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GENERAL YAHYA KHAN'S UNDELIVERED ADDRESS TO THE NATION
December 1971
The following is the text of President General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan's statement issued here today:
As you may recall, in my address to the nation of 12th October, I had apprised you of the details of my plan of transfer of power and had stated that the new Constitution will be published by the 20th of December. In spite of treacherous aggression by India which she had hoped would completely disrupt my plan and despite certain serious set-backs that we have suffered, I am determined to keep to my programme of transfer of power. For its implementation I have already invited the leaders of the major parties representing both wings to form a coalition Government. The Government of the elected representative of the people will assume the responsibility to guide the nation through this hour of crisis. The Constitution which I will briefly outline now will be released shortly, and will provide the framework for the representative Government to discharge its responsibilities to the people.
It is a matter of some sorrow for me that the process which I had initiated for the Constitution to be prepared by the elected representatives of the people was upset for reasons which are known. This unfortunate development has not deterred me in my resolve not to delay the transfer of power and it is this compulsion which has prompted me to present the Constitution to the people of Pakistan. At the same time, I have no wish to impose a Constitution. The Constitution, therefore, provides for the association and the participation of the elected representatives of the people through an easy amendment procedure in the first 90 days involving a simple majority and a consensus of 25 per cent of the representatives from the federating Աm1tՏ.
I have been in constant touch with political leaders in the country and have taken into account numerous concrete suggestions which emanated from various sources. The object was that the Constitution should reflect the consensus and should meet the expectations of the people and the needs of the country.
I find that in the public debate on the subject general consensus exists on the following four broad elements which the Constitution reflects:
1. It should preserve and promote the ideology of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
2. The country needs a federal parliamentary system of Government enshrining fundamental rights of the people.
