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LONDON: The pro-independence Baloch leader and president of the Free Balochistan Movement, Hyrbyair Marri, in a statement to the media, said that the elections under the supervision of the Pakistani army in Occupied Balochistan had no legal status, just as the world witnessed that Baloch people did not participate in the so-called electoral process of Pakistan. There was political resistance throughout the day and people in most areas of occupied Balochistan deterred the voting process by taking to the streets and blocking the routes to polling stations.
The Baloch leader further said that by not voting, the Baloch people proved to the world that they had decided against Pakistani occupation and in favour of freedom [of Balochistan] because the ongoing liberation movement made the new generations of the Baloch nation aware of state slavery and they are now resisting against this slavery on every front.
He said that representatives are chosen through election and vote in free countries, where people freely and without fear, temptation or pressure choose their representatives through vote, but in an occupied country like Balochistan the elections under the control of the occupiers are bogus and treachery, and the occupying forces only impose their collaborators and stooges on the Baloch nation through sham elections.
Hyrbyair Marri said that Balochistan is an occupied land, but the new generations of Punjab now understand that they don’t enjoy any freedom under the occupation of the Pakistani army.
Mr Marri in his statement further added that Balochistan is an occupied area, the occupier never respects the public opinion and their aspirations in the areas under his control, similarly, hoping for a fair and transparent election in occupied Balochistan is like chasing a mirage. He said, “Now even the young generation of Punjab has realised that they are also in the clutches of the Pakistani army and the military forces of Pakistan do not give any importance to the public opinion at any level while electing their favourite people through the rigging.”
The president of FBM said that the way the people boycotted the election process in Balochistan is a positive development because the solution to the problems of Balochistan is not in Pakistani votes and elections and to have such hope is like a madman’s dream. On the contrary, the solution to all the problems of Balochistan lies within a free and independent Baloch state where all institutions believe in public service and work within their sphere of authority and understand the importance of public opinion.
“One of the main reasons for this is the sense of superiority within the military institutions and considering themselves above accountability to any constitutional institution and our struggle is for an independent Baloch state where each institution not only has its limits and limitations. Rather, public opinion should be considered as the most important on a democratic basis and all people in the country should have economic, social and basic human rights based on equality like in countries like Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.”
He said that without having the constitutional boundaries and not being accountable to the majority opinion of the people will result in becoming a failed country like Pakistan that faces one crisis after another.
The Baloch leader said that apart from a few pro-Pakistani parliamentarians, whose aim is personal interests instead of national prosperity, today Baloch are struggling for their national independence as a nation at all fronts. Such promising actions are encouraging for the freedom and future of Balochistan.
The FBM leader said that only a united and strong Baloch liberation movement can guarantee the safety of our national identity, otherwise, Iran and Pakistan are working together day and night to erase the Baloch collective identity and establish their permanent control over Balochistan.
“One of their dangerous strategies is to turn the Baloch into a minority on their land and flooding non-Baloch people along the coast of Balochistan for which Iran and Pakistan are working on various military projects with the help of neo-demographic and colonial powers like China. These joint conspiracies are continuation of their evil designs to expel the Baloch from their ancestral land Balochistan.”
