{"id":46737,"date":"2022-10-26T06:43:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T06:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=46737"},"modified":"2022-10-26T06:43:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T06:43:05","slug":"cec-says-no-govt-in-punjab-willing-to-conduct-local-government-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2022\/46737\/","title":{"rendered":"CEC says no govt in Punjab willing to conduct local government polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad (National Times)- No government in Punjab is willing to hold local government elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja said on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>A three-member bench headed by the chief election commissioner heard a petition concerning the local government polls in the province, The News reported. <\/p>\n<p>The Election Commission of Pakistan&#8217;s (ECP) special secretary said that delimitation of constituencies was already done twice in the province and now they had to do it again for a third time. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A copy of the rolls is required,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Punjab Chief Secretary Abdullah Khan Sumbal told the commission that the demarcation will be completed soon and that a separate constituency will be formed for every population of 25,000. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Punjab government should provide us with the required documents,\u201d said the CEC adding that demarcation for the third time was no laughing matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the ECP can conduct the local government elections as per the previous rules, then the schedule will be issued today in Punjab,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Addressing the chief secretary, CEC Raja said: &#8220;If the LG elections are to be held on the basis of the new law, then please provide us with guarantees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No government is willing to conduct the LG elections,&#8221; he said, directing the provincial secretary to submit a letter to the Supreme Court on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sumbal informed the electoral watchdog that the Punjab Assembly had passed a new bill that will become law in another 10 days. \u201cLet\u2019s follow the new law. We will follow the timeline,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Dissatisfied with the explanation, CEC Raja said if he thought the elections could be conducted using electronic voting machines [EVMs] adding, \u201cAre you intentionally adding EVMs to create problems?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a deliberate [political] stunt,\u201d the CEC said. <\/p>\n<p>He asked Sumbal to guide his political leadership. &#8220;We will pass an order regarding the local bodies elections in Punjab?\u201d he questioned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad (National Times)- No government in Punjab is willing to hold local government elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja said on Tuesday. A three-member bench headed by the chief election commissioner heard a petition concerning the local government polls in the province, The News reported. 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