Seven ruling MNAs to vote against constitutional amendments: Barrister Gohar

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Barrister Gohar Khan on Thursday claimed that seven Members of National Assembly (MNAs) from the ruling coalition will vote against the twenty-sixth constitutional amendment.

“The government’s numbers are only complete in their books. The government neither consulted its members nor answered them out of fear,” Barrister Gohar Khan told Geo News.

He claimed Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari may also know that his parliamentary members are not going to vote in favour of the government’s proposed amendments, adding, “Government members said they will not vote even if they are disqualified.

The twenty-sixth constitutional amendments aim to establish a new Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) and fix judges’ tenure to three years.

To pass the constitutional amendment, the government is reportedly short of 13 votes in the National Assembly (NA) and nine in the Upper House (Senate).