Senators who bought votes do not represent people’s will: PM
tarbela — Stressing the need for clean politics, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday expressed his resolve to confront those who had allegedly resorted to unfair means to get themselves elected in the recent senate election.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating 1410mw Tarbela 4th extension hydropower project, he said the PML-N always strove for clean politics for the future of the country and confronted dirty tactics in politics.
The prime minister said those who had employed unfair means in the senate election did not deserve to represent the will of the people. He said the PML-N had never encouraged such tactics and emerged as the only party whose candidates were elected without spending a single penny.
The prime minister said the PMLN senators-elect can say on oath that they had not secured votes through such unfair tactics. The party never used abusive language against anyone as it stood for decency and order in the political arena.
Abbasi said the PML-N always strove for a clean leadership as the clean politics was sine quo non for the progress and prosperity of the country. “The PML-N will confront such evils in politics as it did not want to bring bad name to the country and the politics,” he added.
The prime minister said the PMLN was ready for a consensus candidate for senate top seats and was willing to support former chairman and PPP leader Raza Rabbani.
The prime minister said that only the people could decide the fate of a government and. The people had given their verdict in 2013 and now would exercise their right in July this year.
He expressed his optimism that the democratic system would strengthen and the country would continue its journey towards progress and prosperity.
The prime minister said when the PML-N came to power the country was facing the daunting challenge of energy crisis in the shape of crippling loadshedding and gas shortage. But it brought about an economic turnaround with a string of development projects including Golan Gol, Neelum Jhelum, Tarbela and other power plans. — APP