PTI’s intraparty elections

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The PTI has kept its doors open for entrants from all parties, no questions asked. Some of the leaders who have embraced PTI to create ‘Naya Pakistan’ are notorious turncoats. They have brought with them time-tested tactics to promote themselves in the new party. They know how to create their own lobby in PTI, make use of money to capture a coveted party office or have ‘ghost’ party members registered to get their loyalists elected to party posts. Malpractices of the sort turned the last party elections into a farce. Some of the top party leaders were held guilty of blatant electoral fraud by the Wajihuddin Ahmad tribunal appointed by Imran Khan. The powerful lobbies got Ahmad suspended.

The new Election Commissioner, assigned the task to hold less controversial polls, is facing the same problems. Elections scheduled prior to the party foundation day on April 25 have been postponed for more ‘careful planning’ for the “first-ever mobile message-based election in the world”. The reason: the commission was receiving complaints that some people were using up to five SIMs on one national identity card to create five voters. To outmanoeuvre the old sinners, the commission had to develop a new technology which was now being tested ‘by the world-class auditors’. To doubly ensure that the leaders of the cleanest and the most honest party in the country do not succeed in defeating the new technology, there would be a test-run before the election. Who is going to win, the chess master or the computer, remains to be seen.

There is a cut throat competition over Punjab. Despite warning by PTI’s chief EC in January against forming alliances and forums, the Unity Group and Nazriati Group have all but announced their nominees for the top party slot in Punjab. The EC knows that discretion is the better part of valour. There is therefore little hope of any disciplinary action against the leaders of the two groups for violating the election code.

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  1. PTI believes in virtues and ideals of real democracy which everyone welcomes, but there is one basic problem. When it comes to enforcing of those ideals and beliefs PTI needs a well oiled, devoted and well disciplined party organization that always sings from the same hymn book. Believing in modern high ideals of democracy is the simple part, the difficult part is the casting aside of the inherent tribal mindset and petty personality and ego based differences, a formidable barrier when it comes to forming a united, devoted and disciplined party organization that can deliver. Sadly, PTI have failed to overcome a basic and recurrent highly damaging problem, washing the dirty laundry in public. We know it is difficult task; our mindset and culture is not compatible with with democratic behavior. Democracy entails compromises, respect for opposite opinion, preference for ideals over personalities, no mudslinging and emotional tantrums, surrendering vested interest for the sake of party interest. Respecting party decisions even when they go against you.

  2. PTI Intraparty Election organiser have to understand, E-Voting & SMS is tested in different Europe Countries in General Election, in all all countires result were same, E-Voting and SMS Voting is failed, it provides fake voting. So do not understand why PTI Intraparty Election organiser could have SMS Voting.

  3. کہ ایس ایم ایس ووٹنگ کا تجربہ تحریک انصاف یورپ کے اندرونی انتخابات میں بری طرح فیل هو چکا تها-حالت یہاں تک تهی کہ انتخابات میں حصہ لینے والے امیدوار سر عام کہتے تهے کہ کتنے ووٹرز کے ان کے پاس موبائل فون ہیں، یا ان نے خود ہی ایک جگہ سے ایک ہی بندے نے دوسروں کے فون لیکر یا دوسروں کے نام کی سمیں لے کر 50، 50، 100 ووٹ ڈالے- اتنا دهندالی شدہ ، نا انصافی ، اور کمزور انخابی نظام هونے کے باوجود سب اچها کی اسلام آباد تحریک انصاف کو رپورٹ کر کے پاکستان تحریک انصاف پاکستان میں اسی نطام کہ تحت انٹرا پارٹی الیکشن شروع کر وا دیے-
    دوسری طرف دنیا کے انتہائ امیر ترین اور جن کے ہاں صدیوں سے حکمتو تیں اور پارٹیوں میں حقییقی جمہوریت والے مختلف ممالک نے اپنے ہاں تجرباتی طور پر اپنے اپنے ہاں مختلف علاقوں، یونین کونسلوں میں مسلسل 3، 4، 5سالوں تک ٹرائ کیا، اس کے ساتھ اس پر ملین آف یورو لگا کر مختلف تحقیقی اداروں سے اس پر ایولیشن رپورٹس حصل کی- ان تحقیقی اداروں نے ایک ہی نتیجہ اخز کیا کہ بغیر بحفاظتی طریقوںسے ایس ایم ایس اور الیکٹرنک ووٹنگ فیل اور فراڈ ہے-
    اس لے ہم یہ سمجهنے سے قاصر ہیں کہ پاکستان میں کو نسے نئے سیاسی فلاسفر پیدا ہو گئے ہیں جو اس فیل شدہ انخابی نظام کو مسلسل سپورٹ اور جمہوری ورکروں پر مسلط کر رہیں ہیں-

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