The opposition of K-P is considering the alternative of governor rule.
Leadership tenure The date that Imran has given for the dissolution of the legislature is a “red herring.”
PESHAWAR: The opposition in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sprang into action to prevent the dissolution of the elected house through hardball tactics, including imposing governor’s rule, as PTI chief Imran Khan finally revealed his plan to dissolve provincial assemblies on December 23 to trigger a wave of elections.
ANP, JUI-F, and PML-N, the province’s opposition parties, have advised the national leadership to impose governor’s rule rather than initiating a no-confidence resolution against K-P CM Mahmood Khan following deliberations.
However, it also seemed to be biding its time because Imran’s choice to announce the date to cancel the assemblies over a week in advance gave off a bad scent.
However, the province’s ruling party rolled up its sleeves to carry out the power play and claimed that there was no rationale for putting the province under the governor’s rule.
According to the report, the governor would get the signed summary authorising the dissolution on Friday, December 23, in accordance with Imran Khan’s instructions, from the provincial leaders of Punjab and K-P.
“Red herring”
Political analysts and opposition leaders both noted that declaring the date for dissolution over a week in advance might allow the ruling coalition in the Centre to proceed with its manoeuvres to avert the action.
If a no-trust motion is ever made against the chief minister, the chief minister would be prohibited from dissolving the assembly until the motion is decided.
Ikhtiar Wali, a PML-N MPA and spokesman, claimed that Imran Khan was “famous for taking U-turns and once the time for an implementation of a decision arrives, he walks away.”
Imran’s resolve to dissolve the assemblies was questioned by the legislator, who claimed that if the PTI leader was serious about doing so, he would have made the announcement on Saturday night in front of the chief ministers of Punjab and K-P.
In order to prevent the dissolution of the assemblies and keep his government in power until October of next year, when the general elections are scheduled to take place, the former prime minister “wilfully” gave the opposition the opportunity to file a motion of no confidence against the chief ministers, according to the speaker.
Imran Khan, according to the PML-N leader, lacked the political know-how and bravery to dissolve the assembly and was aware that doing so would hurt his party’s standing both politically and economically.
“I’m curious as to why the chief ministers did not appoint Imran to witness the dissolution of the assembly on Saturday night. Will these assemblies now serve out their terms?
He added that despite declaring they would give their lives for Imran, PTI members, including CM KP, are now hesitant to even sign a letter of resignation for their leader.
He claimed that the “Toshakhana looters” intended to generate “political drama to hold people’s attention till October.”
The “Imran project,” according to Ikhtiar Wali, has failed and will be permanently abandoned in the general election in 2023.
Similarly to a PML-N politician, Wajid Ali Khan of the ANP stated that Imran had a history of announcing new dates for the dissolution of legislatures in order to pressure the government into calling an early election.
