GUJRAT, Dec 19: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said the violators of the Constitution should be hanged to ensure the rule of law in the country, urging the people to boycott what he called US-backed fraud elections to help establish real democracy.

He was addressing the members of district bar association here on Wednesday.

DBA president Tahir Sadiq Butt and Secretary Ch Ilyas also spoke at the occasion.

Qazi Hussain Ahmad said if the nation did not stand up for the reinstatement of the deposed judges, in future no judge would show courage to say no to a dictator. He said the judges who had taken oath under PCO were not independent.

He was of the view that Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto had not betrayed the APDM alone but the entire nation.

Qazi said the MMA had played a key role in eliminating the sectarian violence and it would remain intact. However, he said the differences between him and Maulana Fazlur Rehman still existed over the issue of participation in the elections.

He lauded the role of media and lawyers in highlighting the national issues.

He slammed Gujrat police for cordoning off the local bar since November 3.

He said Jamat had stepped out of elections despite being in a good position to win only for its principles.

Talking to the journalists at a lunch hosted for him by JI district head Dr Tariq Salim, Qazi said the parliament that would come into being after the elections could not work in accordance with the Constitution and democratic norms. He said so-called big parties would become small as a result of wrong decisions taken by their leaders.

He alleged the PPP, PML N and ANP etc were contesting the elections because of foreign influence.

He said only reinstatement of deposed judges, ouster of Pervez Musharraf, formation of independent election commission with the consent of all political parties and the restoration of the Constitution in its real form could steer the country out of crisis.

He said it was amazing that those friendly countries had been forcing the political parties of Pakistan to take part in the elections that had not even the democratic institutions.