PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Monday submitted a presidential, asking the Supreme Court to interpret Article 63-A of the Constitution to discourage ‘horse-trading’.
The PTI government has earlier filed the reference to impeach its lawmakers who defected a few days ago. Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Javed Khan submitted the reference on Monday after its approval of the President.
The presidential reference asks;
- Whether defected members cannot be prevented from vote under Article 63A for violating party policy.
- Will the vote of defected members can be counted or not?
- Whether those who go against the party policy will be disqualified for life or not.
- What is the period of disqualification under Article 63A?
The federal government has also asked for suggestions on further measures to curb floor crossings or horse trading.
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Earlier on March 18, Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had announced that the government had decided to reference against ‘horse-trading’ and for interpretation of Article 63A of the Constitution The Supreme Court had on Saturday taken notice of the announcement of rallies in Islamabad by the ruling party and the opposition political parties.
At a hearing on Saturday in the Supreme Court Bar Association’s petition for maintaining law and order in Islamabad. On the other hand, addressing a rally in Dargai, Prime Minister Imran Khan had said, “I will forgive those MNAs who accept their mistake and come back to the party.”
On March 19, the PTI had issued notices to 14 members of the National Assembly who had deserted the PTI ahead of the no-confidence motion against the prime minister. Show-cause notices have been served to 14 members – Noor Alam Khan, Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla, Malik Nawab Sher Waseer, Raja Riaz Ahmed, Ahmed Hussain Deharr, Rana Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo, Makhdoomzada Syed Basit Ahmad, Amir Talal, Khwaja Shiraz Mahmood, Sardar Riaz Mahmood Khan, Wajiha Qamar, Nazhat Pathan and Ramesh Kumar.
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