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Elections without women will be void, says CEC
The lips are saying that they're not going to allow the NWFP primitives to indulge their traditional impulses toward violence. I guess we'll see what the hands eventually do.
Insh'allah.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar warned on Wednesday he would take stern action against anyone barring women from local polls next week, including cancelling results in affected areas. He spoke out after police and rights groups said candidates in parts of the NWFP were ganging up to stop women casting their votes. “This is an electoral offence, legal action will be taken against anyone involved and such a poll will be void,” Justice Dogar told a news conference. He said he had ordered district officials in the province to investigate complaints about stopping women from filing nomination papers or casting their votes. “I also facilitated 506 women in filing their nomination papers in four districts of the NWFP by extending time by one day,” Dogar said, referring to the hardline Battagram, Lower Dir, Upper Dir and Kohistan districts.

He also said the Election Commission (EC) had started proceedings against 103 cases of political interference in the local council election process, had cancelled 63 transfers and postings of officers and had issued notice to many violators including Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal. “I have called for explanations from the authorities for violating the ban on transfers and postings besides starting disciplinary action against cases of political interference,” he added. Election Commission Secretary Kanwar Dilshad also provided a detailed report of the actions taken against complaints so far taken by the commission.
Posted by: Fred 2005-08-11
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