ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Monday said that the JIT report submitted before the Supreme Court starkly concluding that the prime minister had failed to justify assets and the means of income was a stinging indictment after which Nawaz Sharif had totally lost moral and political authority to continue in office and must therefore resign.
A statement by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that two judges of the initially formed five-memebr bench of the SC have already pronounced guilty verdict against the prime minister. The remaining three judges did not disagree with the findings of the two judges but only called for further investigations through a JIT, he said. As a result of the JIT’s confirmation of a vast and inexplicable gap between known sources of income and the wealth accumulated by the Sharifs, there is no other option for the PM but to resign before he is formally convicted by the Supreme Court. The PPP leader also rejected the notion that the current situation posed any threat to the democratic system.
Demanding the prime minister to resign as a result of serious questions of propriety of conduct having been established beyond doubt does not pose any threat to the system, he said. Bilawal said that the time for taking correct political decisions was short. He advised Nawaz Sharif to resign forthwith. “Decision delayed is not a problem avoided; it is a crisis invited”, he said.
Published in Daily Times, July 11th , 2017.
