairman says release could allow conspirators to kill truth
* Terms assassination of her mother a ‘grand conspiracy’
NAUDERO: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, after having been briefed on the investigation into the assassination of his mother, Benazir Bhutto (BB), said on Sunday that premature release of the entire investigation report could legally sabotage the case currently in progress.
Addressing the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC), Bilawal said, “The premature release of the report could also allow the conspirators - who may not be confined to our borders - to permanently deprive the people of Pakistan and citizens of the world of the truth they deserve.”
He advised members of the CEC to appoint a limited number of its most senior members to have a full and complete briefing of the entire investigation report.
Bilawal said, “Given the complexities of this conspiracy, this committee of senior members can advise us on how to proceed with the publication of the report. It will decide what information can responsibly be released to satisfy the desire of our supporters for information. While also ensuring we do not hamper the legal proceedings already in progress, we cannot allow those who conspired to rid the world of BB to sabotage our desire for justice and our search for the truth,” he added.
Bilawal said there was a need to proceed with caution on the report as his mother’s assassination’s circumstances were far more complicated.
He said the report identified the individuals involved in the criminal act and also followed the trail they left behind in an attempt to expose the financers, planners and co-conspirators involved.
“Everyone directly involved, who could be arrested and are still alive have been taken into custody,” he said, adding, “The report also raises many questions and after having read everything it is easy to conclude that this was a grand conspiracy.” “It was a conspiracy to rob Pakistan of its best hope to establish a fully functional democracy,” he added.
He divulged that as the son of BB and her heir, he was the only person to have received a complete briefing of the investigation into her assassination.
“I would like to thank our investigation team. By taking on this responsibility they have risked their lives. They have worked tirelessly for three years to come to the truth.”
He said he fully supported the party’s decision to revisit the case of the judicial murder of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (ZAB). “It is not just a question of law, it is also a question of history. It is right for us to finally set the record straight and ensure that such an autocracy never ever again takes place in our nation’s courts.”
Bilawal thanked the UN for honouring his mother by passing a resolution to condemn her assassination. “They also complied with the wishes of people of Pakistan, who demanded through unanimous resolutions passed by all four provincial assemblies, the National Assembly and the Senate, that the UN investigate her assassination.”
He said the UN’s detailed and invaluable report was of utmost importance for history.
“It did the best it could in the confines of the parameters set. Both reports combined lead us towards the answers we seek,” he added. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk