Leader and Presidential Candidate of The United Force (TUF) Valerie Garrido-Lowe is sticking by her call for her predecessor Manzoor Nadir to vacate the party’s seat in the National Assembly.
“No service to the supporters of The United Force, then no seat in parliament,” said Garrido-Lowe in a statement yesterday. Nadir is the Minister of Labour in the PPP/C administration. In a letter, dated August 19, 2011 and released by the TUF on Tuesday, Garrido-Lowe told Nadir that after careful consideration, the TUF executive had come to a decision that Nadir should relinquish the seat that the party holds in parliament as it is not being utilised to its full potential. Nadir resigned as TUF leader on May 29, 2011.
However, following Garrido-Lowe’s statement, a TUF official has publicly backed Nadir’s ongoing tenure in the House, while
