ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Division on Saturday recommended handing over the issue of Result Transmission System (RTS) malfunction in the general election to the new government as no investigation committee has been formed so far.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had sent a letter to the Cabinet Division, directing to constitute an inquiry committee comprising experts from the National Telecommunication and Information Technology Security Board (NTITSB) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
According to the Terms of Reference (TORs) of inquiry, the committee will thoroughly analyse RTS, fix responsibility for its failure and also make recommendations for the future course of action.
Earlier, an official of ECP while explaining the reasons for the failure of RTS on July 25 said, “It is an international practice that systems are tested before implementing them but due to the shortage of time, RTS could not be tested before the election.”
He also said that it was the demand of parliamentarians to launch and practice RTS in Election 2018. Now ECP was analysing the reasons behind the failure of RTS and share the findings with the media.
The official added: “For the first time an online system to share results from 85,000 polling stations around the country to the central headquarters in Election Commission of Pakistan was introduced.”
The commission, he said, was investigating those complaints where results on a piece of plain paper were released instead of the ECP’s-issued Form-45.
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