nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220805-181922-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220805s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220805-181922-0 doi eng 342 23 Csontos, Andras Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-3184-9782 An Uncounted Confidence Vote - The Risks of the Pakistani Supreme Court’s Anti-Floor-Crossing Stance Become Evident Csontos, Andras Verfassungsblog 2022-08-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 22 July, the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province, convened to elect a new Chief Minister. Punjab’s political turmoil is the first trial run of the Court’s drastic reconfiguration of Pakistan’s political regime with a judgement this May that completely eliminates legislators’ ability to vote against the party line in confidence matters. Departing from essential principles of parliamentarism, the Court has incorporated the notion of executives remaining in office without the confidence of the House into Pakistan’s constitutional framework. The difficulties that already have arisen from working this party-centric parliamentarism demonstrate its dangers for democratic consolidation and underline the need for the Court to reconsider its position. CC BY-SA 4.0 Cross-benching Pakistani Supreme Court Parliamentarism Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/an-uncounted-confidence-vote/ raw object