LAHORE: (HRNW) Parliamentary Leader of the PPP in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman said on Thursday that what happened in the joint session a day earlier will go down in history as ‘black day’ where the “red line was crossed by the government”.
“The world saw the worst demonstration of Pakistan’s government pass controversial, polarising legislation with an artificial majority created by coercion and carrots. Despite contested counting, in a joint session held together by scores of sergeants at arms to protect a partisan speaker, they went ahead to bulldoze their bills amid protests, in one of the worst subversions of parliamentary democracy Pakistan has ever seen,” the PPP leader said.
“These bills were bulldozed after the speaker had ensured us that all bills in the joint session and ordinances promulgated will be discussed in a Parliamentary committee. Why did he go back on his words? Because the government finds his reputation dispensable,” she added.
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