The opposition to remain firm to boycott the elections: Ch Pervaiz Elahi

Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) senior central leader and former Prime Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has asked the opposition to remain firm on their stance of boycotting the elections till resignation of sitting members of the Election Commission and do not provide relief to the govt by making announcements about seat adjustment and alliance for the local bodies polls.

In a statement issued here today, he said that there is no guarantee about local bodies elections being held in a free, fair and transparent manner in the presence of sitting members of the Election Commission, rather there is ambiguity among the people the present govt will hold the local bodies polls or not despite electioneering campaigns and activities and incurring huge expenses by the candidates.

Ch Parvez Elahi further said that Peoples Party and Tehrik-e-Insaaf are also insisting on resignation of Election Commission members because there is no guarantee about how this Election Commission will conduct local bodies election in a transparent and impartial manner as this Election Commission had committed rigging in conducting last general election which had been proved also, as such the opposition parties should remain firm on the decision of boycotting the local polls till the resignation of the Election Commission.