Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Sunday said the PPP lawmakers would boycott the Sindh Assembly session on July 30 during the presidential election.
The information minister blasted the Supreme Court for advancing on a PML-N petition the presidential poll to July 30 instead of August 6, the day scheduled by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
A SC bench, led by Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, gave the verdict in the PML-N’s favour saying that the same was not violating any of the constitutional provisions.
Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah has reportedly demanded that Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ebrahim resign for losing the commission’s “independence” to the judiciary.
The PPP, and may be its allies prominently the ANP, are poised to agitate in parliament slated to meet on Monday (today) to take up the issue.
The PPP dominates the deeply divided 168-member Sindh Assembly by winning 90 seats in May 11 general elections.
The MQM’s weight in the House would be shown by the party’s 48 votes that, after Saturday’s visit of PML-N leaders to Nine-Zero, would be caste in favour of Mamnoon Hussain.
The PML-N with six lawmakers would be hoping to woo the PML-F which has 10 votes. The NPP and Arbab’s members are also likely to vote for the PML-N candidate.
Sunday saw a statement of the Sindh Information department quoting the information minister lambasting the Prime Minister, the would-be president
Mamnoon Hussain and the Supreme Court.
The PPP leader claimed that Mamnoon Hussain was going to be a mirror image of former president Rafiq Tarrar, who is perceived to have been best known for his “ribbon-cutting” role throughout his tenure.
Memon’s tirade came when he was talking to reporters, according to the official statement. He alleged that Nawaz Sharif would be possessing the remote control of the Presidency.
Nawaz had no political wisdom for the President of Pakistan, but he needed a “flatterer”, alleged the minister.
Also, the outspoken minister lashed out at the judiciary, saying it was the SC’s “irresponsible attitude” and “one sided decision” that made the PPP to boycott the presidential polls.
The PPP and its allies are under fire by the political analysts for going against the democratic norms in the face of boycotting July 30 polls.
After PPP’s boycott the major contest is believed to be between PML-N’s Mamnoon Hussain and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Justice (r) Wajihuddin Ahmed.
