LG elections: Conduct polls in phases, suggests FAFEN

It also sought federal guidelines to provinces for the protection of electoral rights of voters and candidates.


APP November 10, 2013

ISLAMABAD: Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has suggested that the Election Commission of Pakistan hold local government elections in phases. It also sought federal guidelines to provinces for the protection of electoral rights of voters and candidates. Addressing a news conference on Friday, FAFEN representatives said the proposed federal guidelines for the conduct of local government elections can become the base for all four provinces to amend their electoral laws, and to bring uniformity in the conduct of elections and protection of citizens’ electoral rights. FAFEN representatives said the best way to eliminate the current impasse was to hold local elections in phases to ease the administrative burden and ensure quality. The phases may be separated by a maximum of a week. They said this phased election model has successfully been implemented in the two previous local bodies’ elections and is being used in some other countries as well.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 9th, 2013.

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