‘PPP to move court if general elections delayed,
PTI rejects ECP schedule for delimitations,
The Election Commission Pakistan has said that general elections in the country cannot be held in 90 days, as the delimitation process will take at least four months.
A meeting of the ECP held under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja decided to conduct fresh delimitation across the country.
The commission decided that elections to National and provincial assemblies will be held under the new delimitations.
The ECP has issued a notification of the meeting regarding the new delimitation. It also announced the schedule for the new delimitation.
The delimitation process will be completed in about four months, hence the general elections will not be held in 90 days, the commission announced.
The election commission approved the new delimitation according to the seventh national census. It has sought assistance from the provincial governments and the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
The final publication of the delimitations will be on December 14.
This was decided in the final consultative meeting of the election commission on Thursday.
During the meeting, legal experts gave a briefing on the legal aspects of the delimitation.
On the other hand, the election commission has written to the heads of all political parties. It has asked the parties to submit their account details for 2022-23.
The parties have been asked to submit the account details before August 29.
The account details should include the annual expenditures and earnings, sources of funding, assets and liabilities, said the notification. The political parties should submit the audit report of the chartered accountant.
Meanwhile, the chief election commissioner reportedly held a meeting with Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The meeting lasted for about two hours.
Sources said the two sides discussed the general elections in the country.
While,
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will move court if the upcoming general elections are delayed,
PPP leader Faisal Karim Kundi said that PPP does not accept the ECP decision regarding the schedule of delimitations and delay in general elections is not acceptable.
He said that ECP will also be approached to carry out the delimitation process after elections as timely elections are PPP’s stance from day one.
Faisal Kundi said that the number of constituencies increases after the delimitation and the ECP would need an amendment for an increase in the constituencies.
Furthermore, PPP suggested the coalition parties to hold elections within 60 days after the dissolution of assemblies however they wanted election in 90 days.
Earlier today, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that general elections are not possible within 90 days. As per details, the Election Commission of Pakistan decided to hold the upcoming general election on the census 2023.
The ECP stated that the commission is bound to carry out the delimitation process. The first publication will be on October 9 while the final publication will be on December 14.
The meeting decided to seek assistance from the provincial governments and the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in the delimitation process.
The administrative measures will be completed by August 31 whereas the delimitation will be carried out across the country from September 8 to October 7.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has rejected the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) schedule for delimitations,
As per details, PTI has decided to challenge the Council of Common Interests (CCI) decisions in Supreme Court tomorrow.
The PTI spokesperson said that the constitution bounds the ECP to hold elections within 90 days after the dissolution of assemblies.
The ECP schedule is a criminal attempt to extend the duration of caretaker government and the commission wants to violate the constitution as it did in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
