KARACHI: PPP vows to continue struggle against LFO
By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Dec 29: The Sindh Council of the Pakistan People’s Party has vowed to continue its struggle for restoration of the 1973 Constitution, withdrawal of the Legal Framework Order, and end to the politics of turncoats and floor- crossing and betrayal of the electorate.
This was spelt out in the various resolutions adopted in its Friday’s meeting during which the regime was strongly criticized for imposing a government on Sindh through horse-trading, and a demand was also made for stern action against the turncoats for betraying the trust of the people. The resolutions were released to the press on Sunday.
Though at the meeting, besides demanding action against the turncoats, strong criticism of those who had facilitated some of the turncoats in getting party tickets at the cost of party loyalists was made by several leaders, the resolution in this regard merely confined itself to condemning the turncoats for betraying their electorate and praising those who did not succumb to the pressures of horse-trading and remained loyal to Ms Bhutto and her policy guidelines.
The resolutions were released by the provincial general secretary of the PPP, Rashid Rabbani, a day after the party faced another setback due to desertions by another two MNAs from Punjab. While the PPP leadership showed a lack of determination and will to confront the odds as there was no demand for removal of the turncoats from the party and stern action against those who pampered them.
According to the sources, the Sindh Council also asked the district presidents of the 12 constituencies from where the party lost in the Oct 10 general elections to submit their report, identifying causes and elements responsible for the defeat.
The PPP district cadre of the constituencies, from where the turncoats came, were asked to submit reports which should also identify those party members who used their influence for award of party tickets to the turncoats and fed misleading information to the party chairperson, Ms Bhutto.
The resolutions also showed that after the failure of Makhdoom Amin Fahim to get the top slot and other setbacks, the party leadership had become disinterested which, insiders said, was tantamount to facilitating the opportunists and turncoats. Insiders said the fact that the resolutions did not mention the need for rethinking on the party’s current policies nationally and internationally also showed that all was not in order in the PPP house.
The PPP has also criticized the government for, what it claimed, the deteriorating law and order situation which, it said, was evident from the attack on a church in Daska. It claimed the government had failed to protect the minorities, despite claims to the contrary.
The party also deplored the government’s failure to solve the problems being faced by sugarcane farmers. It claimed that failure of the government to fix sugarcane prices was adding to the economic problems of the province. It also demanded withdrawal of the Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002 which it termed anti-worker.
Through a resolution, the PPP also expressed concern over the problems being faced by the people, an example of which was the manner in which the Lyari Expressway project had been undertaken. It demanded that it be undertaken according to its original plan envisaged during the Benazir government.
