Pak President Alvi may face 'legal consequences’ over refusal to summon new Parliament session: PML-N & PPP leaders
The Hindu
Pakistan President Dr. Arif Alvi's refusal to summon National Assembly may lead to legal consequences, PML-N and PPP warn.
Pakistan President Dr. Arif Alvi's refusal to summon the newly-elected National Assembly for its first session may lead to "legal consequences", senior leaders of the PML-N and PPP have warned.
On February 26, Mr. Alvi rejected a move from the caretaker Parliamentary Affairs Ministry to summon the first session of the newly elected National Assembly on February 29.
Mr. Alvi, known for his closeness to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has maintained that all reserved seats be allocated before the summoning of the session in which newly-elected members of the National Assembly will take oath.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on February 27 rejected the objections raised by Mr. Alvi, stating that constitutionally, the first National Assembly session should take place within 21 days after the elections, and the President could summon the session before the expiry of the deadline, the Dawn newspaper reported.
Under Article 91 of the Constitution, the mandated date for the first session of the National Assembly is February 29.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on February 27 warned that several cases will be made against Mr. Alvi for “abrogating the Constitution”, the report said.
Mr. Bilawal said that two cases would be filed against Mr. Alvi. The first would be for dissolving the National Assembly when a no-confidence motion was moved against the then-Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2022, and the second would be for abrogating the Constitution by not convening the National Assembly session.
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