Jeevay Pakistan Jeevay Maqami-Hakoomat (JPJM) Chairman Daniyal Aziz has criticised the present form of democracy in the country in which the poor could not find a single meal and were forced to sell their children and commit suicide.
Addressing a public gathering in Faisalabad on Sunday, Daniyal said that inflation had sent the prices beyond the reach of most of the citizens, who were not being able to pay school and healthcare fees. He said the days of corrupt rulers were numbered and the poor would soon be empowered.
He alleged that the provincial governments were “deliberately violating” the constitution and utilising the local government funds to intentionally delay elections at grassroots level in violation of Article 140A of the constitution. Daniyal said that inflation could not be controlled through administrative measures, but by increasing interest rates. He said the top political leadership had taken loans of billions of rupees from banks, and were deliberately keeping the interest rates low to keep their debts low. Daniyal said that similar gatherings would be organised in other parts of the country as well to show the rulers that the people wanted their own system of government. He said the separation of judiciary from the executive was also necessary to protect the women, minorities and the underprivileged.
JPJM demands local govt system to check corruption
