Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said parliament with simple majority could undo all amendments made by 'one man' and the judges could be restored under an executive order in the same way as they were deposed under the PCO.
In a telephonic address to members Lahore High Court Bar Association, Iftikhar said that no individual has power to amend the constitution. He said the parliament should not endorse the steps taken since November 3, 2007 by an individual otherwise it would lose its prestige and encourage the negative traditions. He said that if such steps are legitimised then a police official would pressurise judges to get favourable decisions in future.
Commenting on the election results there are very few examples in the world that a nation had such a chance like we Pakistanis have now and those who avail it become prosperous and those who could not avail it are unfortunate, he said.
He said due to lawyers' heroic struggle the nation took first step toward progress and independence of judiciary and had to take more to establish rule of law and prosperity of the country. He said an independent judiciary could only protect the fundamental rights against all oppressions.
Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said in history of Pakistan on many occasions the judiciary was deprived of its independence and abrogated the Constitution. He said those who took oath under the PCO and then endorsed its promulgation had no value. The judges who inclined to take oath under PCO, by Grace of Almighty Allah would be restored soon, he added.
The deposed Chief Justice said that victory is near and lawyers' movement would soon get the fruit of their struggle. He paid tribute to the lawyers and judges for their struggle and said most senior judge of the Lahore High Court Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, who also did not take oath under the PCO, would soon be the chief justice of the Lahore High Court.
Iftikhar also condemned the government for tightening security at Aitzaz Ahsan's home to bar him inside his house. He said such steps could not stop lawyers' movement. He said lawyers had not stopped their movement despite being tortured by the police. He also appreciated civil society, engineers, doctors, political workers and common man for taking part in lawyers' movement.