Referring case to ET is unjustified: Ayaz Sadiq

National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq dilating in Government Samanabad Hospital inaugural function here Sunday stated that they would decide by consultation of lawyers on appearing in Election Tribunal on December22, 2015.
He said Election Commission has sent rigging case in NA 122 with unjustified intent. He said issue of change of votes in his election was not his deed but work of election commission. He asked election commission to improve its capability on the occasion.
INP adds: Speaker National Assembly (NA) Sardar Ayaz Sadiq lashes at Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over issuance of a notice to him on a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate Abdul Aleem Khan alleging irregularities and pre-poll rigging in the NA-122 (Lahore) by-election and he termed the constitutional body 'incompetent' to hold elections.
It is worth to mention that the PTI petition said that at least 30,000 votes had been cancelled and shifted from the NA-122 constituency before the by-poll while the ECP had the record of shifting of only 7,000 votes, adding that this act of the commission was amounted to pre-poll rigging.
Talking to media persons here on Sunday, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said that the body responsible to hold free and fair polls has failed in its duty and is instead holding him 'accountable' for their own sins.
"Is it the ECP's incompetence or mal intention on their part to send the case to election tribunal without seeking my point of view?" he questioned.
Ayaz Sadiq, who defeated PTI's Aleem Khan in the NA-122 by-polls, was of the view that it is the ECP, which should stand trial in the case and respond to PTI's allegations of pre-poll rigging.
"If you need a lawyer, I will provide you but it is your duty and responsibility to transfer votes, not mine," said the PML-N leader.
The PTI petition requested the tribunal to set aside the result of the by-election on the grounds of alleged rigging. Rasheed Qamar, a member of the tribunal, directed Ayaz Sadiq to appear in person or through a lawyer to answer the questions raised in the petition.