PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Friday called people to come out on the streets to protest against the deputy speaker’s ruling which led to the ‘surprising’ victory of PML-N’s Hamza Shahbaz in the Punjab Assembly.
Addressing the public after the PML-N’s candidate Hamza Shahbaz retained the post of Punjab CM against Pervez Elahi in the run-off election held in the Punjab Assembly, the PTI chairman told the public that he was in shock to see the incidents that happened in the Punjab Assembly today.
Hamza’s victory was secured after the deputy speaker rejected PML-Q’s 10 votes.
The former prime minister said that democracy has “meritocracy and transparency” but its foundation is based on “morality”.
“Democracy does not have an army. Parliament does not have an army the army is somewhere else. Parliament has one thing which is morality,” the PTI chairman said.
Sharing the example of the UK, Khan said that Britain’s democracy works as Boris Johnson had to resign for holding a party during the coronavirus.
“It wasn’t even news here, he had to resign because of that. Democracy is based on morality,” said Imran.
‘Asif Ali Zardari looting country for 30 years’
The PTI chairman reminded people of the “circus” that was seen in the Sindh House ahead of the vote of no-confidence and now today.
“Lawmakers were put up for auction in the Sindh House. Asif Zardari has been looting the country for 30 years. All this horse-trading is happening with Sindh’s public money,” he added.
The former prime minister said that after he was removed from office he went to the people, recalling that his peaceful protest was teargassed and homes were raided.
“In the by-elections, people turned out like never before. People came out to reject American slavery,” Khan highlighted.
‘Zardari was playing a game’
“Today was the election of the chief minister and last night the buyer of consciences arrived. We got to know at night that Asif Zardari was playing a game,” the PTI leader claimed, adding that he was in “shock” to see what happened in the Punjab Assembly today.
“These are not politicians, they are mafia, they consider people sheep, and goats. Shujaat’s letter alone is not effective, the decision rests with the parliamentary leader. Whatever happened today will further create economic uncertainty,” he warned.
The former prime minister further added that even he had written a letter directing lawmakers to vote for a certain candidate but that was rejected and the parliamentary leader wrote it instead.
‘Nation should protest today’
“The nation should protest today, you have to tell them that we are humans, not cattle. Everyone should register their protest so that they know we are not sheep. They slaughtered the public mandate, and now all eyes are on the courts,” he added.
The former prime minister also stated that PML-Q’s parliamentary leader was not Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as he is the head of the party.
Khan said that if “small thieves” go to jail and “big robbers” are not caught then the nation would not progress. He added that his government was first brought down at the centre by using stolen money with a foreign conspiracy.
“We will deal with them again and again, they will never let the country progress. As the rupee depreciates, their wealth will increase, their wealth is lying outside in dollars. We will not allow robbers to steal our mandate with stolen money,” vowed the PTI chairman.
Following the call of the party chairman, PTI leaders took to their Twitter handles to invite all supporters and workers to gather near the main arteries of major cities of Pakistan to register their protest.
