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Right to recall unworkable in India:
Chief Election Commissioner
Sunday October 16, 2011 08:17:16 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Chief
Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Sunday said the right to
reject or the right to recall non-performing members of parliament
may not work in a large country like India.
The observation follows Prime Minister Manmohan Singh writing to
Anna Hazare that the government will take up electoral reforms.
"Our main fear is that if we start rejecting all the candidates,
we will have another election and people already complain of
election fatigue," Quraishi told CNN-IBN news channel.
Opposing the proposal for the right to recall, as in many
developed countries, Quraishi said it will "destabilise" the
country, especially in areas where "people already feel
alienated".
On the idea of introducing a clause on the right to reject,
Quraishi said even though the EC has supported introduction of a
rule 49-O button in EVMs for voters to express their displeasure
over candidates, the proposal will lead to more frequent
elections.
Rule 49-O of The Conduct of Elections Rules describes the
procedure to be followed when a valid voter decides not to cast
his vote, and chooses to record this fact.
Anna Hazare has said if all candidates spending crores in
elections are rejected by the voters, it will discourage them from
overspending and would control election expenditure.
Quraishi said he will meet Hazare this month on the issue.
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