By Special Correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday slammed the Election Commission of Pakistan for not holding a meeting on Punjab general elections today (Sunday) despite clear court orders.
In a tweet, Fawad said: “The Election Commission should have held a meeting today for the polls, don’t make a joke of the Constitution and court orders.” He further criticized the commission, saying that the “general impression” is that since the Election Commission of Pakistan consists of “Munshis” (clerks/ personal assistants), it will not hold provincial elections like it did in Islamabad.
“This fiddling with the constitution will cost the country dearly,” warned the former information minister.
He told the ECP that the constitution is the only agreed document and if that is also “trampled, then the state of Pakistan will be in serious danger”.
“Enough is enough, our movement for the supremacy of the constitution is ready. This movement will start with ‘Jail Bharo’ movement and continue till the restoration of the constitution,” said the PTI leader.
PTI’s ‘Jail Bharo’ movement
PTI Chairman Imran Khan, had, on February 6 announced the “Jail Bharo” (Prison Stuffing) movement over the delay in the announcement of the election schedule in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP). “If the elections are not held within 90 days, we will start the Jail Bharo (Prison Stuffing) movement,” Khan had warned.
The ECP has summoned a special meeting on Monday (tomorrow) to discuss the Lahore High Court’s decision of holding elections in Punjab in 90 days. The special meeting has been called at its secretariat to discuss the LHC decision to hold elections in Punjab, according to a brief statement issued by the commission.
