*ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari rejection of Chairman SenateRaza Rabbani has stirred speculation about differences in the PPP ranks. *
*Asif Zardari said on Friday that Raza Rabbani kept ignoring Nawaz Sharif’sconstitutional violations during his Senate chairmanship. *
Speaking to media personnel with Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul QudusBizenjo, Zardari said that he did not want to criticise Raza Rabbani.
“Raza Rabbani did not take notice of our reservations in the 18thAmendment,” he said.
Zardari said that Raza Rabbani was close to Nawaz Sharif since he lookedthe other way when the former prime minister violated the constitutionseveral times during his Senate chairmanship.
Asif Zardari said that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto would make the finaldecision regarding the Senate chairman since his party had the winning vote.
In his farewell speech, Raza Rabbani had urged institutions within thecountry to respect each other’s constitutional limits.