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Title Reforming Pakistan's electoral system
Published Islamabad, Pakistan ; Brussels, Belgium : International Crisis Group, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (iv, 33 pages) : color map (digital, PDF file)
Series Crisis Group Asia report ; no. 203
Crisis Group Asia report ; no. 203
Summary Electoral rigging has hampered Pakistan's democratic development, eroded political stability and contributed to the breakdown of the rule of law. Facing domestic pressure for democracy, successive military governments rigged national, provincial and local polls to ensure regime survival. These elections yielded unrepresentative parliaments that have rubber-stamped extensive constitutional and political reforms to centralize power with the military and to empower its civilian allies. Undemocratic rule has also suppressed other civilian institutions, including the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which is responsible for holding elections to the national and four provincial assemblies, and local governments. With the next general election in 2013, if the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led government completes its full five-year term, the ruling party and its parliamentary opposition, as well as the international community, should focus on ensuring a transparent, orderly political transition through free, fair and transparent elections
Notes "30 March 2011."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Title from p.1 screen (viewed March 31, 2011)
Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Subject Elections -- Pakistan
Legitimacy of governments -- Pakistan
Political stability -- Pakistan
Elections.
Legitimacy of governments.
Politics and government
Political stability.
SUBJECT Pakistan -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096888
Subject Pakistan.
Form Electronic book
Author International Crisis Group.