The Ahmadiyya Times: The lawmakers impressed upon Secretary Kerry saying, “we cannot stand idly by and allow four million Ahamdis to remain disenfranchised and outside the electoral process.”
By Imran Jattala | April 16, 2013
A joint letter signed by 32 members of U.S. Congress to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry underscored their concerns about the denial of Ahmadi voting rights in Pakistan.
The 32 lawmakers, the letter bluntly says, cannot accept the May election results if Ahmadis are not also included as part of Pakistan’s joint electorate.
“Absent the ability of Pakistan’s entire electorate to participate, we will not be able to endorse the May election,” the letter warned.
Ahmadis cannot freely vote in Pakistan due to the discriminatory processes introduced in the election related laws which climaxed during the regime of former dictator General Pervez Musharraf.
In 2002 Gen. Musharraf cowed to Islamists’ demands and issued a Presidential Executive Order, effectively barring Ahmadis from participating in the election process.
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