The political and legal impasse in Punjab has snowballed into aconstitutional crisis as Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema has objectedto Usman Buzdar’s resignation as chief minister while the vote ofno-confidence against Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervez Elahi is yet to takeplace.
The governor has sought the opinion of the Punjab advocate general overBuzdar’s resignation. In his resignation, Buzdar addressed then primeminister Imran Khan instead of the president as is required by law.
The PML-N wants the resignation sent to the premier to be rejected and hasdemanded that Buzdar send another resignation – this one addressing thepresident.
On the other hand, the PML-N has decided to go to court over theno-confidence motion against sitting speaker Chaudhry Pervez Elahi of thePML-Q. Elahi resumed his responsibilities as PA Speaker after losing theelection for chief minister to Hamza Shehbaz on Saturdaylink.
The rules say that the voting on the no-confidence motion must take placewithin 3 to 7 days of it being tabled in the assembly. However, the votehas not taken place in 10 days.
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Speaker Elahi has summoned the PA session on April 28 but he has yet tocall the session for the vote.
The rules and procedures of the Punjab Assembly do not specify what has tobe done in case the three- to seven-day requirement of holding the vote isnot fulfilled.
