‘Governor calls for open balloting in Senate polls
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said that the government wants to ensure impartiality in the Senate elections. Opposing open ballot is tantamount to supporting ‘vote for sale’, he added.
He expressed these views while speaking to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegations led by Zahida Latif and others at Governor’s House, Lahore.
The governor further said, “All candidates of the PTI will be successful. Our party will emerge as the largest political party in the upper house. The PTI-led government under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan is taking historic steps to provide basic facilities to the public.” Opposition of electoral reform by political opponents is also a negation of democracy, he stated. “Opposition should give up its stubbornness and support electoral reforms including open ballot in the Senate elections. The strength of Parliament and democracy will also strengthen the country.” Opposition parties will continue to give dates for the overthrow of the government till 2023 and the anti-government protest movement will prove to be a ‘dark history’ for the opposition itself, Sarwar remarked.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 15th, 2021.