If the Home Minister was an elected representative, he would have known that parliamentary privilege is not a new invention, Speaker KP Assembly

Peshawar(94 news) Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Babar Saleem Swati has responded to the statement of Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and said that the parliamentary privilege enjoyed by members of the assembly is not a new invention.

According to the details, the speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly said in his statement that if the interior minister had been an elected public representative and a part of the parliamentary system, he would have known that the parliamentary privilege enjoyed by the members of the assembly is not a new invention but a part of parliamentary traditions and national and provincial laws for a long time.

He said that the prior permission of the Speaker before the arrest of a member of the Provincial Assembly on criminal charges is not a new invention of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, these safeguards are to maintain the independence of the legislature and to prevent the police from putting elected representatives under pressure. The speaker clarified that parliamentary privileges do not make any member of the assembly above the law, every member will face investigation, trial and court proceedings, the speaker's role is only to ensure that the arrest is not for political revenge or disruption of assembly proceedings.

Babar Salim Swati said that if you pass the immunity law in the dark of night, is that law? If you get parliamentarians to pass a law through kidnapping, bribery and floor crossing, is that law? In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, if the government and opposition parties pass a law by consensus, is it not a law? The Speaker of the KP Assembly said that the Minister of Home Affairs should think about what he is comparing with whom. Is it democracy to raid the houses of elected members and political leaders without warrant? 24 November, 9 May and 25 Are shootings and killings on May democracy? The Home Minister wants to extend his rule by violating the principles of human rights.

He said that the privileges and privileges you criticize, you and your colleagues are getting the same, you and your colleagues often act as if your words are the law but it is not.

It should be noted that Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had criticized the post of taking the Speaker's permission before arresting the members of the assembly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and said that now if an MPA commits a crime in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the police will be obliged to take permission from the Speaker before arresting him. Mohsin Naqvi had said that if a member of the assembly is killed, the police will wait for the speaker's permission before arresting him. This strange form of equality before the law, is this the state of Medina?