Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday said that he will be compelled to take “controversial path” for the passage of the 26th constitutional amendment in parliament if the opposition parties refused to support his efforts to pass the judicial package with consensus.
“I myself making last attempt to convince the opposition parties to vote for the constitutional amendment in a non-controversial way,” he said while addressing a rally in Hyderabad held to mark the 17th anniversary of Karsaz incident.
The PPP chief said if he failed to evolve consensus on the proposed constitutional amendment “then we all have to pray for the country’s democracy”.
“If the opposition still refuses to support us despite so many compromises then I will be compelled to pass the amendment with the support of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the extra members,” the PPP chief said.
He added that he will have to pass the 26th constitutional amendment in parliament via “brute majority” with the support of extra members if opposition refused to evolve consensus on the draft.
This is a developing story and being updated with more details.
