The delay in decisions by the Election Tribunals, even after the passage of 18 months, is a deviation from the Constitution, and unbecoming of justice in real time. To this day, 374 election petitions, 124 for National Assembly and 250 in the four provincial assemblies, are under the hammer, and they roughly constitute 62% and 50%, respectively. The time limit for the disposal of election petitions is 180 days from the date of their filing, according to an amendment enacted in August 2023.

The fact that lethargy is prevalent and the judiciary seems to be in an indecisive mood speaks of the status quo that prevails in the wake of the tampered February 2024 elections, and the ensuing political instability.

Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen), a think tank that conducts research on elect

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