The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 151
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya have not been elected. These are mostly new converts whom I invite so that they may observe other people and try to fulfil the requirements in future. A couple o f such people who were invited last year have come here now, having fulfilled all the requirements. Now , those who think that the city Jama'ats should be al lowed to elect up to four representatives or more than one representative, should stand up. (9 were counted in favour) Since only 9 have voted in favour, the amendment is, therefore, rejected. Now I shall put before the house the amendment o f Sayyed Nadhlr Hussain Sahib in which he has proposed that every Imarat and every city should have only one representative, and no more. A ll those who are in favour should stand up. (Only 3 were counted in favour. ) Since both the amendments have been rejected, I think that nobody needs to speak on the recommendations o f the sub-committee. I w ill now put the proposal to vote. If this proposal is also rejected, it w ill mean that no representa tive should come at all. The recommendation o f the sub committee is that the proposal which says that only one representative should be allowed from the districts where there is a small number o f Ahmadis, and where there are many Ahmadis every Jama'at should be entitled to elect one representative each, is not practicable at the present moment. As long as all the Jama'ats, small or big, deal di rectly with Markaz, and send their budgets and Chanda directly to Markaz, and are answerable to Markaz for their affairs, it w ill be detrimental to adopt this proposal. How ever, if Anjumans are established at the district level, and 151