Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared the Supreme Court July 12 verdict over allotment of special seats to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) based on assumptions.
The ECP has submitted additional utterances in the SC while the ECP also insisted the top court to stop implementation on the verdict.
The ECP insisted a prohibition orders be issued until conclusion of the review petition on the verdict.
The SC can’t rewrite the constitution in the guise of interpretation while the court also diverted from its July 12 verdict in the detailed judgement.
The ECP in its petition adopted the view that the SC in its detailed judgement limit the number of PTI members to 41.
While for independent candidates the duration of inclusion in the political party is three days.
The SC changed the constitution by giving 15 days to the independent candidates while the independent candidates submitted their affidavit after joining the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), the ECP petition reads.
The ECP said that the SC in its verdict totally neglected the affidavits of the independent candidates.
The ECP furthered that if Barrister Gohar certificate were accepted right the numbers of PTI members are not made up 39.
The candidates not submitted the party affiliation declaration under section 66 while Role 94 is for political parties having election symbols, the ECP says.
The documents submitted by the PTI in the judges chambers were not presented in the open court, the ECP adds.
The ECP said that the PTI can’t be given relief of the special seats. While the PTI never claimed for its right on any forum.
It is verdict of the SC full court that a relief can’t be given to a party who doesn’t claim
