October 22, 2002	Tuesday	Sha’aban 15,1423

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ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Pakistan has formally protested to the European Union over the EU mission report on Oct 10 elections and said it overstepped its mandate and violated its own code of conduct.

Informed sources said here on Monday that the government had officially conveyed its displeasure and regret over the EU mission report, a number of EU ambassadors stationed in Islamabad.

Pakistan government regretted the EU that there was no reference in the EU Code of Conduct mandating its observation missions to discuss the merits or demerits of a country’s Constitution.

It was not for the EU Mission to comment on whether President of Pakistan should have the power of dissolving the National Assembly and whether Pakistan should have a National Security Council. These issues do not fall in the purview of an election observer mission.