Science minister to head electoral reform panel

Dr Ongkili, a Sabah parliamentarian will lead a rarely debated committee.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept twenty-two Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili was named to head a parliamentary select cabinet (PSC) upon electoral reform.

Besides a Science, Technology as well as Innovation minister, a other Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs will be Datuk Alexander Linggi, Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad, Tan Sri Fong Chan Onn as well as P Kamalanathan.

Their names were announced today by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

After primarily objecting to a PSC, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) also supposed yesterday Putrajayas invitation to join a PSC.

PR has not yet named their 3 MPs in a PSC, that will sit when a Dewan Rakyat convenes next month.

The federal opposition had earlier mulled boycotting a row mooted by Datuk Seri Najib Razak, expressing disbelief over Putrajayas sincerity to reform a election process.

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang had also pronounced Najibs acknowledgment that combining a row was merely to satisfy a opposition usually lifted further doubts over a credibility of a committee.

The budding apportion lifted eyebrows when he announced a arrangement of a PSC, a key direct in electoral reform movement Bersih 2.0s agenda.

Najib as well as his administrations reformist image took a violence in a general media after a authorities embarked upon a drawn out clampdown before as well as during a Jul 9 Bersih rally, ensuing in scarcely 1,700 arrests as well as a use of H2O cannon as well as rip gas to mangle up a largely pacific protest.

With his remarkable preference to deliver reforms, sources in a budding ministers stay contend that Najib right away realises a unsteadiness of a sledgehammer proceed one that has tarnished his target of being seen as a assuage as well as a reformer, as well as has cost him a await of middle Malaysia.


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