The Speaker is a powerful figure in his own right, and although technically above the political fray and impartial, he can express an opinion, though divining its import in this instance is a conundrum of Machiavellian complexity. The passing of the stalled bill which relates to delimitation of electoral constituencies and acceptance of the provisional census figures is going to determine whether or not the election goes ahead on time — and time is now extremely tight. The PM may be right but there is any number of balls in the air and the government has dropped several recently. Uncertainty? Like Opinion & Editorial on Facebook, follow @ETOpEd on Twitter to receive all updates on all our daily pieces.

Source: The Express Tribune December 16, 2017 05:03 UTC