RAWALPINDI: Vice Chairman Parks and Horticulture Authority Rawalpindi Malik Abid Hussain has said that the united to avert the common threat of accountability “Tom and Jerry” are the custodians of the exploitative system of looting who fight each other in the absence of a common threat to make the people fool and plunder. On the other hand, Prime Minister Imran Khan and the PTI are struggling to root out this corrupt system. The political courage shown by Prime Minister Imran Khan in deciding to take a vote of confidence is unprecedented in the history of the country. The Election Commission is constitutionally and legally bound to hold clean and transparent election which is more important than that of ensuring secret balloting.
He expressed these views while addressing a gathering of workers of PTI Tiger Force and other PTI organizations which assembled here at Girja Road Rawalpindi Cantt. on Sunday to celebrate PM”s victory in Vote of Confidence.
He said that it was not enough for the Election Commission to say that elections were held in accordance with the constitution and law. He said that the secret ballot in the constitution was directed to protect the free will and secrecy of the voters but where the free will of the voters was being affected by bullying, rigging and greed, it was the duty of the Election Commission to take steps to prevent the said electoral corruption. “The Prime Minister Imran Khan had drawn the attention of the Election Commission to this aspect but instead of considering it, ECP went against the point of view of the Prime Minister”, he mentioned.
Malik Abid Hussain added that eradication of financial and moral corruption from the country is the duty of every institution. He was of the view that secret balloting is not more sacred than that of stopping the blatant corruption that arises in the recent Senate elections.
Congratulating the workers, he said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had made the victory of Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani meaningless by taking a vote of confidence from the Assembly. “We will now confront the Tom and Jerry Group with more confidence and determination than ever before and strengthen the hands of our leader to root out corruption from the country and put it on the path to development,” he concluded.
