Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani on Saturday said
that National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq simply said what he felt in
his heart when he remarked that the incumbent government may not be able
to complete its tenure.
"Ayaz Sadiq only said what he sensed was true," Durrani said while talking to the the media after visiting Darhyan in Sukkur.
The
speaker also went after Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, asking,
"How can a country's government function when its own prime minister
does not consider himself the prime minister?"
Sadiq on
Wednesday had said that continuity of democratic system was pivotal for
strengthening institutions in the country, but expressed fear that he
"does not see the [incumbent] assembly completing its tenure"
During
an interview to a private television channel, Sadiq had said “What’s
happening now has never been witnessed before,” adding that everyone
should give preference to national interests instead of focusing on
personal benefits.
The NA speaker, however, had dismissed
any possibility of a martial law being imposed on the country, saying
the current situation was "worse than the Musharraf regime but there is
no chance of martial law".
He had added that all
political parties except one wanted the government to complete its
five-year constitutional term for the continuity of the democratic
system.
