The Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI) is considering moving the Supreme Judicial Council for the removal of four provincial members of ECP, reports in the local media said
According to the reports, PTI leader Ishaq Khan Khakwani has sent a written proposal to party chief Imran Khan stating that four members of the commission were in part responsible for not holding the 2013 general elections as per law.
The proposal contended that the judicial inquiry into the 2013 elections “held ECP responsible for many legal lapses (40 in all). These lapses made the entire election 2013 non-transparent and unlawful.” Further, it claimed that the incumbent Chief Election Commissioner Justice Sardar Raza is facing opposition from four other commission members in responding to Imran Khan’s July 30 letter.
“No response from the Election Commission is therefore understandable but this state of affairs from a constitutional body is unacceptable for anyone in the general public and least of all from PTI who is the second largest party in whole of Pakistan,” the proposal reads.
Imran Khan, in a six-page letter to ECP chief Sardar Raza, had asked the commission to take action against those responsible for failures, breaches, and ‘illegalities’ in 2013 general elections.
While recommending that PTI should take to the streets against the alleged rigging, Khakwani said on legal front the party should consider moving Supreme Judicial Council against ECP members.
“Besides the agitation the legal recourse which may be considered is to move the Supreme Judicial Council as per Article 209 of the Constitution to try the 4 members of the Election Commission for their misconduct and willful complacency in not holding the general elections in the manner as defined in law”, he added.
