ISLAMABAD: Despite categorical assurance by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani in National Assembly that the election in Gilgit-Baltistan were transparent, the opposition parties staged a token walk out from the House alleging the polls were rigged and government machinery was used.
?There is no election in country?s history when allegations of rigging were not leveled. Since 1985 non-party elections to those of 2008, every time rigging charges surfaced, the Prime Minister said.?Even in 2008 elections, we accepted the results under protest,? he maintained.
Describing the election in Gilgit-Baltistan as a ?great success, he said people of the area can be the best judge of transparency of the polls and that all political parties participated in electioneering.
On National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), the Prime Minister said, first the list of beneficiaries will be presented to the House and then whatever the decision, the House will make, we shall go by that.
He said reservations of Leader of Opposition were conveyed to him about new Accountability Bill and ?I assure, we shall take everybody into confidence on this bill.?
?It must be an all time legislation ensuring that the law is used for accountability and not for victimization. There should also not be discrimination about its ambit,? he added.
The Prime Minister said the law should be applicable not only on politicians but everybody involved in corrupt practices and assured that the bill will be in consonance with the spirit of Charter of Democracy.
Earlier, Leader of the Opposition, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan claimed that PPP exploited state resources to influence voters in Gilgit-Baltistan polls, alleging that conduct of the government was against the spirit of democracy and Charter of Democracy.
He had also proposed an independent institution for accountability headed by not less than a Judge of the Supreme Court.
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