Allegation: Imran Khan has said that there was mass scale rigging in Punjab resulting in the mandate being stolen from PTI. PML-Ns Response: This allegation is refuted based on following facts: All election surveys conducted by independent international and national institutions had predicted PML-N victory at federal and Punjab levels while they foretold PPPP’s victory in Sindh and PTI’s victory in KPK. Some of the institutions / groups which had predicted a clear and outright victory for PMLN included Economist London, International Republican Institute (IRI), Gallup International, PEW, Reuters and others. In addition all local survey groups and publications had predicted PMLN victory. Post election survey and research published by UNDP, PILDAT, FAFEN and others have shown confidence in transparency and accountability of 2013 General Elections. The electoral process was monitored by several leading international and local organizations such as the US-based National Democratic Institute, the European Union, Fafen (according to Fafen report …2013 elections were by and large free and fair and transparent) and others. NDI and EU have been monitoring elections in Pakistan for the last several years and both concluded that the May 2013 elections were fairer than any previous election. PILDAT, which is one of the best recognized NGO also concluded that May 2013 elections were better in every respect than any previous elections. From a total of 577 provincial assembly seats, PTI filed complaint on just 28 seats representing just 4. 8 % of the total seats. It is strange that the party claiming that there has been mass scale rigging in a very planned way, no more than only 28 candidates out of a total of 577 believed there was rigging in their constituencies. If mass scale rigging had taken place, the complaints filed would have been in hundreds at the national and provincial level. At the national assembly level, the total complaints filed were just 30 out of the total of 272 national assembly seats. Out of these 30, 19 pertain to Punjab, 5 to Sindh, and 6 to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. PTI would not be able to form government at the national level or in Punjab even if PTI candidates would be declared winners in all the seats where PTI had filed election related complaints. Additionally, it is pertinent to mention here that of the 84 pending cases in both and NA and PA constituencies, only 8 cases of PTI are pending against PMLN in the NA constituencies and, 8 cases are pending in the Provincial constituencies. Read more: pmln.org/pmln-response-to-rigging-allegations-by-pti/
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:18:04 +0000
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