LAHORE: Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has said that if the Prime Minister did not vacate his office till the court decision on the Panama leaks issue, impartial and reliable accountability would not be possible while the elections sans accountability would also be a futile exercise.
Addressing the Rawalpindi district bar on Tuesday, he said that if the people involved in corruption were hauled up, not only the Adiala jail but several other jails would be full.
Decrying the prevailing electoral system, Sirajul Haq said this system was helpful to the political pundits and financial terrorists. He said that the day when the Election Commission became autonomous, the nation would be free from the hold of the big political families.
Rawalpindi district bar president Shaukat Rauf Siddiqi and Secretary Syed Bilal Qayyum, also spoke on the occasion.
He pointed out that a colossal amount of Rs. Seven billion was being spent annually on the security of the ruling family alone while the lives of the masses were insecure.
Announcing a revolt against the prevailing exploitative and class based system, the JI chief exhorted the masses to join the JI’s struggle to uproot the oppressive system. He said that his team members had spotless past.
Sirajul Haq said that the plunderers of the public money spent billions in elections to return to power and the Election Commission was also under their control. Under these circumstances, a poor man or a middle class candidate could not think of winning elections.
He said that if the system of proportionate representation was adopted, the feudal politics would automatically end.
He said that 95 per cent of the national wealth was in the hands of two to three financial terrorists. These people had secured big land holdings from the British rulers in lieu of their loyalty towards the colonial system. After the establishment of Pakistan, these people had diverted all the resources towards their palaces while the poor were compelled to live in slums.
These rulers had retained the colonial system in which the elite were enjoying all powers and perks while the masses were helpless. He said that only the poor were taken to task for minor unlawful activities while the ruling elite was above the law. Released by Media Cell, Lahore.
