Islamabad: People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that he did not know that Mansoor Ali Shah would not become the Chief Justice.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in an interview given to the British Broadcasting Corporation, said that such a big task as the 26th constitutional amendment was not possible in the presence of any other Chief Justice and I did not know that Mansoor Ali Shah would not become the Chief Justice.
He said that our numbers were complete without Maulana Fazlur Rehman, our numbers were complete even without the input of the opposition.
Chairman PP said that we could have made the constitution of our choice, but the procedure of PPP has been, that if the promise of democracy is to be fulfilled, then I do not want a forced vote.
Bilawal Bhutto further said that the powers that were to be given to the Constitutional Court were given to the Constitutional Bench.
They said that when the 1973 constitution was passed, it was criticized, when the 18th amendment was passed, it was also criticized, the same people are now criticizing this amendment, PTI people are saying Form 47, we used to say selected, you will believe it. I am neither Form 47 nor selected.
