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.

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