Calls upon CEC to take note of Code
violation
Islamabad November 15, 2007: Pakistan Peoples
Party has demanded probe into the use of state funds spent on slanderous
campaign against the PPP and Chairperson Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.
In a statement today spokesperson of the Party
said that the Party had credible information that public funds at the
disposal the Information Ministry have been used in financing the smear
campaign.
“Funding slanderous campaign with public money
is a grave violation of the code of conduct for elections” he said adding
“The Party calls upon the EC to immediately take steps to stop it and hold
accountable those responsible”.
Silence and inaction by the EC on such a grave
violation of the code of conduct would be seen that the Election Commission
is either unable or unwilling to enforce its code of conduct, he said.
He said that the Party had also learnt that the
government had hired a new lobbying firm in the US for $650,000 for
regurgitating allegations against the Party leadership in the foreign media.
“The Party demands a thorough probe into the
misuse of state funds and the hiring of a lobbying firm for the media trial
of Mohtarma Bhutto and urges the CEC to take notice of the violation of code
of conduct at state expense.
