Mian Raza Rabbani speaks at the press conference. PPI
KARACHI: Describing the federal government’s decision to hold Senate elections in February as an illegal move, former chairman of Senate and senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party Mian Raza Rabbani on Wednesday said that it was the responsibility of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to decide the date of the polls of the upper house of parliament and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf administration was only trying to influence the constitutional body.
Addressing a press conference at the Committee Room of the Sindh Assembly, he criticised the PTI government for “violating” the defined rules and “ignoring” democratic norms only for its political gains which, he feared, would badly affect the parliamentary governance and democratic system of the country.