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LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday said that he would dissolve the assembly minutes after becoming Chief Minister.
In a video statement following the de-seating of 25 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) dissident members, Elahi –– who was the candidate of PTI against Hamza Shehbaz –– said he would take only 30 minutes to dissolve the provincial assembly on the orders of Imran Khan. “I am [still] the candidate of Imran Khan,” he said hinting at the possibility that the election for Punjab chief minister could be held again.
Commenting on the ECP’s decision, he felicitated the electoral body on ‘the historic decision’ and said the truth had prevailed.
He said the decision would have wide-ranging impacts on the democracy, adding that de-seating of the defectors would strengthen democracy in the country.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan had nominated Pervaiz Elahi from PML-Q as the party’s candidate for Punjab chief minister election after Usman Buzdar resigned from the post to rescue PTI’s government.
On the other hand, contrary to Elahi’s wishes to become CM, law and constitution’s experts are of the views that Elahi cannot become CM as PTI has lost majority in the assembly after 25 of his members were de-seated by the ECP.
In case of the fresh election for the CM slot neither Hamza, nor Elahi would obtained simple majority in the house and as a result Governor Punjab would use his authority to dissolve the assembly.