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Strategies & Market Trends : India Coffee House
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To: JPR who wrote (12433)10/13/2002 8:45:15 AM
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Democracy according to Mush
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"The failure by the ECP to protect an area clearly within its mandate from interference by state authorities caste serious doubts over its independence. This became apparent when both President Pervez Musharraf and the commissioner of Islamabad imposed serious restrictions on campaign activities which clearly ran contrary to the code of conduct for political parties issued by the ECP," Mr Cushnahan pointed out.
LEGAL FRAMEWORK ORDER: About the promulgation of the LFO, the observer team said it seemed to weaken the national and provincial assemblies and could lead to the concentration of power in the hands of a single individual who could dismiss elected governments.

The LFO also institutionalizes the role of the military in the governance through the NSC, which could subordinate civilian governments to military control. Besides, it could overstep the limits set by the judgment of the Supreme Court (May 12, 2000) as it alters the "salient features" of the 1973 Constitution" from a parliamentary one to a presidential one.

The Legal Framework Order also introduces new qualification criteria for the nomination of candidates, some of which were not in accordance with international standards or were clearly targeting specific prominent politicians, the report said.

Only two days before the polling day the government amended the LFO to allow independent candidates to join political parties after the elections.

It also introduced provisions for the disqualification of candidates which could have confused the electorate.
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