Fearing horse-trading, Fazl accepts high court docket’s ruling on defection regulation

JUI-F Emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman addresses the press conference in Islamabad on October 2, 2024. — Screengrab via Geo News
JUI-F Emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman addresses the press convention in Islamabad on October 2, 2024. — Screengrab through Geo Information

ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday accepted the Supreme Courtroom’s ruling, placing down its 2022 verdict on the interpretation of Article 63(A) of the Structure, however warned in opposition to any “match-fixing” amid authorities’s push for constitutional modification.

Deemed a significant win for ruling coalition, the apex court docket unanimously accepted a overview petition in opposition to its 2022 verdict associated to the defection clause, which barred lawmakers from going in opposition to social gathering instructions when voting in parliament.

In its Might 17, 2022 verdict, the SC — through 3-2 judgment — dominated that votes solid opposite to the parliamentary social gathering traces in 4 cases outlined in Article 63(A) shouldn’t be counted.

These 4 cases are the election of prime minister and chief minister; a vote of confidence or no-confidence; a Structure modification invoice; and a cash invoice.

Three judges — then-CJP Umar Ata Bandial, then Justice Ijazul Ahsan, and Justice Munib Akhtar — had voted in favour whereas Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel had been the dissenting judges.

Immediately’s verdict, pronounced by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, signifies that in any future laws, the votes of parliamentarians who deviated from their social gathering’s directives and insurance policies will probably be counted.

“We settle for the court docket’s ruling, however there ought to be no match-fixing […] It mustn’t grow to be a imply of shopping for or promoting,” the JUI-F chief mentioned whereas addressing a press convention in Islamabad on Thursday.

In response to a query relating to potential horse-trading forward of constitutional package deal, Maulana Fazl mentioned that not a single member of his parliamentary social gathering has ever resorted to “floor-crossing” in nationwide and provincial assemblies.


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