Lahore, Apr. 7 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concerns over systematic attempts to exclude candidates from elections and to sabotage people's ability to elect candidates of their choice or to hold them to account.
The HRCP said in a statement that the latest process of scrutiny of candidates is a witch hunt aimed at harassing and humiliating candidates. It undermines the essence of what democracy entails and shows a complete lack of faith in the people's right and ability to choose their representatives, it added.
The HRCP said that where Pakistan stands today is in large measure the result of the political governments shying away from acknowledging overt interference in active politics by state institutions who had no business doing that, reports The Express Tribune.
The HRCP added that it saw a clear and systematic sabotage of the democratic process to make the will of the people completely irrelevant.
The rights body called on all political parties and the civil society to vigilantly guard against these latest attempts to "liquidate democracy" in Pakistan and resolutely reject any and all bids to delay elections under any pretext or to introduce unrepresentative rule.
It also demanded the Election Commission to intervene and stop the "asymmetric warfare on the electoral process". (ANI)
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