Political Access in Pakistan: Elections, Party Eligibility & Candidate Selection

Описание: Is Democracy Just Elections? I الیکشنز جمہوریت کی ضامن ہیں؟

Enlightenment thinkers have endless volumes of debate on what #elections mean and how representatives should be elected. It is a debate missing in #Pakistan. Some questions that need to be faced are:
Who is eligible for election? Does it make sense to have democratic #leaders who wish to rule for life?
Why are term limits in office as well as limiting the number of entries to #parliament not considered?
If every other public sector employee has a retirement age, why not #politicians?
Should there be qualifications for our #representatives if every job has eligibility criteria?
Can #political parties be called democratic without internal #democracies?
In order to eliminate #dynasties, it is essential that intra-party elections be made mandatory with uniform broader guidelines to ensure no party is able to game the intra-party elections to maintain dynasties and hold of limited families.
Are there any criteria for parties to fulfill to be eligible?
Should #candidates be selected by the party #leadership or through an inner-party nomination/election mechanism?
Reserved seats nominations must be through intra-party elections as well, while all reserved seats must be contested in the general elections as well, instead of just nominations and allotment based on the total seats of the party.
To ensure better elections #management, can staggered elections be
considered?
Should we consider different forms of elections beyond FPTP; For example, ranked choice, second round and proportional or some hybrid? At the very minimum include NOTA?

Panelist:
MR. SARWAR BARI
National Coordinator, Pattan Development Organization
MR. NADEEM AFZAL CHAN
Former Member National Assembly
DR. DURRE NAYAB
Director (Research), Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
MR. UMER GILANI
Partner, Law & Policy Chambers

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