Law Passed to Retain Current Election Commissioner Until New Appointment, Says Rana Sanaullah
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00:00We have come to the gun, to the stick, the negotiations have failed, they are not accepting your suggestion, the suggestion of your Prime Minister, that he should come and sit in a commission or committee of the Parliament.
00:11Then a lot of matters will stop and now the most important matter, one of the important matters is the appointment of the new Chief Election Commissioner.
00:21So Mr. Rana, so many matters are pending, now where will they bring the new Chief Election Commissioner from the ECP?
00:27You will have to sit with the opposition, with their suggestion, this matter will be settled with mutual consultation, then how will this be possible?
00:35See, this is the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have to sit together.
00:41As you know, when the last election was held, the Prime Minister at that time refused to talk to the Leader of the Opposition even on the phone.
00:55It is a matter of distance to sit together. This was the level of hatred.
01:01But today's Prime Minister, my assessment, I have not spoken to him yet, that the day this happens, he himself will host the Leader of the Opposition and will sit with him and talk.
01:18There has to be a consensus on a name. It is difficult to have a consensus, but it can be done on a person.
01:26So last time it happened that there was no consensus.
01:31Then finally he told us that you are the other members, we agree with you, so here you give us that opportunity.
01:43So now everyone knows that the current Chief Election Commissioner, who has a lot of opposition, and they keep praying to him all the time.
01:59So he chose him, he presented his name, we agreed with him.
02:07So this time it may also happen that a name is presented by the government, they agree, or if it is from them, we agree.
02:16But for that an atmosphere is necessary.
02:19You have seen the right signs that the atmosphere is not there.
02:24But that atmosphere should be there. If these negotiations had not been disconnected, then this would have been beneficial.
02:31This could have been discussed there as well.
02:34After that, it could have come to the Prime Minister's House.
02:38Mr. Vikram, if, for example, that atmosphere is not formed, and for example, you cannot talk about it, then what will happen?
02:45Will the Chief Election Commissioner get an unsaid extension?
02:51No, there is no extension.
02:54There has been a legislation in this.
02:57The Parliament has made a wise decision.
03:01Because now it is visible that the coincidences of the opposition and the government are visible to everyone.
03:13So they did this, that this is a very important office, it should not be empty.
03:17So now in the case of retirement, until a new Chief Election Commissioner is elected or selected,
03:27he will not take his place, he will not take his place, so until then he will continue to work.
03:32I want to go towards the break now.
03:34After that, I have to talk to you on another important topic, that is the legislation of PICA,
03:38on which at this time the journalists of the whole country are protesting.
03:43See you after the break.