Election Commission off Pakistan Says that the commission related to specific seats Supreme Court It has decided to implement the decision of the full bench.
The Commission said in a statement issued following the consultation meeting on Thursday and Friday that the Election Commission has decided to implement the decision of the Supreme Court.
“However, instructions were issued to the legal team of the Election Commission that if there is an obstacle in the implementation of any point of the Supreme Court’s decision, they should immediately point it out so that the Supreme Court can be approached for further guidance.”
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on July 12 declared the decisions of the Election Commission and the Peshawar High Court null and void and said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is entitled to the reserved seats. .
The Supreme Court said in the decision that following joining the PTI, specific seats should be given to the independent members. PTI should submit the list (to the Election Commission) for the specific seats within 15 days and clarify which party participated in the elections.
The Election Commission in its statement said that the Commission did not misinterpret any decision. Against which the PTI went to various forums and the decision of the Election Commission was upheld.
The statement said that because ‘PTI’s intra-party elections were not valid. In the legal results of which, under Section 215 of the Elections Act, the bat mark was withdrawn.
“Therefore, blaming the Election Commission is highly inappropriate.”
The commission said that the 39 members of the National Assembly who have been declared as MNAs of PTI had shown their commitment to PTI in their nomination papers, while for being a candidate of any party, party ticket and The declaration must be submitted to the Returning Officer which was not submitted by these candidates.
The statement added that ‘therefore it was not possible for the returning officers to declare him as a PTI candidate. The 41 candidates who have been declared independent neither mentioned PTI in their nomination papers nor showed party affiliation nor submitted any party ticket.
So the returning officers allowed them to participate in the election as an independent.
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In the Supreme Court, the Sunni Ittehad Council appealed once morest the decision of the Election Commission and the Peshawar High Court.
This appeal of the Sunni Ittehad Council was rejected. PTI was neither a party in the Election Commission nor a party before the Peshawar High Court nor a party in the Supreme Court in this case.
After the Supreme Court’s decision on July 12, Tehreek-e-Insaf has demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and other members of the commission.
On the same criticism, the Commission said in a statement that ‘the Chief Election Commissioner and respected members of the Election Commission were criticized continuously and unnecessarily by a political party in the commission (meeting) and strongly condemned it and rejected it. gave
According to the statement, the demand for resignation from the commission is absurd. The commission will continue to work according to the constitution and the law without considering any kind of pressure.
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2024-07-20 18:51:05
