While Bhutto said that his party has not engaged in a direct rift with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the PPP chairman said the PML-N has backtracked from promises it made with Bhutto’s party.
Cracks appeared in Pakistan’s ruling coalition after Pakistan People’s Party’s Bilawal Bhutto took potshots at its ally PML-N for “disrespecting” his party.
Although Bhutto said that his party has not engaged in a direct rift with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the PPP chairman said the PML-N has backtracked from promises it made with Bhutto’s party.
“There’s no question of displeasure [with the government]. Politics isn’t about displeasure; it’s about respect. But, sorry to say, there is neither politics nor respect in the Centre. Wherever there’s a minority government based on an agreement with their political partners, whatever is agreed upon is consistently implemented.
We are on the treasury benches to provide moral support in good faith, without bargaining on every vote. But we expect our agreement [with the PML-N] to be honored,” Bhutto said.
Talking informally to reporters at the Bilawal House, the PPP chief said that the party might have to review its eight-month-long alliance with PML-N in the upcoming meeting of the Central Executive Committee (CEC).
During this meeting, Bhutto will present his party with “facts and ground realities” and decide on its future course of action.
He said, “So as a chairman, I would surely put all facts and ground realities before my party. Then, whatever it decides, I am bound to go with that decision.”
