Abstract
This study is an analysis of the concept of intra-party democracy of two leading political parties of Pakistan namely, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) and is based on the minimalist approach of Schumpeterian conception of democracy. Qualitative data technique with party-oriented approach was adopted for this study. Representative democracies involve the public in selecting their leadership and candidates to public offices through open primaries. The current study is an analysis to see the extent of participation of rank and file members in the selection of leadership and candidates to public offices provided by the Political Parties Order 2002 (PPO2002) and party bylaws (party constitutions). The study covers a 28 years period from 1988 to 2016, which is divided into two sub-periods i.e. 1988 to 2005 (18 years) and 2006 to 2016 (10 years). The study period is further divided into three categories with ‘full’, ‘partial’, and ‘no’ categories, to know that which party falls in which category. The study found that in the first sub-period both the parties totally bypassed the provisions brought forth by the PPO 2002 and party bylaws by not conducting intraparty elections. In the second sub-period though, intraparty polls were conducted but were found to be severely flawed and against the democratic principles.
Fazli Subhan. (2020) Party Democracy in the Light of Party Statutes: A Case Study of Two Parties in Pakistan, Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
-
Views
533 -
Downloads
48
