ISLAMABAD, March 19: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Monday demanded the dissolution of present assemblies in order to end what he called the ongoing judicial and political crisis.
Before the dissolution of the assemblies, he proposed, a joint session of the parliament should be convened in order to draw a constitutional package, providing for setting up of an independent Election Commission and enabling environment for holding free and fair polls in the country.
Speaking at a news conference at his residence here, the MMA chief said President Pervez Musharraf should step down to let Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro take over as acting president and as head of an interim setup which should hold fresh elections within three months.
Qazi Hussain also demanded the closing down of political cells set up in the intelligence agencies before the nation went for the next elections. He alleged that these cells were involved in causing ‘worst damage’ to the electoral process and making them a mockery of fairness and transparency.
The MMA chief said that people would reach the Constitution Avenue in large numbers on March 21 to continue to extend moral support and express solidarity with the ‘suspended’ chief justice who was to appear before the Supreme Judicial Council for the third time.
