TFD Stocks Overview

Urge of electoral refinement

After years of struggle and delay, the parliament has moved one step closer to electoral reforms. Consensus at a time when political government is under great pressure may seem like a convenient distraction, but motivation and intention do not matter.

What matters is the quality of the reforms that will be evident once the bill is debated by the lower and upper houses of parliament last year. However, although the details must be analyzed and debated, there is another problem that must be highlighted: the unnecessary and prolonged delay to reach some kind of agreement on the reforms, even if not all parties agree.

Electoral reforms, the radical kind that Pakistan needs, cannot be implemented easily or quickly. But more than four years have passed since the last general election, after which a commission, headed by the then president of the supreme court of the Supreme Court, investigated allegations of electoral fraud. The result was a report with a series of recommendations to improve the general electoral system.

Unfortunately, until now, before this last movement, the electoral reforms had been treated simply as a matter of strengthening the Electoral Commission of Pakistan.

Although constitutional amendments have been made to improve the independence and autonomy of the ECP, the latter has repeatedly stressed the problem with the scope of its powers and the administrative challenges of holding general elections. In fact, there are speculations that the government only expedited a consensus on the electoral reforms under pressure from the ECP, which has been warning that new rules should be established before the run-up to the elections that should be held before the end of next year.

There lies a democratic problem, that is, the will to act only under pressure and apparently at the last moment, instead of improving the quality of the institutions and the rules that apply to them.

While the details are many, there are some central areas where reforms can truly take the process of fair and transparent elections forward. The three phases are well known: pre-election, voting day and counting. At each point, particularly in areas where media and administrative scrutiny are inadequate, errors and errors are evident. That is what contaminates the general electoral process and what makes it possible for the losing parties to question the individual and national results.

As the broad consultations and debate of the electoral reform committee have determined the reforms are mostly common sense and on strengthening the administrative apparatus at the electoral district level. Some of that is relatively easy to deliver, but a review is required in other areas. Regardless of the path chosen, it is time for the parliament to make some important decisions.

Elections are considered the most important event to run a country’s system. It is a decision-making process through which people choose individuals to hold public office. Then, elections should help to precipitate the national will in its truest possible form. The elections show the resolution that people have in the continuity of the democratic configuration.

However, in Pakistan, since 1970, almost all elections have been labeled as “manipulated” and “stolen.” That is why the political scene in the country has always been dominated by the need for electoral reforms. Generally, the term “electoral reform” is used for the purpose of introducing some fundamental changes in any electoral system.

Democracies can only be strengthened and thrive if a periodic review of the system is made and the necessary amendments are introduced. For example, our next-door neighbor, and the world’s largest democracy, India, has had comprehensive and regular reviews of its electoral laws since 1967, although the amendments made have been ad hoc and well suited to the interests of the party in the power.

However, no such revision has been observed in Pakistan for a long time. While the 2013 polls were proclaimed free and fair, with the largest voter turnout in decades, the process was undoubtedly marred by bad practices and irregularities. Shortly after the polls, there were claims of manipulation; For example, candidates recovered ballots from unusual places as “proof” of irregularities, while in some electoral districts it was discovered that many votes were false or even impossible to verify.

The electoral lists must be made according to the place of a resident’s habitual residence or where one or more properties are located. Unfortunately, in many cases known to this scribe, unfavorable votes were registered in their cities of origin or, in many cases, voters registered in cities to which they were not remotely connected.

A good suggestion will be to divide the electoral process into one day per province. This will help focus on smaller areas that handle the entire national process at once.

The issue of allowing the Pakistanis to be monitored to vote in 2018 and the use of the biometric system and the electronic voting machines were assigned to the Subcommittee of the Parliamentary Commission on Electoral Reforms. While some 2015 EVM state local reports may not be in use in 2018 due to “technical impediments” the right to allow voters to vote may face problems like “in many Middle Eastern countries, where a large number of Pakistanis are concentrated “, voting is not allowed by national laws.

An interesting question arises here; Section 6 of the ERA states that a resident may vote in any place where he or she is a resident. Section 7 continues adding that a voter will be considered a resident wherever he or she habitually resides, owns real property and if he owns more than one property, he has the right to choose the electoral area from which he wishes to vote.

In light of these provisions with an expatriate out of the country for a certain period of time, where is considered to reside “ordinarily”? Even if this obstacle is overcome, where is the voting done in different nations? Should the Pakistani embassies train and deploy staff for the voting process that makes sense?

The appointment of returning officers by ECP is crucial. It is a great responsibility to scrutinize the documents of the applicants. In addition to the provisions of Article 62 and 63 (Parliament should have revised and modified the clauses) some of which are impossible to quantify legally by courtesy of General Ziaul Haq, who turned the scrutiny into a circus for some in the 2013 election process, it is extremely important to obtain income and the corresponding taxes registration certificate with the application.

The officials who return distracted (responsible for the district) and returning officers (responsible for their constituency) are the most important hindrances of the electoral process. Both come from governments and federal and provincial corporations controlled by any government and local authorities. This is a legal stipulation. It is difficult to expect a hundred percent of impartiality. The quality and character of those selected should be beyond reproach.

Candidates and their entourage, irrelevant persons should not be allowed at any polling station. It leads to an effort of pressure on the voters no matter how indirectly and the personnel deployed.

In addition, it is necessary to develop a practical methodology for ECP to analyze that candidates spend the amounts in electioneering as legally allowed, that is, Rs 1.5 million for candidates to the National Assembly and Rs 1 million for candidates to the Provincial Assembly. But can ECP maintain a national follow-up of each country spent by the candidates? You need to think and form rules for monitoring.

Another suggestion is to add NOTE on the ballot. This gives voters the opportunity to reject all candidates named on the ballot by checking “None of the above options.” There is no reason to remain silent anymore. The logical result of NOTE will be that the elect will be more responsible to the voters. This will make them more responsible in terms of unfulfilled promises to the people they represent.

It will also make them more accountable to people in cases of rampant corruption, if any. In the final analysis, let people decide who to vote for. That is the essence of democracy. This should also mean that they cannot be appointed as advisers and presidents of organizations.

In the case of a direct 50% vote of none of the above, the security of all candidates must be seized and said candidates must be expelled for a ten-year challenge; the parties need to present new candidates instead of those presented previously. This option also depends to a large extent on the transparency of the electoral process itself.

The writer is an Advocate High Court Islamabad and teaches at the Best Law College, Rawalpindi.

xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá arsenalbóng đá atalantabundesligacầu thủ haalandUEFAevertonfutebol ao vivofutemaxmulticanaisonbetbóng đá world cupbóng đá inter milantin juventusbenzemala ligaclb leicester cityMUman citymessi lionelsalahnapolineymarpsgronaldoserie atottenhamvalenciaAS ROMALeverkusenac milanmbappenapolinewcastleaston villaliverpoolfa cupreal madridpremier leagueAjaxbao bong da247EPLbarcelonabournemouthaff cupasean footballbên lề sân cỏbáo bóng đá mớibóng đá cúp thế giớitin bóng đá ViệtUEFAbáo bóng đá việt namHuyền thoại bóng đágiải ngoại hạng anhSeagametap chi bong da the gioitin bong da lutrận đấu hôm nayviệt nam bóng đátin nong bong daBóng đá nữthể thao 7m24h bóng đábóng đá hôm naythe thao ngoai hang anhtin nhanh bóng đáphòng thay đồ bóng đábóng đá phủikèo nhà cái onbetbóng đá lu 2thông tin phòng thay đồthe thao vuaapp đánh lô đềdudoanxosoxổ số giải đặc biệthôm nay xổ sốkèo đẹp hôm nayketquaxosokq xskqxsmnsoi cầu ba miềnsoi cau thong kesxkt hôm naythế giới xổ sốxổ số 24hxo.soxoso3mienxo so ba mienxoso dac bietxosodientoanxổ số dự đoánvé số chiều xổxoso ket quaxosokienthietxoso kq hôm nayxoso ktxổ số megaxổ số mới nhất hôm nayxoso truc tiepxoso ViệtSX3MIENxs dự đoánxs mien bac hom nayxs miên namxsmientrungxsmn thu 7con số may mắn hôm nayKQXS 3 miền Bắc Trung Nam Nhanhdự đoán xổ số 3 miềndò vé sốdu doan xo so hom nayket qua xo xoket qua xo so.vntrúng thưởng xo sokq xoso trực tiếpket qua xskqxs 247số miền nams0x0 mienbacxosobamien hôm naysố đẹp hôm naysố đẹp trực tuyếnnuôi số đẹpxo so hom quaxoso ketquaxstruc tiep hom nayxổ số kiến thiết trực tiếpxổ số kq hôm nayso xo kq trực tuyenkết quả xổ số miền bắc trực tiếpxo so miền namxổ số miền nam trực tiếptrực tiếp xổ số hôm nayket wa xsKQ XOSOxoso onlinexo so truc tiep hom nayxsttso mien bac trong ngàyKQXS3Msố so mien bacdu doan xo so onlinedu doan cau loxổ số kenokqxs vnKQXOSOKQXS hôm naytrực tiếp kết quả xổ số ba miềncap lo dep nhat hom naysoi cầu chuẩn hôm nayso ket qua xo soXem kết quả xổ số nhanh nhấtSX3MIENXSMB chủ nhậtKQXSMNkết quả mở giải trực tuyếnGiờ vàng chốt số OnlineĐánh Đề Con Gìdò số miền namdò vé số hôm nayso mo so debach thủ lô đẹp nhất hôm naycầu đề hôm naykết quả xổ số kiến thiết toàn quốccau dep 88xsmb rong bach kimket qua xs 2023dự đoán xổ số hàng ngàyBạch thủ đề miền BắcSoi Cầu MB thần tàisoi cau vip 247soi cầu tốtsoi cầu miễn phísoi cau mb vipxsmb hom nayxs vietlottxsmn hôm naycầu lô đẹpthống kê lô kép xổ số miền Bắcquay thử xsmnxổ số thần tàiQuay thử XSMTxổ số chiều nayxo so mien nam hom nayweb đánh lô đề trực tuyến uy tínKQXS hôm nayxsmb ngày hôm nayXSMT chủ nhậtxổ số Power 6/55KQXS A trúng roycao thủ chốt sốbảng xổ số đặc biệtsoi cầu 247 vipsoi cầu wap 666Soi cầu miễn phí 888 VIPSoi Cau Chuan MBđộc thủ desố miền bắcthần tài cho sốKết quả xổ số thần tàiXem trực tiếp xổ sốXIN SỐ THẦN TÀI THỔ ĐỊACầu lô số đẹplô đẹp vip 24hsoi cầu miễn phí 888xổ số kiến thiết chiều nayXSMN thứ 7 hàng tuầnKết quả Xổ số Hồ Chí Minhnhà cái xổ số Việt NamXổ Số Đại PhátXổ số mới nhất Hôm Nayso xo mb hom nayxxmb88quay thu mbXo so Minh ChinhXS Minh Ngọc trực tiếp hôm nayXSMN 88XSTDxs than taixổ số UY TIN NHẤTxs vietlott 88SOI CẦU SIÊU CHUẨNSoiCauVietlô đẹp hôm nay vipket qua so xo hom naykqxsmb 30 ngàydự đoán xổ số 3 miềnSoi cầu 3 càng chuẩn xácbạch thủ lônuoi lo chuanbắt lô chuẩn theo ngàykq xo-solô 3 càngnuôi lô đề siêu vipcầu Lô Xiên XSMBđề về bao nhiêuSoi cầu x3xổ số kiến thiết ngày hôm nayquay thử xsmttruc tiep kết quả sxmntrực tiếp miền bắckết quả xổ số chấm vnbảng xs đặc biệt năm 2023soi cau xsmbxổ số hà nội hôm naysxmtxsmt hôm nayxs truc tiep mbketqua xo so onlinekqxs onlinexo số hôm nayXS3MTin xs hôm nayxsmn thu2XSMN hom nayxổ số miền bắc trực tiếp hôm naySO XOxsmbsxmn hôm nay188betlink188 xo sosoi cầu vip 88lô tô việtsoi lô việtXS247xs ba miềnchốt lô đẹp nhất hôm naychốt số xsmbCHƠI LÔ TÔsoi cau mn hom naychốt lô chuẩndu doan sxmtdự đoán xổ số onlinerồng bạch kim chốt 3 càng miễn phí hôm naythống kê lô gan miền bắcdàn đề lôCầu Kèo Đặc Biệtchốt cầu may mắnkết quả xổ số miền bắc hômSoi cầu vàng 777thẻ bài onlinedu doan mn 888soi cầu miền nam vipsoi cầu mt vipdàn de hôm nay7 cao thủ chốt sốsoi cau mien phi 7777 cao thủ chốt số nức tiếng3 càng miền bắcrồng bạch kim 777dàn de bất bạion newsddxsmn188betw88w88789bettf88sin88suvipsunwintf88five8812betsv88vn88Top 10 nhà cái uy tínsky88iwinlucky88nhacaisin88oxbetm88vn88w88789betiwinf8betrio66rio66lucky88oxbetvn88188bet789betMay-88five88one88sin88bk88xbetoxbetMU88188BETSV88RIO66ONBET88188betM88M88SV88Jun-68Jun-88one88iwinv9betw388OXBETw388w388onbetonbetonbetonbet88onbet88onbet88onbet88onbetonbetonbetonbetqh88mu88Nhà cái uy tínpog79vp777vp777vipbetvipbetuk88uk88typhu88typhu88tk88tk88sm66sm66me88me888live8live8livesm66me88win798livesm66me88win79pog79pog79vp777vp777uk88uk88tk88tk88luck8luck8kingbet86kingbet86k188k188hr99hr99123b8xbetvnvipbetsv66zbettaisunwin-vntyphu88vn138vwinvwinvi68ee881xbetrio66zbetvn138i9betvipfi88clubcf68onbet88ee88typhu88onbetonbetkhuyenmai12bet-moblie12betmoblietaimienphi247vi68clupcf68clupvipbeti9betqh88onb123onbefsoi cầunổ hũbắn cáđá gàđá gàgame bàicasinosoi cầuxóc đĩagame bàigiải mã giấc mơbầu cuaslot gamecasinonổ hủdàn đềBắn cácasinodàn đềnổ hũtài xỉuslot gamecasinobắn cáđá gàgame bàithể thaogame bàisoi cầukqsssoi cầucờ tướngbắn cágame bàixóc đĩaAG百家乐AG百家乐AG真人AG真人爱游戏华体会华体会im体育kok体育开云体育开云体育开云体育乐鱼体育乐鱼体育欧宝体育ob体育亚博体育亚博体育亚博体育亚博体育亚博体育亚博体育开云体育开云体育棋牌棋牌沙巴体育买球平台新葡京娱乐开云体育mu88qh88

Leave a Reply