In a surprisingly clandestine move, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been re-elected as Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman for another four years, and that too unopposed.
The third-largest party of Pakistan organized intra-party elections on the federal level on Wednesday in Karachi without any media-hype and all office-bearers were elected unopposed.
The election commissioner Ms Fauzia Habib announced the results of the intra-party elections.
As per the details released by PPP on its website. The elected members and their designations are:
- Secretary-General, Syed Nayyer Hussain Bukhari
- Secretary-Information, Faisal Karim Kundi
- Secretary-Finance, Ms. Rukhsana Bungash
The elections have raised questions as to why they were not projected in media like other activities of the party and carried out secretly in which Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been re-elected as PPP chairman.
PPP officials are refuting such claims and termed that the polls were an internal matter of the party.
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The organization of elections in a silent manner and unopposed election on the top positions represent the authoritarian culture in the parties that vie for democracy.
Except for Jamat-e-Islami (JI) all political parties in Pakistan carry out intra-party elections to only comply with rules and regulations of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Federal Minister for Information Shibli Faraz criticized re-election in a clandestine manner and unopposed ‘selection’ of Bilawal Bhutto.
بلاول کا بلا مقابلہ انتخاب۔۔۔جمہوریت کے دعویدار موروثیت کے علمبردار۔ بلاول کو سلیکٹیڈ چئیرمن ہونے پر مبارکباد۔
— Senator Shibli Faraz (@shiblifaraz) January 8, 2021
Notably, Bilawal Bhutto was catapulted to the party chairman after the assassination of his mother, ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, as a testament produced by his father Asif Zardari read so.