KARACHI, June 14: The Pakistan People’s Party has condemned a ruling given by the National Speaker in which he has maintained that the LFO is part of the Constitution.

Commenting on Chaudhry Ameer Hussain’s ruling, parliamentary leader of PPP Parliamentarians in Senate Mian Raza Rabbani termed it an unfortunate act saying it amounted to foreclosing further negotiations on the LFO issue.”

He said the ruling should be condemned in the strongest terms because it would have far-reaching effects on the constitutional position and running of the House as the Speaker was now no longer an impartial person.s

He said that the Speaker, who was custodian of the rights of all members of the House, “has shed his cloak of impartiality and given a ruling stating that the LFO is part of the constitution. This is not tenable under the law, the constitution, or historical tradition of the House of which he is the custodian.”

He maintained that in history during all previous transitions from military to civilian governance, all acts, orders, laws and constitutional amendments had been given the force of law after being validated by parliament.