The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Tuesday left nothing to doubt to boycott the January 8 general elections, asking party nominees for the national and provincial assemblies to withdraw their candidature on December 15, the final date for withdrawal of nomination papers, party’s central chief announced. “We will not contest the elections in a situation where Martial Law is imposed, the Constitution is in abeyance, Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) is in place, judges are removed and media is gagged,” said Qazi Hussain Ahmad while addressing a news conference hours after Maulana Fazlur Rehman announced participation in the elections.Qazi made the announcement after chairing a meeting of provincial general body or Majlis-e-Amila of his party here. The two leaders, who are partners in the six-party alliance, during separate news conferences here, said the alliance would stay intact. They claimed a majority of the MMA component parties were with them when asked by journalists what was the reaction of the remaining four parties of the religious alliance to their decision of participation or boycott.