KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has asserted that the party was ready for the Senate election through an open ballot, adding that no one would be allowed to rig the upcoming polls.
The PPP Chairman expressed his views while addressing supporters in Karachi to celebrate Yousuf Murtaza Baloch’s victory in the PS-88 Malir by-election.
“They can see that whether by-elections happen in Karachi or Sangar, the PPP is dealing a blow to the PTI,” he said, adding that because of this, the PTI’s members were switching their affiliation.
Referring to the government’s move to seek the opinion of the Supreme Court on open ballot, Bilawal termed the move an ‘admission of no-confidence’ in the PTI’s own members by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
“If the government has a majority and if they trust their MNAs and MPAs, then why does it want to come through back doors,” he said, adding, “We won’t give any permission to compromise the Senate elections or to steal votes.”
Commenting on the by-elections, he said that the residents of PS-88 had exposed the true worth of these puppets. “We are defeating this government on every front,” he said, claiming that the government had been facing similar defeats in multiple by-elections.
“Not only PPP, but also the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is playing its cards in a way that had the government highly worried about the by-elections and especially the Senate elections,” he added.
Bilawal alleged that the government was now pressuring different institutions and wanted to fire a gun from the shoulders of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the Supreme Court.
He also claimed that when the demand for elections according to the Constitution and the law was made, then photoshopped and fake videos were released to the media.
He termed such stunts a conspiracy against democracy and Senate elections. “The victory will be ours, we are ready for every Senate elections, we are ready for secret and open ballot,” he concluded.
