CaFFE says free, fair polls not possible
The absence of Independent Elections and Police Commissions and the precedents set in the North Central and Eastern Provincial Council elections indicated that the forthcoming North Western and Central Provincial Council elections would not be free from abuse, the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections said yesterday (30).
CaFFE said during the NWP and NCP provincial polls it had brought to the notice of the public and the relevant authorities that there had been incidents of pre-election violence, the failure of the police to demonstrate that they were dedicated to maintaining law and order, large scale misuse of public property and that the selection of election duty staff had not been done properly, it said.
Since the independent Elections Commission and the Police Commission were not established and the Public Service Commission was not strengthened, much room was left for these irregularities or corrupt practices to take place. Therefore, in the forthcoming provincial elections of the NWP and CP free and fair elections could not be expected, CaFFE said.
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