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Jiye Bhutto slogans in
assemblies
THE new Sindh Assembly started its journey in a manner that majority of
people would not approve of. The newly elected members took oath amidst
full-throat slogans of Jiye Bhutto and at times there were scenes of
rowdyism in the house. Apart from rumpus inside the house, the former
Chief Minister of the province was not allowed to take oath and he
narrowly escaped manhandling.
All this was in line with what people of Pakistan witnessed during
inaugural session of the National Assembly where people sitting in the
galleries indulged in sloganeering frequently despite calls, albeit
feeble, for restraint by the Speaker. Almost identical scenes were
observed during the otherwise highly sober ceremony of oath-taking by
the Prime Minister at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Visitors and guests also behaved in
similar manner at Governor House in Peshawar when the new Chief Minister
was being administered oath of office. However, the situation in Sindh
Assembly was all the more regrettable because of intensity and scale of
the disturbances created by some members and visitors in the galleries
who turned a deaf ear to repeated requests of the chair for calm and
order. All this turned the house into a public meeting, which is against
the decorum and violation of the sanctity of the august house.
Sentiments and passions of the people were quite understandable, as they
were seeing this day after eight years of dictatorial regime. Political
workers and leaders struggled hard and rendered great sacrifices for
restoration of genuine democracy. But the place and timing for
expression of the inner feelings was not appropriate and conveyed wrong
signals to the viewers both at home and abroad. No doubt, people had
injured sentiments because of tragic assassination of Mohtarma Benazir
Bhutto and earlier hanging of the party founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto,
which is being described as judicial murder but the proper way to pay
tributes to the great leaders was to follow their principles. The demand
to rename Nawabshah as Shaheed Benazir Bhutto district was well within
the decent means to demonstrate love and affection for the leader but
near disruption of proceedings of legislatures and formal ceremonies was
regrettable. We hope that the leader of the political parties – be it
Peoples Party or some other entity –would give serious thought to this
issue and would cooperate with Speakers of the respective houses in
maintaining decorum.
