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Senate elections: Fata MNAs challenge presidential ordinance in SC
[DAWN] MNAs from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have challenged the passing of the presidential ordinance concerning the voting procedure in senate elections in both the Supreme Court and the Islamabad High Court.The petition adopted the stance that the election method instituted by the presidential ordinance should be reversed and the Fata senate elections should be conducted according to the method of voting employed in previous elections. The presidential ordinance issued on Wednesday night, only a few hours before the senate election, permits Fata MNAs to only cast one vote, unlike the previous method outlined by the Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) that allowed tribal senators to cast four votes. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... despite the promulgation of the presidential ordinance, the ECP did not change the voting procedure, causing confusion. Posted by: Fred 2015-03-06 |
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