The participants of Multi-Party Conference (MPC) on Sunday has issued a joint communiqué and demanded immediate resignation of General Pervez Musharraf. Former Prime Minister and host of the MPC Nawaz Sharif readout the joint communiqué of the MPC.
He said that they all opposition parties assembled here together pledge, in order to make Pakistan a truly democratic state express and utmost joint commitment towards establishing supremacy of constitution and rule of law, independence of judiciary, ensuring fair and free elections, protecting freedom of media, and depoliticising military.
To carry on the struggle within and outside Parliament for the restoration of the 1973 Constitution as on the 12th October 1999 before the military coup with the provision of joint electorate, minorities and women reserved seats on closed party list in Parliament, the lowering of the voting age and the increase in seats in Parliament.
The Legal Framework Order 2000 and the 17th Constitution Amendment shall be repealed. He said that the MPC demands immediate resignation of General Musharraf to pave way for holding fair and free elections under a neutral caretaker government in the country. The MPC is of the view no fair and free election is possible under General Musharraf. If an attempt is made to hold rigged election, as is likely, it further resolve that it shall prevent the rigging of the electoral process at all cost through a co-ordinate democratic popular movement.
The PML head said that to strongly resist the reelection by the incumbent assemblies of General Pervez Musharraf for the office of the President of Pakistan through all means including the resignations from Parliament and the provincial assemblies.
About a jointly struggle, the formation of a caretaker government of national consensus, in consultation with the opposition parties to hold free, fair and honest elections. Its members will not contest the elections, the appointment of a neutral chief election commissioner and members of the election commission in consultation with the opposition parties.
He also suggested that the dissolution of the local governments three months prior to the holding of the general elections. The caretaker government of national consensus shall appoint officers with no political affiliation in election commission, federal provincial and district governments.
He said they agreed to repeal of all discriminatory election laws, to ensure even playing fields and the implementation of fair election proposals. Implementation of the jointly agreed criteria for holding of fair and free election as in the annexure to keep under review the steps being taken to ensure free, fair and honest elections and to collectively through consensus take any decision which may include a boycott of elections in the extreme case at the appropriate time.
He said the to firmly resist collectively the machinations of the regime to postpone the general elections by imposing emergency or under any other pretext, to struggle collectively for the removal of dictatorship from Pakistan and confine the role of the Armed forces to that prescribed in the constitution of 1973.
It demands immediate withdrawal of military personal from all civilian departments and posts. It calls for closure of the political cells of all the military, security and intelligence agencies.
MPC demands in Balochistan, Nawaz Sharif said that the army operation against innocent people of Balochistan is stopped immediately, that all political workers and leaders be released immediately, the construction of cantonments and the deployment of police instead of the Levies are stopped, the practice of enforced abductions should be stopped immediately.
He said that the MPC further resolves the army operation against innocent people of tribal areas is stopped immediately, the tribal areas should be cleared of all outside elements, pressures, and influences and the targeted killings of tribal elders must stop to review the current quantum of provincial autonomy and to develop a national consensus on the basis of federal principle to remove grievances of smaller provinces through a consensus.
He explained other point of the communiqué that to ensure the return of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and Mohammad Nawaz Sharif and will resist any attempt on the part of the regime to prevent or take into custody the popular leadership of their return. They demand that the State stop with immediate effect the kidnapping of its citizens, and release immediately all those kidnapped by or through the State.
In case of any substantive offence to charge them before a competent Court of jurisdiction, allowing defence counsel of their choice and access to family members.
He said that they release all political prisoners including Javed Hashmi, Akhtar Mengal, Afaq Ahmad, Amir Khan, Allama Shabbir Hashmi, Mian Aslam and others and they reject the construction of new GHQ in Islamabad because a country mired with poverty, unemployment and illiteracy can't afford such mega housing and real estate project costing over $4 billion in market value. He said they demand the immediate withdrawal of the reference and the reinstatement of the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
"We further pledge to carry on the movement for the independence of the judiciary while wholeheartedly supporting the legal fraternity and civil society in its struggle for rule of law, they reject the Pemra Ordinance dated 4th June 2007, while assuring all forms of the media in Pakistan of our fullest support in their struggle for freedom of media and reaffirm our commitment to the freedom of expression.
He said that the MPC holds General Musharraf, the Governor Sindh, the Chief Minister and provincial government of Sindh and MQM responsible for the carnage carried out in Karachi on May 12 and resolves to file a joint petition on massacre on May 12, 2007 in Supreme Court.
The PML head said that the MPC condemned recent acts of terrorism in the UK. It further resolves to write a joint memorandum to government to UK for initiating necessary legal proceedings against Altaf Hussain for his alleged role in incidents of terrorism in Pakistan. He also said that the MPC resolves that independent and sovereign foreign policy based on national interests should be pursued. The solution of Kashmir dispute should be found according to wishes and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
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