Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday congratulated the PTI workers on the completion of the second phase of intra-party elections, stating that the PTI workers had set a new model of true party polls in line with true democratic norms.
“It is no doubt a historic day in the political history of the country. You have rekindled the democratic process in Pakistan. You have set a new tradition,” Khan said while addressing PTI workers.
By participating in the party election passionately, Khan said the PTI workers had demonstrated a new example for other parties.
“You have made it clear to other political parties who are pursuing politics of family dynasties, telling them that the party polls are not held behind closed doors, rather the polls are held openly and enthusiastically,” he added.
Criticising dynastic politics, he said traditional political parties held dummy election just to deny opportunity to their workers to get elected for any major office.
“The so-called politicians are afraid of true party election and that is why they are afraid of the PTI. They are happy to hold dummy elections and getting elected the people of their choice against major offices,” he said, adding that such politicians were actually dictators who wanted to keep control on their parties.
The PTI chairman added that traditional political parties would never be democratic, as the top leadership of these parties had dictatorial mindset.
Calling upon the party workers to gel together, Khan said all those who had won or lost the election should now work in harmony, as all of them were following the same ideology.
Referring to incidents of violence against journalists during the party election in Gujranwala, he said those found involved in the shameful incident would be dealt with by the party’s election commission and a committee was investigating the matter.
“The party’s ECP would take to task anyone involved in the violence against media personnel,” he added.