Islamabad: The Election Commission has given a safe decision to the Sunni Ittehad Council on the issue of reserved seats.
While rejecting the request of the Sunni Ittehad Council for obtaining specific seats, the Election Commission has said in its decision that the Sunni Ittehad Council is not entitled to specific seats in the assemblies, it cannot get specific seats.
In the written decision of the Election Commission, it is said that the Sunni Ittehad Council did not participate in the elections as a registered political party and did not submit the priority list on time. Neither did he want reserved seats.
The High Courts have laid down the rule that political parties shall submit priority list in time, non-submission of priority list is an incurable defect which cannot be rectified under any circumstances.
According to the judgment, there is no provision in the constitution or law under which a new priority list can be submitted after the election schedule is over.
The judgment further stated that the mere joining of successful independent candidates in a political party cannot give reserved seats for women and minorities to that political party.
The Election Commission, while approving the requests of other parties regarding the specific seats, has said in its decision that the specific seats will be distributed among the other parties in proportion to their seats, the specific seats of the assemblies cannot be kept vacant.
The decision not to give reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council was passed unanimously, however Member Punjab Babar Hassan Bharwana disagreed with the decision to give reserved seats to other political parties.
Sunni Union Council lost 75 seats
As a result of the Election Commission’s decision, the Sunni Ittehad Council has lost a total of 75 seats in the National and Provincial Assemblies.
The Sunni Unity Council was to get 23 seats in the National Assembly, 24 seats in the Punjab Assembly, 25 seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and 3 seats in the Sindh Assembly.
