The Election Commission has reserved its decision on the petitions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf against the intra-party election. A 5-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja heard the petitions against the PTI intra-party election.
Chairman PTI Barrister Gohar Ali Khan appeared before the commission and PTI’s lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar said in his arguments that the Election Commission asked to conduct elections in 20 days, on which we conducted the elections under the order.
Barrister Ali Zafar said that the position of the chairman is for 5 years and the election of the panel is for 3 years, where there is an uncontested election, there is no need for voting, general elections are also uncontested, uncontested election is not illegal and voting for it is necessary. No need.
He said that the procedure for conducting intra-party elections is not mentioned in the Constitution of Pakistan, the Election Act and the Election Rules. Be it by count.
Ali Zafar said that the Election Commission is not a regulator in intra-party elections, so election disputes cannot be brought to this body.
He said that the Election Act talks about intra-party election and membership, not everyone is a party member, there is a difference between a voter, a supporter and a member. None of the people who filed petitions against the party election are members of the party, anyone who is angry about the election, no one who is not a member of the party can complain, it is the decision of the Election Commission who is not a legal member of the party. He cannot object.
Speaking to Barrister Ali Zafar, the Chief Election Commissioner said, “You are saying that the petitioner is not a member of PTI, while the Election Commission member said, “You are saying that this theory was done out of necessity, by the announcement, someone can become the chairman. ?
Barrister Ali Zafar said that it is in our role that the Secretary General notifies the Chief Election Commissioner if the seat is vacant and the time is short. Your officials are gone, who was the chairman during this interim period?
PTI’s lawyer said that according to the law, the old chairman will remain, the term of the president has just ended, but according to the constitution, he is still the president, there was no need, but we still put the election schedule outside the offices.
The members of the commission inquired that the elections of the entire country were held in Peshawar, on which Barrister Ali Zafar said that every party’s election is held at the same place, the PTI election schedule came in the media, and it was also sent to the election commission on November 30. We should be provided with security on the polling day, out of our 8 lakh registered voters, 6 lakh are overseas Pakistanis, during this process no one has collected nomination papers and no one has contacted the party chief election commissioner, we cannot say that Come and contest the election, contesting the election is voluntary.
The Chief Election Commissioner said that you are also keeping the meetings on the net, Sikandar Sultan Raja’s remarks caused laughter in the Election Commission.
The member commission inquired where your nomination papers were being received, to which the PTI lawyer said that our forms were being received from the central office and other offices as well, the applicants did not put any panel in their application, the entire country It was known that the election was taking place, it was not a hidden election.
The petitioner’s lawyer Azizuddin Kakakhel said that no election was held, only selection was held, PTI intra-party election should be declared null and void.
Petitioner Shah Fahad said, “I challenge anyone who has joined this party before me. My membership was terminated a day before the hearing.”
Lawyer Shah Fahad said that there is an FIR against my client on May 9, Shah Fahad was also in Adiala Jail, his crime was to be a member of PTI, which right now his party is depriving him, uncontested election. cannot be accepted.
The Election Commission reserved its decision on the petitions against the PTI intra-party election after the petitioners’ answers were completed.
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2024-08-21 17:34:32
