QUETTA: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders and the Balochistani candidates who won national and provincial assembly seats jointly announced at a press conference that the party would form a coalition government headed by a jiyala chief minister, as protests against alleged election manipulation grew in several parts of the nation.
During their news conference here on Wednesday, the MNAs-elect and MPAs-elect expressed sorrow that lost individuals and their parties had begun to criticize institutions, officers, and candidates in strong terms.
They claimed that with 11 seats won, the PPP became the only party with a majority in the province, with all other parties being unable to secure the same number of seats. They claimed that their party was entitled to establish a government in Balochistan since they held the majority of seats and that other political groups were being contacted about joining forces to create a coalition government.
Among the speakers at the press conference who have been declared successful for the provincial assembly seats are Haji Ali Madad Jattak, Obaidullah, Abdul Samad, Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, and Mir Asghar Rind. Previous chief minister of Balochistan Nawabzada Jamal Khan Raisani and Malik Shah were also among the MNAs-elect.
Party leaders counsel voters to file complaints with an electoral tribunal rather than launching attacks on institutions and winners.
Sardar Omer Gorgage, Sardar Sarbaland Khan Jogezai, and PPP province president Mir Changez Jamali were also present at the press conference.
They asserted that the people of Quetta along with other parts of Balochistan gave the PPP its mandate in order to be properly represented in the parliament, despite derogatory propaganda against the party. They said that the PPP’s record was evident to all since, everytime it came to authority, the party had consistently moved to further the province’s development.
They did, however, criticize the use of derogatory language against elected officials and issued a warning, saying that such actions would not be tolerated against members of the Balochistani people.
“We have never given up and kept endurance, but we aren’t going to allow anybody to use insults against our elected officials and members of the assembly,” stated MPA-elect Ali Madad Jattak.
The leaders declared that negotiations had begun with other political parties that secured representatives in the province in order to form a coalition government headed by the PPP.
“PPP’s jiyala will be in charge of the coalition government as chief minister of Balochistan,” declared Mir Changez Khan Jamali, the party’s provincial president for Balochistan.
Despite disinformation against PPP politicians and criticism of their leaders, the victorious candidates declared that the majority of Balochistani voters had sent the party a clear message by endorsing the party.
The PPP claimed that although its offices had been targeted, people nonetheless went to the polls on February 8 to cast their ballots in spite of threats, and it was thankful to all those who did so.
They declared that it was time to permanently bury politics of hatred and asked those who were criticizing the PPP to demonstrate what the party had accomplished for the people. “Hatred is not sowed in terms of religion or nationality. They made reference to the party’s reconciliation strategy when they claimed, “We brought jobs for citizens and established peace.”
They questioned whether Balochstan’s problems were more pressing than the one seat for which Sardars and Nawabs had marched to the streets. The nationalist parties appeared to be wary of the youthful contenders who emerged victorious. Everything has a purpose. In the name of politics, avoid being contradictory. We would accept whatever the electoral tribunal rules, they pledged.
SOURCE: DAWN NEWS
