Six in Britain get court nod on absent voter move


UPDATED @ 11:10:56 AM 14-11-2011
November 14, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, November fourteen The High Court has granted leave to 6 Malaysians vital in Britain to enforce a Election Commission (EC) to register them as absent electorate in a subsequent ubiquitous election.

The subject of choosing by casting votes rights for Malaysians overseas has been a point of row for a long time.

While a country's civil servants as well as members of a armed forces as well as students overseas have been authorised to opinion through a post, a EC rules do not provide for alternative adults abroad to be purebred as absentee voters.

Dr Teo Hoon Seong, electrical engineer V. Vinesh, entrepreneur Paramjeet Singh, Dr Yolanda Sydney Augustin, translator Sim Tze Wei as well as so! ftware a rchitect Leong See See explain a EC's supplies have been in breach of a Federal Constitution which provides for all adults with a right to vote.

The argumentative issue is also among several key points which have been raised to an ongoing parliamentary polls remodel committee.

High Court judge Rohana Yusof, of a appellate as well as special powers division, bound December 13 for case management as well as Jan 3 for a hearing.

The 6 wish a declaration which they have been entitled to be purebred as absent electorate as well as directed a EC, declared as a solitary respondent, to register them.

They also wish to stifle a decision made by a EC, which notified them in a minute dated September 9, which it will not register them as absent voters.

Alternatively, they wish a justice sequence directing a EC to make regulations as well as take suitable actions within fourteen days from a justice statute to concede them to be purebred as absent electorate and/or postal electorate in sequence for them to opinion in a ubiquitous election.

The 6 overseas e! lectorat e were represented by lawyer Edmund Bon whilst federal warn Amarjit Singh acted for a EC.

The statute Barisan Nasional coalition's Chinese party, a MCA, triggered an conflict last Friday when it told a nine-man parliamentary row which Malaysians overseas did not validate to opinion as well as determine a country's destiny government since they were "out of touch! with c urrent events as well as embrace updates from controversial sources.

MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek later pronounced its delegation was misunderstood as well as a celebration against a overseas opinion due to "logistical" difficulties.

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