ECP preps for electronic voting in next elections
ECP has contacted at least eleven organizations in this regard.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday began preparing for electronic voting mechanism for the future elections, Dunya News reported.
According to the details, the ECP has contacted at least eleven organizations in this regard.
The Election Commission has also summoned report on magnetic ink, used for the thumb impressions, to investigate rigging allegations.
Earlier, it was revealed that ECP’s Election 2013 review report was prepared using the foreign funding.
According to the recently discovered details, the content of the report was also prepared by the foreign organizations.
The Election Commission had already distanced itself from the report.
The much-hyped report is being interpreted by the opposition in their own way whereas the government’s interpretation is completely different.
Reportedly, millions of rupees were spent by UNDP and IFES to prepare the report and in fact, also wrote its content.
It was revealed that the high level officers of Election Commission stayed in five star hotels of Lahore, Karachi and Quetta during the report’s preparation.
These officers, reportedly, also received travel and dinning allowances from the foreign organizations.
The report did not surface for at least nine months after its preparation owing to the lack of approval. However, the report was recently uploaded on to the ECP’s website upon the order from an officer allegedly under pressure from the UNDP and IFES.
These organizations’ interest in the Pakistan electoral process can be judged from the fact that Pakistan’s election laws draft was also prepared by UNDP and IFES.
