KARACHI: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Sindh has opposed the nomination procedure to appoint Sindh Health Care Commission (SHCC) commissioners and demanded restructuring of this process as per SHCC law.
PMA Sindh in a letter written to Sindh Minister for Health said on Wednesday that PMA wanted to bring in your kind notice the concern and dissatisfaction regarding the outcome of the meeting which was held at Health Minister Office on 9 October 2020 to elect two commissioners of SHCC.
PMA said: “The due process of law was not followed. We the participants proposed two names each as per rule to elect two commissioners out of nominated people. As the quorum of the meeting was complete, the process for the election should have been completed without any hindrance or in the absence of two honorable members.”
“If it was required to make them the part of election process, then this meeting should have been adjourned. The participants have given nomination paper not the ballot paper with our votes. The process of voting should have been followed after receiving the nomination papers.”
PMA says in these circumstances, if any two candidates are declared the winners, then it will be a gross violation of Section -5, clause-4 of the SHCC Act. It is further requested that Secretary of Health being an official cannot vote in anyone’s favour due to conflict of interest.
PMA requested that the election result of this meeting should not be made public and this process should be reorganized and completed according to the law and the prescribed guidelines.