NewsApril 08 , 2022
PM Won't Accept 'Imported Govt', Calls Supporters to Protest on Sunday
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally conceded that he can no longer remain in the power as his party lost majority in the National Assembly ahead of no-confidence voting which is set to take place in the lower house of parliament against him on Saturday (tomorrow).
“I will never accept the ‘imported’ government and I will take to the streets,” said the premier while addressing the nation live on national television on Friday night.
PM Imran asked his supporters to stage protests across the country when the “new imported government” comes into power on Sunday, a day after the election of the new prime minister in the National Assembly.
The 5-0 Supreme Court ruling ordered the parliament to reconvene on Saturday (tomorrow), no later than 10:30am, saying that the session could not be prorogued without the conclusion of the no-trust motion against PM Imran.
“It is declared that the resolution was pending and subsisting at all times and continues to so remain pending and subsisting.”
“I am ready to launch fresh struggle against them… I will take to the streets. I am asking my nation to stage peaceful protests across the country against efforts aimed at installing an imported government, but don’t resort to violence,” the premier said in his address.
“They [incoming government] will end the accountability drive by abolishing NAB [National Accountability Bureau]… and reverse electoral reforms including overseas voting rights,” said the premier while urging opposition parties to agree to his demand of holding early elections.
PM Imran said that he was “disappointed” by the Supreme Court’s ruling against his government, but he accepted the ruling because he held the top court in ‘high esteem’.
“I am disappointed by the Supreme Court ruling but I accepted it because I participated in the movement for the restoration of judiciary,” said the premier on the eve of voting on the no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly.
The prime minister said he was saddened by the apex court’s verdict which set aside National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri’s ruling to dismiss the no-trust resolution against him and the subsequent dissolution of the lower house of parliament by President Arif Alvi on the premier’s advice.
The apex court should’ve at least seen the ‘threat letter’ before issuing the verdict, he said.
“We also hoped that the Supreme Court would also take suo motu notice against horse-trading… everyone knows how lawmakers’ conscience were purchased through money,” he remarked… – The Express Tribune
Courtesy The Express Tribune
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