PPP leader Sherry Rehman has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce the polls date and clear the air of uncertainty in the country, which she said is now bothering even foreign diplomats. “Presently, all of them (diplomats) want an answer to when the uncertainty will end as no one wants uncertainty in Pakistan,” she said while talking a private TV channel program.
“Yes, it is unusual to meet institutions, but what do you expect when no date is being announced for polls?” she said, adding that several matters would settle down with the mere announcement of elections date. The PPP leader further said that her party’s stance on the elections’ timeframe was clear that elections should be held within the constitutionally mandated period of 90 days following the premature dissolution of the National Assembly on August 9.
While the PPP is the only party from the Pakistan Democratic Movement-led erstwhile ruling coalition that has been assertive in calling for not pushing the elections beyond the constitutionally mandated cutoff date of November 9, recent statements by its top leadership show signs of flexibility in this stance. Earlier this week, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said during a meeting with other party leaders that “the general elections should be held according to the Constitution so that the democratic government can solve the problems of the people.”
