ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said there is only one umpire in Pakistan and that is the people.
Addressing the media here on Friday, he said that in a democracy and in Pakistan it is the will of the people, which is followed not that of any third umpire.
Commenting on the possibility of a presidential system and the rollback of the 18th Amendment, the PPP chairman reiterated that any such move would be resisted by his party “You cannot bring a presidential system through democratic means. PPP and other democratic forces of this country will reject this,” he said.
The PPP chairman stated his party’s stance on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), calling it a black law and an institution made by former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf for political engineering and vengeance.
“PPP thinks a new system is needed and there should be across the board accountability for all. There needs to be one system for everyone,” he added.
Bilawal, however, did say that right now it would be impossible to bring an entirely new system. “We will try to bring this [NAB] under the rule of law as much as we can. If the government is ready for this, then we are ready to talk to them,” the PPP chief said.
Bilawal further said that the government till now has not shown any seriousness and had failed to even pass a bill. “They [government] have shown no interest in the Parliament or the economy,” he added.
He stressed the importance of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project when asked about Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Beijing to attend the Belt and Road Forum (BRF).
“We think there should be no compromise on CEPC and we will not let this government compromise. The people of Pakistan know that this is an important project for the future of the country,” he concluded.