The Presidency has written a letter to the Election Commission for the general elections in the country
The Presidency has written a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan for holding general elections in the country. According to the details, a letter has been written by the Presidency to the Election Commission regarding holding general elections in the country in which it has been asked to hold elections within 90 days of the dissolution of the National Assembly and stated that Article 48 Five of the Constitution Under 224-2, the President will fix the date of the election and the announcement of the date requires consultation with the Election Commission under the Act 2017 as elections have to be held within 90 days of the dissolution of the Assembly.
On the other hand, the Election Commission of Pakistan has denied the reports that the elections will not be held in 3 months and said that there is no truth in the reports that the next general elections will not be held in 3 months, holding elections is a constitutional obligation Are
A statement issued by the spokesperson of the Election Commission said that the Election Commission has called an emergency meeting regarding the preparations for the elections. The meeting will review the preparations in case of general elections. Will fulfill its responsibility accordingly.
It may be recalled that the English newspaper Dawn had reported that a senior official of the Election Commission had termed the legal complexities and other steps as major challenges in holding the elections and said that it would take more or less six months to prepare for the general elections. Constituencies and especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the number of seats has increased since the 26th Amendment, which has resulted in an increase in districts and constituencies. Electoral rules in terms of constituencies are also among the major challenges.
Referring to the ECP official, he said that delimitation of constituencies is a time consuming task in which the time for filing objections under the law is one month and one more month is required to resolve them. It takes at least 3 months, after which updating the voter lists is a huge task. Yes, watermark ballot papers used in general elections are also not available in the country which will have to be imported.
According to the Dawn newspaper, a senior Election Commission official said that 2 million stamp pads would be required for 100,000 polling stations in the election equipment. A small example is the purchase of other goods is also a big step.
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