“I reject this form of democracy because it has given the people expensive petrol and electricity and left them with inadequate resources to afford education for their children and healthcare facilities for their elderly,” he said.
He was addressing a public rally in Faisalabad. He said the provincial governments were violating the constitution in not making local government laws.
He said the provincial governments were using funds meant to be used by local governments. He said postponement of local election was a violation of Article 140A of the Constitution.
He urged the chief justice of Pakistan to take up the pending petitions the Local Council Associations had filed in the Supreme Court and High Courts for the restoration of local governments and against the appointment of administrators to replace the nazims. He said the LCA had filed 27 cases in three years.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 23rd, 2012.
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Soaring inflation and poverty what this democratic government have given to the people in almost 4 years, As we never experience democracy in 60 years after independence, if this is the democracy we don't want such democracy here I agree with Daniyal.