The political turmoil continues to grab attention in between the new Army Chief has been appointed by the fragile government. Imran Khan, who had been relentlessly trying to create pressure on the government for holding fresh elections, appears to have lost steam and running out of alternatives. Using his last attempt to create fresh political disruptions he has announced getting out of the country’s regional and national assemblies. That means his elected representatives would resign en masse. Legally such a situation may create a political vacuum in Pakistan and from there on Imran Khan may be able to dictate his own terms.
Imran Khan has lost most of the options and in his bid to compel ‘the Election Commission of Pakistan for holding fresh elections; and so he has announced that his party was getting out of the “corrupt system”. He is trying to create a political vacuum with all his elected representatives resigning en masse. This may help him to create pressure on the statutory body and at the same time salvage political mileage.
Khan was removed in a parliamentary no-confidence vote in April.
Since then the former cricketer turned politician is in the opposition and has organised several anti-government rallies and demanded early elections. He has vociferously claimed that it was a sinister design by the ruling party that resulted in his ouster and was part of a US-backed “foreign conspiracy,” although refuted by all concerned.
It was Imran Khan’s first public appearance after he was wounded in a bullet attack during one of his rallies, and during the cooling period, he might have pondered upon the strategy of quitting from the assemblies and Parliament for asserting his demands – might have consulted constitutional experts.
Imran Khan’s statement of getting out of the “corrupt system” may score some brownie points
His statement about getting out of the ‘corrupt system’ may also consolidate some ethical support. The announcement is a new move taken after months of calling for early elections, as Khan’s narrative was getting weaker due to repetition.
Mass resignation may put the government on the back-foot
The economy of Pakistan is already in a very precarious state and with mass resignation by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, it may further worsen owing to political instability in the country thus putting the government on the back foot and would force them to yield under Imran’s pressure tactics – announce early elections.
The former attorney-general of Pakistan also expected that the latest political development “can build pressure” on the current government.
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Earlier PTI lawmakers had resigned from the national assembly en-masse in April, after Khan was removed from office, but did not yield any result at that time.
Khan’s present decision could “create a lot of problems” for the federal government and might have been taken keeping in mind of the recent change in the military leadership.
Khan, who said he called off his protest march because he feared it would cause havoc in the country, but as a matter of fact he was “running out of options.
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Khan’s mass resignation announcements has lot of perplexity
Khan’s announcement was incongruous, as he has not clarified whether he will dissolve assemblies or will just resign and each would have different consequences. Dissolution of assemblies can bring a real constitutional crisis and force the federal government to call early elections.
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