PPP yet to finalise CEC meeting date

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party is yet to decide about the date of holding a Central Executive Committee meeting.

At the moment, there are two options under discussion. Some part members want a CEC meeting in third week of December while others say it should be held on Dec 26, a day prior to the martyrdom day of Benazir Bhutto.

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will take the CEC into confidence about the PDM decisions and the party would take future line after discussion. Majority leaders are of the view that a joint meeting the party’s federal council and CEC should be convened on Dec 26 to make decisions public during a PDM rally in Larkana on Dec 27.

According to PPP leaders, there is almost a consensus among the party on following the PDM decisions and the CEC would discuss a strategy to make resignation move effective to get the desired results.

Sources say the PPP has asked their parliamentarians to get ready for handing in resignations to the party leadership, as the final decision in this regard would be taken after the CEC meeting. The parliamentarians have started posting their resignations to the Bilawal House in Karachi decision on their further submission to the authorities concerned would be taken in the forthcoming CEC meeting.