Govt ready to withdraw election law changes violating Constitution
July 14, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The government is willing to withdraw all those amendments in the Election Act 2017, recently bulldozed through the National Assembly, that are in violation of the Constitution. The government assured the Senate committee on parliamentary affairs that anything violative of the Constitution will be taken back. The controversial government-backed electoral reform bill, after its passage by the National Assembly in indecent haste, has already been frozen on the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
It is said that Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan played an important role in changing the government’s position. After bulldozing the bill, the government is now seeking a consensus with the opposition on changes in the electoral system and attempting to take the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) into confidence.