Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Spokesperson strongly condemned the induction of PDM’s staunch loyalists and persons of known political allegiance into the caretaker federal cabinet.
Reacting to the inclusion of PDM’s loyalists into the federal cabinet, PTI spokesperson said that after the induction of controversial persons in the illegal and unconstitutional caretaker set-ups of Punjab and KP, the same formula was now being applied in the federal cabinet as well.
He stated that the induction of those persons having close association with the PDM parties in the provincial and federal cabinets put a question mark on the credibility and integrity of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
PTI spokesperson reminded that the induction of persons of known political affiliation and controversial characters into the caretaker cabinet was a clear violation of Article 224 of the Constitution and Section 230 of the Election Act.
He went on to say that it was clearly mention in Section 230 of the Election Act that neutral and apolitical should be included in the caretaker government.
PTI spokesperson said that after in two provinces, the constitutional concept of a neutral, impartial and uncontroversial caretaker cabinet has been completely destroyed in the center as well.
He shocked that after inducting political loyalists into the illegal and unconstitutional caretaker cabinets of Punjab and KP, persons of known political allegiance were also accommodated in the federal cabinet.
PTI spokesperson said that the persons of known political allegiance in the caretaker cabinets of Punjab and KP including the unconstitutional caretaker chief ministers of Punjab and KP were no more a secret as leaders of the parties, which were part of the PDM government admitted openly in live TV talk show that the ministerial positions in the caretakers governments were distributed among the coalition partners.
He stated that the electoral watchdog was completely failed to fulfill its constitutional role to ensure setting up neutral caretaker governments, adding that the sole purpose of the caretaker government was to conduct elections within the constitutionally mandated 90-day limit.
PTI spokesperson underlined that according to the Constitution and the Election Act, the ECP was duty-bound to form neutral caretaker governments and hold polls within the constitutionally defined timeframe. He insisted said that the ECP should take tangible and practical steps to ensure impartiality and neutrality of the caretaker governments instead of mere writing letter.
