Supreme Court's verdict has put the ball in Election Commission's court to implement traceability of ballot papers in Senate Elections. Election Commission has the right to implement as per the constitution and the prevalent laws. We know that how religiously the EC opposed the traceability in the court. Anything is expected from EC even if it has assured the PTI's members that it would ensure traceability, it can go back on its words on 3rd of March.
Presidential ordinance was about the open ballot which has become null and void now. The ordinance was subject to the guidance of the supreme court anyway. Now that the court has guided the parties involved, and gave its opinion on the matter, it is clear that any subsequent ordinance that instructs the EC to implement traceability of ballot will not be in contradiction of the law, and there won't be any need to go to Supreme Court again one more time.
It is therefore in the interest of people of Pakistan, which elected candidates in 2018 general elections, to make the ballot traceable through an ordinance so that the people are able to know whom the members (elected with the votes of the people) have voted for in Senate Elections.
Time is short and President Arif Alvi should put the final nail in the coffin of PDM by issuing another ordinance that does not contradict the honorable Supreme Court's verdict.
Presidential ordinance was about the open ballot which has become null and void now. The ordinance was subject to the guidance of the supreme court anyway. Now that the court has guided the parties involved, and gave its opinion on the matter, it is clear that any subsequent ordinance that instructs the EC to implement traceability of ballot will not be in contradiction of the law, and there won't be any need to go to Supreme Court again one more time.
It is therefore in the interest of people of Pakistan, which elected candidates in 2018 general elections, to make the ballot traceable through an ordinance so that the people are able to know whom the members (elected with the votes of the people) have voted for in Senate Elections.
Time is short and President Arif Alvi should put the final nail in the coffin of PDM by issuing another ordinance that does not contradict the honorable Supreme Court's verdict.