After NA, PA speaker also writes letter to ECP over reserved seats
Pakistan
The issue of reserved seats will have to be dealt according to the new legislation: Speaker
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan also followed the National Assembly speaker and wrote a letter to Election Commission of Pakistan regarding the reserved seats.
In his letter written to ECP, speaker said that the Supreme Court gave an opportunity to independent MPs to join any political party on July 12.
“The independent MPAs have already joined the Sunni Ittehad Council after the elections,” the letter said.
These independent MPAs were given another opportunity in light of the apex court’s verdict of July 12.
The Punjab Assembly speaker said that the parliament has already passed the Election Amendment Bill and it has also become an act.
The issue of reserved seats will have to be dealt according to the new legislation, he said.
Earlier, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has demanded the allocation of reserved seats under the amended Election Act.
Speaker Ayaz Sadiq wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja regarding the reserved seats.
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He further mentioned that the Supreme Court's decision on reserved seats cannot be implemented after the amendment to the Election Act.
In the letter, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq told the chief election commissioner that reserved seats cannot be changed after the amendment to the Election Act. The Election Act has been amended after the Supreme Court’s decision, and the amendment applies retroactively.
He wrote that an independent member who joins a political party cannot switch parties under the amended Election Act.
The amended Election Act has been applied retroactively from 2017, and implementing it is the constitutional and legal responsibility of the Election Commission.
