The Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP), an alliance of opposition parties, on Saturday denounced the 27th Constitutional Amendment as an “assault on the basic structure of the Constitution” and announced a nationwide protest campaign to oppose it.

The statement came after a meeting chaired by the movement’s president Mahmood Khan Achakzai, and attended by senior political leaders, including Asad Qaiser, Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan, Salman Akram Raja, BNP chief Akhtar Mengal, SUP leader Zain Shah, BNP’s Sajid Tareen, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and Firdous Shamim Naqvi.

According to the meeting’s communique, the 27th Amendment, along with the earlier 26th Amendment, undermines the foundational pillars of democracy and places the judiciary under executive control.

The participants rejected what they termed “person-specific amendments” and demanded that the Constitution be restored to its original form.

The movement said the controversial amendments had “crippled the judiciary” and limited the authority and existence of the Supreme Court.

It praised the resignations of senior Supreme Court judges Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Athar Minallah, calling their decision an act of resistance against “constitutional robbery” and paying tribute to judges who “upheld their oath.”

The movement also endorsed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Aman Jirga declaration and called for its full implementation.

Announcing a protest plan, the communique said members of the National Assembly and Senate will march from Parliament to the Supreme Court on Monday.

A resolution against the 27th Amendment will be tabled in the KP Assembly the same day, while Punjab Assembly members will march from the assembly to the Lahore High Court.

Lawyers in Lahore are expected to join the demonstrations, and a nationwide “Black Day” will be observed next Friday.

The movement further demanded the immediate release of PTI founder Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, and all PTI leaders and workers.

It also called for the release of the detained leadership and members of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee.