Provincial Minister for Population Welfare, Neelam Jabbar Chaudhry has said that 18th Amendment will strengthen parliament, democratic traditions and constitutional institutions in the country, whereas, it will further empower people and create brotherhood among all federating units of the country. She said that this amendment would close the doors for dictators to violate the constitution.
She said that history of PPP is replete with supreme sacrifices for democracy. She said that PPP wants to change the destiny of the nation in the light of political vision of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto and strengthen national institutions. Talking to various delegations of people here on Friday, Neelam Jabbar said that President Asif Ali Zardari wants to strengthen institutions and Pakistan will be made a peaceful and democratic country under the leadership of President Zardari.
She said that People's Party believes in democracy and will take an active part in the forthcoming local bodies elections and field its candidates on all union council seats. She said that general elections would be held after completion of the constitutional tenure of the present government therefore, political parties, which boycotted general elections of 2008, should wait for another three years and refrain from creating hurdles in the democratic process. Such political parties should join political and democratic system by contesting local bodies' elections, she concluded.