and $240.00 diplomatic protests have been filed by the philippines against china, a $183.00 of which were filed last year. the 3rd to is stepping down in july. and the campaign for his replacement is well underway. many philippines to say that after years of policy of appeasement towards china, they're eager for a tougher stance, a more treacherous scores for the next philippine leader. to navigate jamal alan dog and al jazeera marcin look in zambales northern philippines. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, the british prime minister boris johnson, has been holding talked to the cranium president voluntary zalinski and keith johnson has promised to intensify sanctions against russia on provide more military assistance to ukraine. preaching has dumb in places like boucher and

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fuck hassan's political crisis deepens. the prime minister's opponents pushed to remove him from office. but him on con, blames a foreign conspiracy. how did focused on get to this point? and what will the fall out mean for the countries? this is inside story. ah. hello and welcome to the program. i'm how much of job it's one of the biggest tests in the career. a former cricket star turn pakistan's prime minister imran con. he tried to delay

a vote in parliament to oust him. but his opponents say the tides been turning against him for some time impedes, meant to debate his fate. after the supreme court ruled cons attempt to dissolve parliament and call new elections was unconstitutional. opposition, members accuse him of failing to root out corruption and fixed the struggling economy. but con says there's a us backed conspiracy to remove him. he hasn't provided any evidence. and washington denies the allegations. khan is refusing to recognise an opposition government and has urged his supporters to protest, but some avenge of aid has more from the capital is slum about never a dull moment. they say in pakistan's politics assembly, which was dissolved by the president, held its session, the parliament members who were part of the party santeria, king of england, hahn's government, are all set to vote against him and a session which was ordered to have taken place and continue only with an agenda of a vote seems to be taking a long time. have you been speaking to politician from both the government and the

opposition? this impetus of trying to oust iran contra main. the foreign conspiracy and what opposition mp say is that that's a joke. and cannot be carried on. there's only one decision that there is a constant use no confidence in the parliament against, against the prime minister, according to the democratic knowns, and rules and gone. the only only thing that in on has to face today is that no one, no confidence would tend to be ousted by vote my democracy in despite the opposition benches insisting the government is holding its fort, it's saying that this is an issue which of the opposition told the court that it dot did not debated, did not get a chance to debate the vote on the floor of the house. and here our government empties, giving them a chance to rave their opinions and discuss it. why am ron han needs to go and narrative that we didn't allow that to be to happen? they didn't want to meet. they wanted to like the board, but that means the it is the following. the supreme court, the current case,

which is on an article 63, it is signed under article 631 need that he has members who have decided not to work with con. i'm therefore defective in advance of what happened to the florida supreme court judgement come to find to rush to war. and while this debate goes on in the national assembly, the reason pakistan his hair is because in the last 3 and a half years, all the tall promises that were made during the campaign by name ron hahn came to power have not been fulfilled. there is rising inflation, the ruby is losing its value, that these economy seems to be smiling downwards. and more importantly, the powerful military establishment in pakistan seems to be no longer supporting him around hon, which the acquisition from the opposition is that a man, hon only came to power with their backing and they are now playing a neutral role. all eyes under this important and historic session of the national assembly and according to court orders. before this session is over,

there has to be a vote of no confidence. and there must be a new leader of the house. and that is going to be decided once the vote takes place for inside story. i'm some of in javi. all right, let's take a look at how m ron con, got to this point. the cost of living is high in pakistan, with food prices up by 23 percent since the beginning of the pandemic. opposition parties blame con for the economic turmoil and growing foreign debt. fresher, came to a head when enron cons close ally than what died. economy movement party, quit his government and switch sides before the no confidence vote. reducing his majority in the assembly. his relationship with the army is also shaky, with differences over foreign policy decisions. ah, are i? let's go ahead and bring in our guests in raw bindy and pakistan. sarah said, adjunct assistant professor at re far international university in london, isis, a deaker senior fellow in the department of war studies at kings college,

london. and in washington, d. c. foreigners is bonnie rider and former member of the national assembly of pakistan. a warm welcome to you all. thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. sorry, let me start with you today. just how volatile is the political situation in pakistan right now. thank you for having me right now. these are, you know, political activities going on in caucus at present. you know, the new confidence, our prime minister is facing by a prime minister of pakistan on a, you know, a president of pakistan. he does all the national assembly, but that are, you know, decision as another one, but it's been called pakistan yesterday. and today they are facing the world one. and if you're looking for what,

how it's going to work on what i on the fact that actually ground, we can see that the opposition is having a decide number of a far as a how long has the time been turning against him? wrong con. oh, and most of us who consider ourselves democrats would see right from the beginning . um we consider mister han not to be elected prime minister of bikes on he's always been referred to as a selected prime minister bike son. because he was brought in by the aid of the military establishment. um, but however on the opposition parties have for the sake of democracy

and played ball remained at the game. and where we are today is literally just democracy in work. the former prime minister didn't have the votes. he tried to violate the constitution. it went to the supreme court and the supreme court declared that mr. hans actions were unconstitutional and demanded that a vote of no confidence. b. i'm carried out in parliament and that is what we are watching right now. i sure. how much tension is there right now between enron con and the military. see, there are no clear answers to your question, but if i could just add one more piece of information, what we've seen this morning and you know it's, it's this whole game of no conference motion. it is a prime minister in the way around con, government is trying to stop it,

delay postpone the action or postpone the inevitable, you know, in, in it against against government is, you know, right now they're filibustering the filibustering in the parliament to try to delay on the surface of it, we see that there is a tension between military and an honor, which is the reason he know that they seem to have agreed to play the role of a neutral and politics where they didn't do. we hadn't done in 2018 elections, but you know, when i look at it, there is a very uncomfortable feeling. and we don't ask for evidence, but there is an uncomfortable feeling that the elements within the military within which continue to support on. and the reason i say that no evidence, because you can't produce such evidence, but what, when we come back the way on no, which, you know,

apparently the army chief no longer a supports him, a support supports his actions. but in case of previous governments lost faith with the military or who had had, you know, who had a dense relationship with the military we were treated much was, i mean, there would be so much propaganda against them. compare it with what con, associate the moment. there's hardly any propaganda against him. a few stories here and there of possible corruption, involvement and corruption. his wife's for the 1st lady, involvement in interruptions, but nothing really as substantial as war navarro series faced all or other people's party government for face, which makes me imagine or think that perhaps there is still some support ah, within the military. definitely. he was

a popular candidate with the military, ideologically, that couldn't have been more aligned with any political leader than they are with him round from sarah. i wanna take a step back and look at the economic situation right now and focus on on thursday. the pakistani rupee fell to an all time low against the us dollar. but on friday, markets open on a positive note because there was this hope that the political crisis might be ending soon. how much worse could the economic situation get in pakistan if this political crisis is not resolved soon? oh, actually we can't see that. that's all of because of the current political disturbances actually when the last government went, the pakistan was facing a turmoil at that time. on so much right now it has just emerged and opposition has

a strict stance. we have just one point of inflation and yes, there is, you know, prizes and there are a lot of, you know, we can see that a little for prices and raised in everything that we can see back to price, even the daily, you know, and estes, are very expensive of work on that to afford that all but it is going to be like the same because the stability will come with the passage of time. but our needs are stable economic plan at the movement. no, because it's a little disturbance and need a deal more difficult for pakistan to survive. so we are looking forward for the smooth functioning of blooming and we are looking forward for the early elections because of in a stable good. when we look at the new past,

you can see that the pakistan always pays to, you know, at the store a typo. political disturbance is one of the 3 prime ministers in pakistan where even too late for us to not even 5 years in which we can see the use of exactly lonnie and of us. sure. even 2032070. and now the plan is just, you know, complete it is a, you know, the same pattern is being, you know, implemented even the key the last year. it seems like that is asked, you know, the political parties just now, you know, in a book together and just, you know, and make a smooth pass for your upcoming elections. so it seems like that i've been looking at the different atmosphere, the political atmosphere, and then the early elections are going to be in brightest star. i think. so that is going to be the me a solution on the crisis plan today, or i'm sorry,

in 0950. i'm sorry to interrupt you, but you bring up the topic of, of potentially early elections. and i do want to ask for, and i was about that a foreign us. what's the earliest that elections could happen going forward? well, i speak to reason why mister ron pon, has done the last. magic's, if he wants the election, he wants to be seen as the mob out of office, and then he expects that his followers will turn up and both turn into office again . but what i am reading at the moment is if he continues down this far off, ignoring the supreme court, you know, ruling and behaving in this undergraduate autocratic way. i think we may end up with some kind of

a crafting government. let me remain for much longer, because that's the honest watch he has done to the economy of like fun. i was recently a bike spawn. i have never seen the cost of living and the cost of people who are not sitting in the capital of the 70 we're living in could actually an interior of the sector. it has it's quite rendered. it is terrifying what he has done to the bike fund foreign policy. the u. s. has been a biggest it gave. now he's a jews the us of the conspiracy. terry of trying to remove him from office. she says which nobody has seen. he has created a political capital matching economic crisis like

a voice we have never seen. so you asked me about elections if he continues down this up. he doesn't accept the ruling of the supreme court today allows the opposition, you know, a dr. sorry, i just said so incorrect and many people don't realize this black son is not a presidential system in a parliamentary democracy. the minute the opposition as the numbers. they can toppy any government. it happened in the u. k. it happened anyway. that's what a little to no consequences, but so not government comes into the term of 5 years. this is something where i feel people don't understand the bike funding system of government. so to really actions, i'm skeptical at leslie agency. i sure you heard foreigners or talk about this conspiracy that him are on con,

is talking about. he's been blaming the us for a conspiracy to to get him an unseeded. of course, the u. s. denies this, does the public and pakistan believe this? okay, again let me go back to a couple of things which you questions. you'd ask see the other speakers firstly i economy had started to recover on to focus on was recently starting this year hit by inflation and very bad inflation. and that january was 11 percent today it is 15 point one percent and that inflation really hits people on. the other thing is that even if elections are to be held, he is promised 90 days, but due to technical structure reasons, they can be held in 90 days. because one of the election commission of pakistan announces elections. it needs

a minimum of 4 to 5 months to allow for the limitation of constituencies. there are new districts that have been made by him around government. and if you go by the 2017 election lecture act, which was consolidating all the rules that existed so far election, then it seems very clear that nothing before 5 to 6 months. yes, i mean the other option, of course is that somehow a national government is installed, but the question is, who will install the government? the parliamentary procedures do not allow for it. so the no confidence motion has to go for me. not really has to wreck the country to ensure that no force and force military is hand military itself. i mean, there have been now judgment supreme court judgments against of emergencies bought by the military,

highlighting the anyone who was that the constitution isn't great. that's another ball game. totally. another thing. now, to your question about what happens with, you know, with this conspiracy, you know, various, the simple answer to that is that this conspiracy is actually, it actually is popular among on the streets. and one of the reasons that he is on stern glee, all referring to the conspiracy. american conspiracy is d as 2 reasons. one increases popularity amongst people. and secondly, it increases popularity amongst the 1st and 2nd tier military offices. oh, i mean going, i sure i'm, i'm sorry, gosh, i'm sorry to interrupt you. we're, we're just starting to, we're just starting to run out of time. i'm sorry. let me ask you, what do you expect that enron cons next move might be. we can see that by the number opposition indicating that they have 176 c

a assembly. and i guess he's going to declare the next election, a national assembly. if you're going to a few minutes by mr. glass, a selection, he can't stay here. otherwise, he will have to leave the seat. and he has to appoint a place to run the country. and so at the moment it is a very difficult to say, and what is going to happen? it is all dependent. and if you're just looking at a good scenario, what's going to happen? a foreigners do you think that we might see a concerted effort from here on out to try and improve pakistan's relationship with the us? is that something that's in the cards going forward? well, you know, ever since spike phone was founded off,

found like 2 kids found and was to the come on. the other 2 are found. mr. jenna, the 1st thing he did was send someone to washington d. c. because he understood, even though we were situated all the way in south asia, that the u. s. relationship was what we need it. unlike indian, its relationship with russian wanting to be not non aligned box on all was wanted to be aligned with the us by that i mean bike sons, military and was like some to governments that is not the feeling in the street. but i do believe that the permanent establishment in pike san does understand that they have to rescue ah, the. ringback relationship, not just that the u. s. smith with a lot of european countries who have really become quite tired of this drama and

they realize they don't want an unstable like sun. so let's see going forward. i hope mister han to day accept the vote and goes willingly if he doesn't. i'm afraid that might be some of the measures which may be undemocratic. i sure am ron connor said that he refuses to recognise an opposition government and he has also urged his supporters to command protest. do you think that his supporters are going to be coming out on to the streets and staging protests in the days ahead? i don't think that he is going to get hundreds and thousands of people out of the streets. not one good, consolidated, jest, but definitely what i can see is much more so you know, chaos within the society. i mean, already, society is very divided. his, his supporters are extremely aggressive. i mean, recently we saw his m b a is

a member of provincial assembly in sin, hanging effigies of opposition, party leaders. i mean, how horrible was the site and now horrible is this idea. i mean, and they are so aggressive, they're ready to are, you know, do to punish physically punish opposition. leaders in london itself, where you have rule of law in the last one week. they're repeat, stuart dax, physical attacks on a series of no, no one of ashley's and then one of the taxes. his guards were seriously injured and this is by video supporters. so just imagine what they are capable of doing in back a son. i don't think he has ever trained his party to do politics. so you know, progress of that kind. i mean the, the progress that he held earlier in 2017 while with this time they're going, there's going to be more aggression. that is my, my, my main worry,

and i think that is what the bought off a lot of the world good looks at back up and really has begun to be like a basket gate. i sure we have less than a minute left. i just want to ask you very quickly, how much concern is there in parks on right now about how, how large this constitutional crisis could get? well, i see that we are standing at a point out at, you know, one of the dilemma where somebody force, which is the armies for hand a secret can, can force something out. i think this is a serious crisis and it can, you know, it will eventually we're, we're at a point when there is a resolution because the supreme court to its intervention, something has to be done. well, we have run out of time. so we're going to have to leave the conversation there. thanks so much for all of our guests. ira i said i should have decor and foreigners is behind it. and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time

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