Kompromat
ADMINISTRATOR
- Joined
- May 3, 2009
- Messages
- 40,366
- Reaction score
- 416
- Country
- Location
This is being posted to get two things straight.
1: If or not PTI's march legal and constitutional?
2: To establish the rights and responsibilities of such a march as per the constitution.
1: If or not PTI's march legal and constitutional?
2: To establish the rights and responsibilities of such a march as per the constitution.
- First of all, as per the constitution all Pakistani citizens regardless of race, religion, creed etc have an inalienable right to 'peacefully associate, assemble, move and express' with freedom. If the the govt carries on its hindrance campaign on trying to shut down the freeways, railways and to deny fuel to the Pakistani citizens, consequently denying access to the venue or trying to detain the opposition activists to deny them their free speech rights, it most certainly would be a blatant breach of the constitution which would render the actions of the govt illegal and unconstitutional.
It also protects under the article 218/3, a free, fair and a just election to take place without any corrupt practices. This clearly wasn't the case in the last election, therefore the march in my view has constitutional basis.
- Secondly, those who will attend the march as well as the leadership of PTI have the 'right' to do so, however they also bear a 'constitutional responsibility' to remain utterly peaceful, calm and do not indulge in any illegal activity which bodes ill for national peace. They must present their demands in a peaceful, civil and constitutional manner in order to keep their constitutional rights.
Thank you | Aeronaut