LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party led by former president Asif Ali Zardari has expressed willingness to join efforts for mid-term polls because it believes the last year’s general elections were ‘massively rigged’.
“We are on the same page with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on its demand for mid-term polls because the PPP was the first party which raised a voice against the country’s most rigged elections. However, we have decided to press the Nawaz government in a non-violent way,” PPP Secretary General Latif Khosa said.
Yesterday, he said PPP would formally ask Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to invite all parties to evolve a transparent mechanism so that no party could point a finger at the fairness of elections in future.
“We demand that new election commission and biometric system should be in place before the next elections,” he said.
“The PML-N government should invite the PTI to discuss the matter of verification of votes in controversial constituencies. The long march may eventually force the government to go for mid-term polls.
“We want to see accountability of those behind the massive rigging and if the PML-N government thinks that the PPP will support it on its fake mandate it is seriously mistaken,” Khosa said.
Asif Ali Zardari had recently asked the government to entertain the request of the PTI to verify votes in four constituencies and advised Sharif to act like a prime minister. INTERNEWS
