The people are the ones who should pronounce on the Draft People's Charter, not me.

These are the words of Interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry who said the stakeholders and leaders of political parties should undertake wide range consultations with their people to find out what they think of the Draft People's Charter.

Chaudhry said the process that is used to get the public viewpoint on this must be transparent, credible and legitimate, adding once this is done then it can receive acceptance.

He said there are over forty people representing different organizations to take the Draft People's Charter to the people however to what extent they can get their message across to the grassroots is another matter.

Chaudhry said the job now is to take it to the people, explain it to them and make sure they understand it so they can say yes or no to it.

He also added it is very important that the process is not seen to be imposed by the Interim Administration.