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| India-Pakistan |
| Qazi won't accept favorable referendum ruling |
| 2002-04-25 |
| The chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, has said that if the Supreme Court upheld the referendum, his party would not accept the verdict and go to the people to create awareness for supremacy of the constitution and seek justice. He said: "If Presidential election through referendum is justified, it will be an act of subversion of the constitutional clause in which the procedure of how to elect the President has already been laid down. As such, it will also be contrary to its own decision in which the court has termed the constitution as the supreme law of the land. We expect from the Supreme Court that in these hours of trial and tribulations, it would uphold the supreme law of the land in judicating the issue." Qazi's suit was thrown out in a lower court, so it's now before the Supremes on appeal. It doesn't look like he expects to win, so he'll look for an "Islamic" solution. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |