MULTAN, Feb 06 (APP):Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday said the Senate polls through open ballot would discourage sale and purchase of votes and bring transparency in the election process.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government wanted to introduce a transparent system which would abolish the avenues of corruption in the Senate polls on permanent basis, he said addressing the people during inaugural ceremonies of uplift schemes here in union councils 47, 49 and 50. The government, he said, had also sought the opinion of Supreme Court regarding the open balloting for Senate polls.
The minister said both the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz had in section 23 of Charter of Democracy (CoD) agreed to ensure open ballot in the Senate polls, but they were opposing the government on that count. Qureshi said Prime Minister Imran Khan would not compromise on corruption. It was the PTI which had expelled its 20 members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly for selling their votes in the last Senate election, he added. He said the party lacked two-third majority in the Parliament for legislation on open ballot in Senate polls.
The minister said the masses had rejected the narrative of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and its constituent parties were now seeking a way out to satisfy their its workers and also stay relevant politically. He said the people had voted the PTI to power in the last elections, and now the country was moving forward on the path of progress and development.
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