Civil society bodies term Memogate a conspiracy against government

Representatives of the civil society including non-governmental organisations, labour organisations, academia, women's rights bodies, and media persons expressed deep concern over the current political situation in the country where crisis is being manufactured on frivolous grounds.
According to the press statement civil society organisations termed the memo a conspiracy against the elected Parliament and the Constitution. Sovereignty belongs to the people who have agreed to exercise it through their representatives in a federal, parliamentary, and a democratic system. Any attempt at arbitrarily altering this arrangement is tantamount to an attack on the sovereignty of the people.
The statement also said that various institutions of the state are supposed to function within their defined constitutional parameters and complement each other but they seem to be working at cross-purposes, to the determent of public interest. "We emphasise that the role of political parties and political leaders is to represent their constituents' interests and arrive at negotiated agreements to differences in agreed political forums."
The role of state's security organisations is to serve the people through stipulated constitutional arrangements, under the command of the executive, and not to define what is or is not in the national interest. The role of the judiciary is to protect the rights of the citizens from arbitrary abuse of executive power, and not to itself becomes a source of arbitrary executive power.
The role of the mass media is to help citizens hold powerful interests groups within and outside the state to promote their legitimate interests and hold violators of rights accountable, and not to itself act as an unaccountable interest group. The civil society representatives appeal to the people of Pakistan to stand united and firm in support of democracy and to resist all attempts aimed at its subversion. The people of Pakistan have made great many sacrifices for the cause of democracy.