ECP calls consultative meeting on president's election date proposal
Pakistan
ECP calls consultative meeting on president’s election date proposal
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja has called on Thursday an important consultative meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on the proposal put forward by President Arif Alvi for the schedule of the next general elections in the country.
According to sources, the ECP chief has called the consultative meeting after the receipt of the letter wherein President Alvi proposed November 6 as the date for the next general elections.
Sources however said the timing of the consultative session was yet to be determined, adding that the meeting would review the president’s letter.
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In the meeting, ECP’s legal team and law experts will offer insights on the matter.
The four chiefs of ECP’s provincial offices among others will attend the consultative meeting.
In the letter, President Dr Arif Alvi said that the ECP in consultation with the provincial governments and political parties under the relevant provisions of the Constitution and in view of certain subjudice matters, might seek guidance from the superior judiciary for announcement of a single date for the general elections to the national and provincial assemblies.
The president raised eight legal and constitutional points for consideration. He said the National Assembly was dissolved by him on the advice of the prime minister on August 9.
He cited that the Article 48(5) of the constitution empowered and mandated the president “to appoint a date not later than 90 days from the date of the dissolution, for the holding of a general election to the assembly”.
