He said this while addressing a gathering of PPP office- bearers, ticket holders and counsellors belonging to Sheikhupura division in the Presidency.
Briefing the media, Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that the President said that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto shed her blood for restoring the right of the people and the parliament and the party has accepted the challenge of those who were opposing the constitutional reforms, the parliament’s sovereignty and the people’s rights.
He said that no one relinquishes power readily, but he gave up the powers most willingly to strengthen the parliament and realize the party’s dream to revive the democratic Constitution.
President Zardari said that the UN Inquiry Commission in the assassination of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto had strengthened the hands of the government to pursue the investigations vigorously and expose the culprits before the whole world.
Investigations will soon be completed and will be made public, the President said. He said that some people had objected to our decision to request for a UN Inquiry Commission, but we believe that international inquiry was necessary for placing the facts in a correct perspective for historic record.
He said that the party was seeking revenge for the assassination through democracy and the UN report served this purpose.
The spokesperson said that about the problems faced by the people, the President said that the government was aware of it and was determined to address the energy crisis, growing unemployment and inflation on priority basis.
He said that concerted efforts have been made to address both the demand and the supply side of energy. He said that most of the employment opportunities were filled by reinstating thousand of sacked workers. However, the government is trying to generate more employment through public-private partnership and Reconstruction Opportunity Zones, he said.
Babar said that the President while recounting achievements of the government on socio-economic, political and constitutional fronts said that the people would feel a positive change after completion of the five years tenure of the PPP government as it has initiated solid moves for the welfare and uplift of the poor and downtrodden people of the country.
The President said that the PPP government is pursuing Shaheed Benazir Bhutto’s policy of reconciliation for the sake of political and institutional stability in the country and fulfilling a huge economic agenda before the government.
The spokesperson said that the President asked the party workers to enhance contacts with the masses to resolve their problems and urged them to make preparations for the local bodies elections as the year 2010 is a local bodies election year.
The participants congratulated the President and the party leadership for the passage of the 18th constitutional amendment and restoring the 1973 constitution to its original form.
They also spoke on issues including the current political situation and the developmental activities in their constituencies.
The meeting participated by several hundred party workers was also attended by Secretary General of the party, Senator Jahangir Badar, Federal Minister for Water & Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Minister of State Chaudhary Safdar Warraich, Chaudhary Manzoor, Fouzia Habib, Senator Faisal Raza Abidi and Spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar.
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