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POLLS ON SCHEDULE
EAST PAKISTAN MUST HAVE MAXIMUM AUTONOMY
President Yahya Khan's Remarks at Press Conference
in Dacca on November 27. 1970.
President General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan told a Press Conference in Dacca last evening that general elections in the country will be held on schedule.
“Elections will take place” was his answer to a question by a foreign correspondent who wanted to know if the general elections would be postponed in view of demands by some political parties.
As for schedule of elections in the eight or nine constituencies which have been affected by the cyclone, the President said he had left the question to be decided by the Chief Election Commissioner.
The Election Commission, he said, was an independent body and the Chief Election Commissioner was already here to assess the situation to decide when to hold elections in the cyclone affected areas.
Replying to another question on how delayed the elections in the affected constituencies could be, the President explained that there was already a gap between the National and Provincial Assembly elections. Provincial Assembly elections, he pointed out, was not so important in the sense that the Provincial Assemblies will be operative only after the Constituent Assembly had framed a constitution. If the elections in the cyclone affected constituencies were postponed, the polls there would be like by- elections.
Martial Law to continue if constitution goes beyond LFO
Replying to another question the President said he would summon the National Assembly “as soon as possible”. The stipulated period of 120 days for framing the constitution would begin from the day the session begins, he told another questioner.
During the Press Conference at the Darbar Hall of the Governor's House the President replied to a score of question on election, relation between two wings and his opinion on the issue of Provincial autonomy.
