"People's Party wants elections in 90 days," Faisal Karim Kundi's blunt stance
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00:00 Let's stay on the topic.
00:02 I would like to take a stance on this.
00:04 Senator sir, please tell us
00:06 that the discussion we came for
00:08 was on the Election Act
00:10 under which delimitations are important
00:12 and after that we wanted to know
00:14 who can override whom.
00:16 So obviously,
00:18 as I mentioned in my intro
00:20 and I also asked Hafiz sir
00:22 that the constitution has supremacy.
00:24 So this matter
00:26 Supreme Court is the one to decide.
00:28 The Supreme Court is the one to decide
00:30 and can it set aside
00:32 all these things
00:34 and let us have elections
00:36 as per the deadline.
00:38 What reference?
00:40 I couldn't hear
00:42 what reference you were referring to.
00:44 Sir, I was basically
00:46 mentioning that the previous government
00:48 passed the Election Act
00:50 and was giving a reference
00:52 to the Election Act
00:54 in which they talked about delimitation.
00:56 I think Hafiz sir didn't see that.
00:58 I will elaborate on that.
01:00 I think Hafiz sir didn't see that
01:02 and you didn't see that
01:04 in which they talked about
01:06 giving the Election Commission
01:08 the authority.
01:10 They are talking about the same provision.
01:12 Yes, yes,
01:14 about giving the Election Commission the authority.
01:16 When that proposal came,
01:18 yes, yes,
01:20 when that proposal came,
01:22 I was in that meeting
01:24 and I was in that meeting
01:26 and I added one thing to that.
01:28 The option of the Election Commission
01:30 has two words,
01:32 the opening of that,
01:34 you can see that too,
01:36 Hafiz sir can see that too,
01:38 subject to constitution
01:40 was written in that.
01:42 Now, subject to constitution
01:44 is there but here, consciously
01:46 all this was done.
01:48 You can see that too,
01:50 the proposal that came
01:52 and when that committee
01:54 deliberated on that,
01:56 I think Naveed Qamar sir was
01:58 chairing that committee.
02:00 So, because I was in that committee,
02:02 this came that everything is subject
02:04 to constitution, we deliberately
02:06 said that so that
02:08 this is not a delusion,
02:10 we have made that provision subject
02:12 to constitution,
02:14 you can see that, then you will be clear
02:16 on this. Then if this is the
02:18 right of the Election Commission,
02:20 that is subject to constitution.
02:22 Subject to constitution.
02:24 Faisal Karim Kundi sir meanwhile has joined us on the telephone line.
02:26 Faisal Karim Kundi sir,
02:28 from your side, statements are coming that
02:30 elections should not go ahead,
02:32 you were very vocal on the rights of the Nigrah government.
02:34 Now, this matter is going
02:36 beyond 90 days,
02:38 90 days plus 4 months,
02:40 this story will be quite
02:42 exaggerated. So, what is the
02:44 People's Party doing, what are they thinking about this?
02:48 Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim,
02:50 Pakistan People's Party,
02:52 from my point of view, I gave them yesterday also,
02:54 Pakistan People's Party believes that
02:56 these elections should be
02:58 done within 90 days, and
03:00 constitution is also 90 days, constitution
03:02 has a limitation,
03:04 constitutionally you do not have binding,
03:06 and we think that
03:08 within 90 days,
03:10 a political non-sodernity, its only solution
03:12 is that elections should be done within 90 days.
03:14 Our wish was that
03:16 elections should be done within 60 days,
03:18 but our united community,
03:20 we had a wish that it should be done within 90 days.
03:22 So, we have decided to do it within 90 days.
03:24 But I think that more than 90 days,
03:26 it should not be done.
03:28 Pakistan People's Party also believes that
03:30 it should not be done more than 90 days.
03:32 You can do delimitation
03:34 after elections also, if you
03:36 have a lot of desire for delimitation,
03:38 then you can increase the team,
03:40 you can work day and night, and this
03:42 can be done soon. One more thing,
03:44 Kamran Murtaza sahab said that
03:46 first, by issuing a notification
03:48 regarding desolation, and then
03:50 notifying about census,
03:52 this also,
03:54 from a legal standpoint,
03:56 and a moral standpoint,
03:58 this was not appropriate.
04:00 Absolutely, Kamran Murtaza sahab,
04:02 because it is a legal expert,
04:04 and he said this, I think this is in between.
04:06 And if we talk about it morally,
04:08 then you see that Punjab's
04:10 and other groups, the chief ministers,
04:12 how they participate in CCI,
04:14 their mandate is not in this.
04:16 Because they were not mandated
04:18 by the public.
04:20 He is a minister of a government.
04:22 They do not have a mandate
04:24 of the people of Shahbagh and Punjab.
04:26 So, if you see,
04:28 this can also be done on a moral
04:30 level, that they should not be involved in this.
04:32 So, these things are very simple.
04:34 But I think, and the party thinks
04:36 that there should be elections in 90 days.
04:38 And after that, the government
04:40 should go to the forums and delimitation.
04:42 Because, it is a delimitation.
04:44 See, the population has increased,
04:46 but you can increase the seats.
04:48 Because you need a two-thirds majority.
04:50 Thondi sahab, we had a discussion
04:52 with you earlier, and we asked
04:54 what will be the position of the People's Party
04:56 when they go to the CCI,
04:58 the Council of Common Interest,
05:00 and what assurances were given
05:02 to the People's Party
05:04 regarding the elections.
05:06 See, there was nothing in CCI
05:08 that the elections would be delimited.
05:10 There was no discussion in CCI
05:12 that the elections would be delimited.
05:14 But you are talking about 4 to 6 months.
05:16 After that, you will go to the courts.
05:18 Something will happen in my constituency,
05:20 something will happen in your constituency,
05:22 and they will go to the courts.
05:24 And the situation of our courts is that
05:26 the election tribunal cases,
05:28 and Kamal Haan Muzdal sahab is sitting,
05:30 you tell me, the decision that came
05:32 in the seat of Quetta, the Supreme Court
05:34 has not decided it yet, and the assembly
05:36 has not decided it yet, and the assembly
05:38 has not decided it yet, and the assembly
05:40 has not decided it yet, and the assembly
05:42 has not decided it yet, and the assembly
05:44 has not decided it yet, and the assembly
05:46 has not decided it yet, and the assembly