No room for 'third umpire' in democracy: Bilawal Bhutto
Imran Khan has taken money from CPEC projects and handed it to his parliamentarians, he said
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said today (April 26) that the democratic government always has only one umpire and that’s its people. No room for third umpire, he said.
“People are the only umpire of Pakistan.” Bilawal said. “In a democratic state, the will of third umpire is insignificant to people’s will. We will defend the country together”.
Bilawal said that PPP started the CPEC project, which was later led by the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government. He hoped that Prime Minister Imran Khan will also take it ahead.
PPP leader said Government should not make the Pak-China Economic Corridor (CPEC) project a controversial issue. Government should make sure there will be no compromise on it. “Imran Khan has taken money from CPEC projects and handed it to his parliamentarians,” he said. “This is unconstitutional.”
Bilawal Bhutto said that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is a black law and institution formed by former president Pervez Musharraf against his political rivals.
He further said, “We are ready to cooperate with the government for reforms in the NAB. We will try our best to bring NAB under the rule of law.”
PPP Chairman expressed that Federal government has no interest in running the country. The presidential system will be harmful for Pakistan and PPP will show resistance against it, he added. “You cannot bring a presidential system through democratic means. PPP and other democratic forces of this country will reject this.”
Talking to the media, Bilawal said that many issues were discussed in the Parliament today, including the 18th amendment and human rights issues. “The problems will be resolved with political parties together. If there is any danger to democracy, we will end it together”, he added.
