Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political and Public Affairs Rana Sanaullah commented on the recent finding of the Supreme Court in the case of reserved seats, stating that it does not align with the explicit directives outlined in the Constitution for independent candidates who wish to become members of political parties.
The highest court’s decision was criticized by the senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), who said it violated Article 51 and other pertinent provisions that obligated independent candidates to join political parties within three days before the election.
In an interview with News’s Naya Pakistan on Sunday, Sanaullah emphasized that the Constitution gives precise guidelines for handling independent candidates and dividing up reserved seats among political parties.
The senior politician expressed his opinions and said that the top court panel had gone beyond the Constitution by mentioning in their joint ruling that the independent candidates would have 15 days to become members of political parties.
He also took issue with the decision, saying that the independent candidates should have been given an extra two weeks to process their party affiliations.
The PM’s assistant expressed disapproval of the decision, saying it would essentially be “opening the front gate for horse-trading.”
He continued, “Parliament has the authority to amend the Constitutions; the judiciary cannot.”
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which was formed by Imran Khan, won a significant legal success on Friday when the Supreme Court decided that the “party is eligible for the allocation of reserved seats.”
