Complaint against CEC lands in Supreme Judicial Council

ISLAMABAD: A joint complaint has been filed against the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). 

PTI leader Haleem Adil Sheikh, retired Justice Noorul Haq Qureshi and Shabbir Ahmad jointly filed a complaint against the chief election commissioner on the pretext of failing to fulfill his constitutional duties, stealing the mandate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and not complying with court verdicts. 

It has been said in the application that the CEC had appointed the returning officers and deputy returning officers on whim. 

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Application also cited former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Chattha’ s conference in which he levelled allegations against the CEC of supervising rigging in the Rawalpindi district by giving 70,000 votes of the PTI candidates to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidates. 

They submitted that the respondents have wrongfully declared candidates from the complainant’s party as independents in the elections violating the spirit of the Constitution and the Supreme Court’s orders, and undermining democracy in the country which they are bound to uphold.

Following the Supreme Court’s verdict on petitions related to reserved seats, the complainants sought the immediate accountability of the respondent.