Elections are important for the people of every democracy. The more a country is democratic, the more an election will be assumed to be regular and fair. But this assumption is not manifested in reality. As an evidence to this argument, here is the comparison of US election and Pakistan election.
Generally, West is considered as democratic and elections are presumed as fair and transparent. Though several tactics and games of figures are played but in the limits of regularity. However, these games sometimes exceed the limits. US elections are a great example of that.
In the 2001 presidential election of US, establishment made it sure that their endorsed candidate wins and this happened. Establishment employed every source and utilized every power it was entitled to make Bush win.
Same is happening now. In the recent elections, the New York primary, quite a number of voting irregularities were reported. The Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sander’s supporters were not allowed to come to vote. Not only this, but according to an international newspaper, 125,000 voters were not present in the rolls and more than 60,000 were sent incomplete primary notes.
An investigations has been kicked started by the Attorney General of New York into the New York City’s Board of Elections.
It is pertinent to mention here that in the 2001 elections, the case was brought to Supreme Court of US with all the evidences but the ruling went in favor of Bush all thanks to the establishment again.
This was the picture of US elections. Now let us have a look at Pakistan’s.
Electoral rigging is considered as a must for Pakistani elections, and we have been hearing of it since 2013 after the general election’s result. An important fact which needs to be mentioned here is that this election was termed as the fairest election in Pakistan’s history. But still the whining was at its peak and it is still at the peak.
Voting irregularities are a prominent part of elections in our country. Establishment or more precisely, state institutions also play a role in it. But overall the elections render the result same as the surveys and predictions by international polls and political pundits have announced.
Same is the case with US, the election results are concurrent to the surveys and predictions. The thing which is different in both countries is political maturity. The candidates accept the result with open heart. Furthermore, if they opt for the legal war then they stick to it and accept the verdict of the court. This attitude is missing in Pakistan and it endangers the political stability.
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