National
December 25, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Former chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani Thursday said that under the garb of so-called transparency of the vote, the federal government wants to destroy the pith of the Senate, which is enshrined in Article 59, Constitution, 1973, wherein it states that the Senate Elections will be held on ‘proportional representation’ and a ‘single transferable vote’.
“The doing away of this principle will also deprive the nationalist and religious parties of being a part of the mainstream of the Federation,” he said in a statement on Thursday.
Rabbani said as the federal government does not enjoy a majority in Parliament to amend the Constitution, therefore, it is trying to hide behind the cloak of the Supreme Court (SC). He said the Article 186 cannot be and is not a substitute to Article 238 and 239, which provide the procedure for an amendment in the Constitution, 1973. Rabbani said the Reference of the Committee of the Whole in the Preside