Opposition announces to move court against electronic voting machine bill
Bilawal says will stand with Election Commission of Pakistan.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari opposing the electronic voting machine (EVM) bill said that he will challenge the bill in court if it is approved.
“I do not accept the election reforms. We stand with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),” Bilawal said while expressing his views in the joint session of the parliament on Wednesday.
He said that as long as the Election Commission of Pakistan has reservations over the electronic voting machines, we will oppose the bill. The ECP has already rejected this EVM, raising 37 objections on it. The government is making the next election controversial from today, the PPP chairman said.
Bilawal said if the bill is approved then they will challenge the same in the court. He said attempt is being made to rig the next elections through electronic machines.
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We all want to give overseas Pakistanis the right to vote similar to the overseas people of Azad Kashmir, he said and added that how can we accept your (government’s) procedure in which a vote is cast in California but showed in Sibi?
He said that the PPP will not allow to steal the vote of people. The voice of overseas is being supressed by this legislation, the PPP chairman added.
He said that the government accepting the slavery of IMF had snatched bread from masses.
Reduce the prices of petrol and diesel and we will support you, Bilawal said and added that the State Bank should be answerable to the parliament and courts.
He said that the government wants to give the rights of ECP to Nadra.
Bilawal further said that the PPP and PML-N want to give overseas Pakistanis the right to vote and representation. We want to give representation to Pakistanis abroad on the style of Azad Kashmir
Mr. Speaker! If you will not give respect to your post, who else will give respect?, he said.
Bilawal said: “We will not support the government on giving relief to Kulbhushan Jadhav.”
