The Tehreek-e-Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) has rejected the 27th Constitutional Amendment, calling it a violation of the basic structure and spirit of the Constitution of Pakistan.
The movement, led by Mahmood Khan Achakzai, announced that none of its members would take part in what it described as a “so-called constitutional process.”
In an official statement issued after a high-level meeting chaired by Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the Tehreek-e-Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan said that the 27th Amendment cannot be justified under the Constitution and lacks the legal or moral authority to alter the country’s constitutional framework.
Prominent political and legal figures, including Allama Nasir Abbas, Hamid Khan, Noorul Haq Qadri and Humayun Mohmand, attended the meeting, which was convened to finalize the alliance’s stance on the ongoing amendment process in the Senate.
Decision to boycott amendment, referendum
The statement confirmed that no member of the movement will participate in the constitutional amendment process or any related referendum.
“Being part of such an unconstitutional process would amount to deviating from the principle of supremacy of the Constitution,” the statement read. The movement stressed that the provisions introduced under the 27th Amendment are contrary to the basic tenets and interpretation of the Constitution.
The meeting’s participants declared that the current parliament is not constitutionally authorized to introduce or pass such amendments.
They termed the process a “unilateral exercise” carried out without national consensus and said it violates the democratic spirit of Pakistan’s governance system.
“The 27th Amendment is unconstitutional, undemocratic, and ineffective,” the movement declared. “It represents a deviation from the founding principles of constitutional supremacy.”
Commitment to peaceful, democratic resistance
The Tehreek announced that it will continue its protests against the 27th Amendment through constitutional, legal, and democratic means.
The group reaffirmed its commitment to upholding the Constitution’s sanctity, adding that any amendment not derived from broad-based consensus will be resisted at every democratic forum.
“Our movement stands to protect the constitutional balance and the democratic structure of Pakistan,” the statement concluded.
