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What is the Election Act Amendment Bill 2024? Why govt needs for Amendment? Waseem Badami Analysis
What is the Election Act Amendment Bill 2024? Why govt needs for Amendment? Waseem Badami Analysis
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00:00The government of the time has attacked the Supreme Court of Pakistan through the Parliament.
00:06The target is a Jamaat.
00:08This is what some friends of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf have to say about today's development.
00:13What has happened today that they think that one institution has attacked another institution to crush a political Jamaat.
00:20So the issue is that before the election in 2000, the biggest issue was that there is a Jamaat,
00:27whose name is Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf.
00:29It has not held its elections.
00:31Because it has not held its elections, it has been deprived of the election.
00:34And because it has been deprived of the election, it has lost its identity as a Jamaat.
00:41Because it has lost its identity as a Jamaat, it cannot fight an election.
00:45It cannot even fight a battle.
00:47It cannot fight an election in the name of a party.
00:49This was the whole story.
00:51In short, the election took place, the freedom fighters won in good numbers.
00:56After that, there was a challenge in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
00:59And all the talks were reversed and it was said that this Jamaat had the right not to be taken away from it.
01:05And on this basis, the government, the Election Commission of Pakistan,
01:09has deprived this Jamaat of special seats.
01:12With this plea that it was not a Jamaat.
01:16If it was a Jamaat, then it would have got special seats.
01:19If it is not a Jamaat, then how can it get special seats?
01:22No, it is not like that.
01:23It is a Jamaat and it should get special seats.
01:26You give it special seats.
01:28This was the decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
01:30What happened today?
01:31Today, the National Assembly and the Senate have unanimously approved the Tarameem bill in the Election Act 2017.
01:39What does this mean?
01:41And what has the opposition done in this?
01:43On behalf of the opposition, the proposals presented in reference to the Tarameem bill have been rejected.
01:48What is this bill?
01:50This Tarameem bill in the Election Act 2017,
01:53was brought after the decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on the 12th of July for special seats.
01:58And what was the decision?
01:59The decision was that you give the Supreme Court of Pakistan special seats.
02:06In its decision, the Supreme Court of Pakistan,
02:11in the name of the Parliamentary Party,
02:13gave the right to special seats.
02:16So what happened now?
02:17What has the government done in this regard?
02:19After the approval of the National Assembly and the Senate,
02:21the signature of the President of Pakistan has been left.
02:23After which, this bill will be changed into law.
02:26Now, only Asif Zardari has to sign it.
02:28And it will become a law.
02:30So what has happened?
02:31What has been amended in the Election Act 2017?
02:34What is the Election Act Tarameem Bill 2024?
02:38In simple words,
02:40according to the first amendment,
02:42no Assembly can change the party certificate of its political affiliation.
02:49What does this mean in today's situation?
02:52If a person has said that he is from the Sunni Teat Council,
02:56then no doubt the Supreme Court of Pakistan will say that he is from the PTI.
03:00Because the PTI was deprived of its rights at that time.
03:02Now the Sunni Teat Council will say that.
03:04So, the first amendment has come
03:06that no party can change the certificate of its political affiliation.
03:10What has been changed in another amendment?
03:13According to the second amendment,
03:15it is necessary for the acquisition of special seats
03:18that a party has accumulated a list on time.
03:22What does this mean in today's situation?
03:24It means that,
03:26because the PTI or the Sunni Teat Council,
03:29which was given by the Election Commission of Pakistan at that time,
03:32did not have a list of seats for its special seats at that time.
03:37Therefore, special seats cannot be given to this party today.
03:40Now, no matter what decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has come.
03:44Therefore, the PTI has declared these amendments as an attack on the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
03:50We show you that the Member National Assembly of the PTI,
03:54Mr. Ali Muhammad Khan,
03:56in reference to today's amendments,
03:58what words did he use on the floor of the parliament?
04:02This is the work of the parliament of Pakistan.
04:05A political party will use the parliament to attack the Supreme Court for its political purposes.
04:12How can you deprive us of the right we got after the Supreme Court decision,
04:17after the majority decision?
04:20How did you accept those 39?
04:23Is Tariq-e-Insaf permissible for those 39?
04:26And is it prohibited for these 41?
04:28We reject this bill.
04:30This government is attacking the Supreme Court by the parliament.
04:35The people of Pakistan are also saying that any legislation is for the future,
04:42whereas, under this amendment, it will be applied from the past.
04:46This is not a law.
04:47The government is saying that this is a retrospective,
04:49it is a modern past.
04:51It will be applied in the future.
04:52The PTI is saying that this cannot happen.
04:53If you bring any amendment today,
04:55if you bring a bill today,
04:56if you make a law today,
04:57it will be applied from tomorrow.
04:58From the future.
04:59It cannot be done from the past.
05:01That is why this amendment is irregular.
05:03Pakistan Tariq-e-Insaf has said that it will go to the Supreme Court of Pakistan against this bill.
05:08And we show you the spirit of Pakistan Tariq-e-Insaf in the words of this statement.
05:14Mr. Barrister Gauhar has said this in the words of the National Assembly today.
05:21Legislation is being made against the constitution.
05:24This time, we are trying to get the seats of women and minority in the reserve seats.
05:29By making a new legislation,
05:31illegal and unconstitutional,
05:32which we announce on the floor,
05:34God willing, we will challenge this.
05:36And God willing, the Supreme Court will decide this challenge.
05:40So, it is also very important to know
05:42that the government which is bringing this bill,
05:44which is bringing this amendment,
05:45which is bringing this law,
05:46what is it saying?
05:47It is very interesting.
05:48The government is saying that this legislation is not against the constitution.
05:52This practice is already there.
05:54So, the innocent question is that if the practice is already there,
05:57then why is the need to bring this bill now?
05:59The government is saying that we have just made further clarification of this law through this bill.
06:04We have not brought anything new.
06:05We have just made further clarification.
06:06We show you that Ms. Shazia Murray of the Pakistan People's Party,
06:11in reference to this bill,
06:12because she is also a government,
06:14in what words did she defend this bill?
06:18This bill is not against any court.
06:20This bill is from this parliament.
06:22In reference to ending the lotocracy.
06:24It is a system of party playing.
06:27In reference to closing it.
06:29To give this impression that this is a confrontation of a court order.
06:36It is absolutely wrong.
06:38No court has the right to make laws.
06:42It is only the parliament's prerogative to make laws.
06:46No court can write a new law for us.
07:08So, she is saying that this has nothing to do with it.
07:12The government has done this only to discourage lotocracy.
07:16In reality, Ms. Shazia Murray's further explanation is that
07:19the government is saying that
07:21if the Supreme Court of Pakistan gives any order,
07:23according to the law,
07:24then it is our duty to follow it.
07:26But the Supreme Court of Pakistan says that
07:28it is the parliament's prerogative to make its own laws.
07:31And no court can stop the parliament from this.
07:33So, we are just making our own laws.
07:35And at the same time, the government also says that
07:37they have rewritten the law.
07:40The Supreme Court of Pakistan should make decisions according to the law.
07:43It should not rewrite the law.
07:44And the Supreme Court of Pakistan is rewriting the law
07:46when it says that the PTI should be given special seats.
07:49The government says that the purpose of this legislation
07:51is to stop people from being opportunistic.
07:53So that people do not leave the parties.
07:55Just as the court has the right to make laws,
08:00similarly, the parliament has the right to make laws.