PTI resignations’ verification hits snags once again
ISLAMABAD:A day before the PTI approached National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for mass approval for his resignation, the process hit another snag on Tuesday when the party was forced to scrap the plan due to the President’s “indirectness”.The PTI has now decided to send a delegation of its senior leaders instead of a group of 127 MNAs – as planned earlier – to discuss the issue with the NA speaker when he returns to Islamabad, the NA spokesperson said in a statement.
On December 28 (today), the party was scheduled to visit the National Assembly to accept the MNA’s resignation. The lawmakers were scheduled to meet at the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa House in Islamabad before leaving for the NA.In addition, PTI leader Imran Khan also released a video address to the lawmakers.In response to this development, PTI Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said the NA speaker would “run away” whenever party lawmakers wanted to secure his resignation.
Speaking to reporters in Lahore on the matter, his PTI leader said former PTI Chief of Staff Malik Aamir Dogar called Ashraf but he was “nowhere to be found”.”He was told the speaker had gone to Larkana,” Fawad claimed. “I have information that he will go to Australia later.”He further said that PTI must appeal to the Supreme Court if the differences are unacceptable.
“I would like to inform the Chairman that it is our constitutional right to resign.
Meanwhile, former PTI Chief of Staff Malik Aamir Dogar called Parliament Speaker Raja Pervais Ashraf and told him that a party delegation wanted to meet with him to discuss differences between party lawmakersAn NA spokesperson confirmed Douger’s call to the speaker and said, “We are pleased with this gesture that the PTI leader has reached out to him.”
PTI leaders including Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Parvez Khattak and other legislators have sought a meeting with the UN speakers, the secretariat said in a statement.The speaker said that there is always room for debate and dialogue between politicians.”The Speaker also reiterated that there are clear procedures in the Constitution of Pakistan and the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly regarding the approval of resignation of MNCs and that these procedures will be followed in letter and spirit,” the statement said.
But he said the resignation would still be confirmed at separate meetings.Both sides agreed that a delegation including senior PTI leadership would meet the UN speakers soon after their return from Gali Kuda Bakhsh.The Chairperson is in Garhi Kuda Baksh where she will attend the 15th anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the meeting will be held after the UN Chairperson returns to Islamabad.
They rose freely and without coercion
It should be mentioned here that after the PTI decided to allow the resignation of the parliamentarians directly, the NA secretariat informed that the chairman will again invite the MNAs of the party to speak one by one.PTI members are requested to resign their certification in accordance with “2007 Rule 43(2)(b) of the Rules of Procedure and Rules of Business Conduct”.The UN Secretariat also responded to the letter sent on 15 December. written by PTI Vice President Shah Mahmoud Qureshi, according to an official statement.
The chairman informed that party in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and Conduct until 2007. It is the rule of the National Assembly to meet individually with the 127 MNAs of the party, including the Speaker Imran Khan, to verify if they forwarded the offer. . They rose freely and without coercion.The PTI lawmakers tendered their resignation letter on April 11 after PTI chief Imran Khan was ousted as prime minister in a vote of confidence in parliament.
In the letter, the Secretariat of the National Assembly said that on May 30 the MNA was summoned and gave him time to appear in person from June 6 to 10 to confirm that he was resigning. But he said, “Nobody came.”Without giving reasons, the Speaker accepted the resignation of only 11 PTI MNAs in July.
