Re: APDM splits with JUI going with govt and JI going with opposition
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Fazl suspends JUI-F’s alliance with APDM
Suspending his party’s association with the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) till a decision is taken by the central executive council of the party, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), on Friday hinted at action against the NWFP speaker for not suspending the rules to counter the no-confidence move against the chief minister. The resignations tendered by the APDM component parties, including the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), had stunned the JUI-F chief. “I had talked to Qazi Hussain Ahmad on Thursday but he did not tell me anything. In the morning, I received a call from Iqbal Zafar Jhagra for a meeting to which I agreed. But later all of them tendered resignations without informing me,” Fazl, flanked by Chief Minister Akram Durrani and several cabinet members, told newsmen at the Frontier House here on Friday. “Our position is clear. We will face the no-trust move first and then the chief minister will immediately advise the governor NWFP to dissolve the assembly on October 8,” the MMA secretary-general remarked. “The APDM is nothing without the JUI-F.”
The Maulana said that the central executive council of the party would decide whether or not to go along with the APDM. “As far as the MMA is concerned, we will discuss our reservations in the meeting of the Supreme Council. We kept the alliance united and we will do the same by not taking any emotional step,” the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly remarked. When asked whether they would take any action against Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan, he said: “We are going to consult others over it.” Durrani, who seemed angrier than his party chief, said had the speaker included October 1, the day when the no-confidence move was submitted, they could have dissolved the assembly by October 5. “But I don’t know why he refused to suspend the rules for the important issue despite the fact that these had been suspended for petty issues in the past.” The chief minister added that the Speaker had no reason to come to the assembly as he did not have a single man behind him. “We deputed MPA Amanat Shah to get the signatures of the lawmakers to convene the assembly session. As far as the dissolution of the assembly is concerned, I had drafted the advice to the governor and only my signatures were left. I had to sign the same after getting the vote of confidence from the House,” Durrani said, while waving the paper of advice before the media. The chief minister said that apart from him, Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Sirajul Haq had also asked the speaker to suspend the rules but he did not do so. After losing his 26 supporters associated with the JI, Durrani still claims he enjoys majority in the House as several among those who were said to have signed the no-trust move against him would back him on October 8. The chief minister lashed out at Federal Minister Amir Muqam for his anti-MMA statements. “He has nothing to do with values, especially moral values,” he said.