National Assembly Speaker Decides to Review Past Records on PTI’s Demand for Equal Representation in Electoral Reforms Committee; Senate Chairman Seeks Nominations
ISLAMABAD: The Speaker of the National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has directed the previous parliamentary committees to examine PTI’s demand for equal representation in the setting up of the new Electoral Reforms Committee.
The Speaker of the National Assembly will examine the ratio of government to opposition seats, historical precedents, rules and terms of reference (TORs) of previous electoral reform committees to see if there are cases of balanced representation of the treasury and opposition actors in the different committees.
The Electoral Reforms Committee Review and Nominations highlights some of the key recommendations made by the Electoral Reforms Committee to the President.
The initiative of Speaker Ayaz Sadiq to examine the performance of past committees in terms of their discussion ratios and working methods is meant to scrutinise the historical ratios and working of the committee in detail to meet the political demand of PTI for parity in the committee.
Senate Nominations and PPP Selections: In the meantime, the Senate Chairman has formally called on political parties to put forward their respective nominations for the electoral reforms committee (ERC). The Chairman will recommend 10 names to the Speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq from the upper house.
PPP Secures Three Senators’ Representatives: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has until now finalized its three representative names from the Senate, a party official said sources that Farooq H. Naek, Zameer Ghumro and Shahadat Awan would be the party’s representatives on the committee.