{"id":31612,"date":"2023-12-05T02:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T02:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pti-reacts-to-solangis-remarks-on-intra-party-polls-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T02:48:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T02:48:05","slug":"pti-reacts-to-solangis-remarks-on-intra-party-polls-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pti-reacts-to-solangis-remarks-on-intra-party-polls-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI reacts to Solangi’s remarks on intra-party polls | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLAHORE:
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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday strongly reacted to Caretaker Federal Information Minister Murtaza Solangi\u2019s criticism of the PTI\u2019s intra-party elections.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson of the party said in a statement that the caretaker information minister\u2019s statement about PTI\u2019s intra-party elections has shown his bias and unleashed his biased character.<\/p>\n

The party\u2019s spokesperson was referring to Solangi\u2019s interview to a private news channel, aired on Sunday, where the interim minister slammed the intra-party elections of the PTI.<\/p>\n

To a query, the minister taking an apparent jibe at the PTI said the former ruling party wanted transparent elections across the country, and \u201cironically it did not want democracy within its own party\u201d.<\/p>\n

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He said this was reflected from the PTI\u2019s intra-party polls that were marred by alleged controversy where many candidates were elected unopposed.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the statement, the PTI spokesperson said the only constitutional responsibility of the caretaker government is to conduct fair and transparent elections in the country. The current setup has completely failed and has become \u2018unconstitutional\u2019 and \u2018illegal\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi has no constitutional and moral justification for rhetoric against the internal affairs of any political party,\u201d he maintained and added that the PTI is the only political party in the country that is the bearer of the Constitution and democracy, which completely rejected the concept of heredity in politics and introduced capable and new faces.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson also accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for attempting to keep the PTI out of electoral race.<\/p>\n

He accused the caretaker government to be allegedly indulged in a \u201cshameful game\u201d of sabotaging intra-party elections of the PTI.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey [the interim government] should be ashamed of giving statements based on lies and accusations against the key members of Tehreek-e-Insaf for continuously depriving it of a level-playing field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unconstitutional information minister has not focused on any work except nonsense rhetoric, accusations and distortion of facts since assuming office,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

He further said the caretaker government has failed miserably at every level, from holding general elections to providing an equal environment for political parties within the stipulated period of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cMurtaza Solangi, instead of teaching democracy to PTI, should look at the duties assigned to the caretaker government in the Constitution and try to implement them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n