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Senators decry alleged rigging in Feb 8 polls

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On Tuesday, senators from the opposition denounced the purported election tampering and chastised Chief Election Commissioner  (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja for his perceived “inability” to maintain electoral integrity. On February 8, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) urged that CEC Raja resign from his office due to the lack of transparent polls. In an address to the Senate today in Islamabad, the JI senator said  that the elections were rigged and that they would establish rigged administration. The senator made grave accusations against the Election  Commission of Pakistan (ECP), claiming that it committed treason  and ought to apologise to the country. Article of the constitution should be used to pursue legal action  against the CEC.

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