ISLAMABAD – As the process of registration of over 700,000 overseas Pakistanis to cast their votes for the first time thorough I-voting in the by-elections has already started, Pakistan People’s Party Monday opposed the voting system for overseas Pakistanis. PPP is one of the prominent political party in Pakistan.
Former Senate Chairman and PPP Mian Raza Rabbani said while taking part in the discussion said ” What is guarantee that the I-Voting system could not be hacked? This could also become a source of rigging in the future general elections”.
Raza Rabbani expressed concerns on the secrecy and sanctity of the procedure being adopted for E-voting. He said that the PPP was not opposed to voting right to overseas Pakistan but the voting system was not correct. He was of the view that preparations were being made for rigging of the next general elections. He asked that how the Pakistanis in Middle East would vote if they don’t have cyber account.
On this Deputy Chairman Salim Mandviwalla who chaired the Monday session remarked that the parliament had made the Election Act, which could be reviewed again.
Earlier, opening discussion on the failure of Result Transmission System (RTS) and Result Management System on the Election Day, Senator Abbasi said a parliamentary commission should be formed to probe rigging allegations in the General Election.
The Senate began discussion today on an adjournment motion moved by Muhammad Javed Abbasi regarding the issue of rigging in recently held general election.
Senator Abbasi said a parliamentary commission should be formed to probe rigging allegations in the General Election. He said the Election Commission totally failed to hold free, fair and transparent election. He said there were no signatures of polling agents on Form-45 in 117 constituencies while margin between rejected votes and winning number was very thin in forty-nine constituencies across the country.
