NEW DELHI: Shooting down anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare's suggestion for introducing right to recall in elections, chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Wednesday said the move will destabilize the system and was 'impractical'.
"Right to recall is not easy in a country where candidates are voted in by lakhs of voters," he said. He feared that if the right to recall is put in place, "elections will go on happening and the entire system will destabilize".
He felt the emphasis should be rather on cleansing the election system, barring criminals from contesting polls and encouraging more people to come out and vote. He also did not favour a suggestion for the right to reject candidates in elections, saying it is "difficult" to implement. He had earlier said that the right to reject required a "bit of debate".