Date : 10/07/2013
ISLAMABAD, July 10 (KUNA) -- The European Union election observatory team
on Wednesday has expressed dissatisfaction over the electoral process of May
11 general elections in Pakistan.
The EU team chief Michael Gahler, in a press conference said that the
Returning Officers changed the polling staff at the eleventh hour, and the ECP
had no record of it.
The EU team remained in Pakistan from March 3 to June 4 and has freely
prepared a comprehensive report on election process.
The team said that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has not fulfilled
its responsibilities completely during the election and all the candidates
were not given equal rights to contest elections.
The general elections in Pakistan were held on May 11, 2013 that was won by
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N). Almost all the political parties alleged
rigging during the elections.
A religious political party Jamiat Ullema e Islam Fazal (JUI-F) issued a
'White Paper' recently against the alleged rigging and irregularities in the
electoral process.
Michael Gahler said that nomination papers of some candidates were rejected
from one constituency, while on the other these were accepted and process of
preparing results was very slow.
He said that allegations of rigging started from the day one of elections
adding that ECP should take all the responsibility of election process on its
own shoulders. (end)
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