KP governor advises CM to understand constitutional matters

NOWSHERA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said on Monday Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur should consult a lawyer or the Law Department to understand constitutional matters.

“When a summary is sent to the governor, the Constitution requires that an assembly session be convened within 14 days. The summary was sent to me on June 11 and I received it on June 12. The session was called within the constitutional time frame,” he said while speaking to the media during a visit to the residence of Pakistan Peoples Party leader.

“I am not a PTI [Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf] worker who follows every order. I make decisions according to the Constitution and the law,” he asserted .

“PTI will never dissolve the assembly because for them, it is like a goose that lays the golden eggs. If the assembly is dissolved, how will they continue corruption, commissions, and job sales?” he questioned.

Referring to the chief minister’s earlier statement, he said: “Ali Amin himself said that if he was not allowed to meet the PTI founder, he would not pass the budget. Now he claims changes will be made to the budget after Imran Khan’s approval. If he had any self-respect, he would have stood by his earlier statement.”

The governor said that under normal circumstances, assembly sessions were called through requisitions. “Then what was the need to send me a summary?” he questioned. “Failure to get the budget passed is a failure of governance,” he said, adding that PTI does not need any external opposition – “they are internally divided.”

Referring to the protest by government employees in Peshawar, the governor condemned the baton charge and tear gas used against peaceful demonstrators demanding their rights. “We, too, raised our voice against corruption in this province,” he said, recalling that during a peaceful PPP rally, the police resorted to baton charge and teargas shelling.