ECP making fun of Articles 62 & 63: Dr Raheeq Abbasi
Dr Raheeq Abbasi, President of Pakistan Awami Tehreek, has described as joke the Election Commission’s decision of holding re-elections in constituencies where 51% of electorate ticked the ‘vote for none’ option on the ballot paper. He asked whether the condition of 51% vote was also applied to declare a candidate as winner. He said that in case 51% of people opted for ‘vote for none’ option, it should clearly mean rejection of the incumbent electoral system, adding that ordering a re-election in such constituencies was an insult of the wisdom of the electorate read more...