Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is all set to hold intra-party elections on June 11 and more than 2.3 million registered party members would directly use their right to vote through their cell phones in the first phase. A PTI spokesman said in the first phase, top 13 positions, including the posts of chairman, vice-chairman, secretary-general, four regional presidents and others, will be filled.
He said that this time, for the intra-party elections, the party has approved some major amendments in the party constitution to pave way for holding the elections on the basis of direct representation. He said that in 2012, the PTI held its intra-party elections on the basis of indirect representation where registered party members first elected their representatives, who subsequently voted to choose top leaders.
Another amendment calls for abolishing the requirement of holding elections to all posts simultaneously. The polls would now be held in a phased manner, he added. He said that party had adopted direct method of intra-party elections as there was a strong demand for it within the party and "above all it's a more democratic and transparent way" of holding elections.
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