"UPA government's reported move to "look into the aspects where executive instructions of the Election Commission of India [are] required to be given statutory shape" smacks of a devious if ingenious way to curtail the powers of the supervisory body.
The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : The model code ain't broke: The agenda note for the meeting of the Group of Ministers on corruption seems to have been drafted with the intent of taking out of the EC's purview any and all violations of the Model Code of Conduct."
The model code is central to the EC's efforts to prevent misuse of official machinery by parties in power, and to check electoral offences, malpractices and corruption during elections. It is essential that the need for change be shared by the EC and by political parties and that actual changes be the product of consensus between all stakeholders.
What politicians fear is the EC's hawk eye and its ability to deploy moral suasion. The model code may not be perfect but it certainly ain't broke. There is no need for the UPA to try and fix it.
The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : The model code ain't broke: The agenda note for the meeting of the Group of Ministers on corruption seems to have been drafted with the intent of taking out of the EC's purview any and all violations of the Model Code of Conduct."
The model code is central to the EC's efforts to prevent misuse of official machinery by parties in power, and to check electoral offences, malpractices and corruption during elections. It is essential that the need for change be shared by the EC and by political parties and that actual changes be the product of consensus between all stakeholders.
What politicians fear is the EC's hawk eye and its ability to deploy moral suasion. The model code may not be perfect but it certainly ain't broke. There is no need for the UPA to try and fix it.
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