The Election Commission (EC), it appears, is bogged down by a miss of money, manpower as well as 'real' clout.
PETALING JAYA: In a democracy, it is at large understood that when a "commission" is set up, it comes directly underneath a purview of Parliament.
But in Malaysia's case, a story is different. Take a Election Commission (EC). Why does a EC need a supervision to authorize recommendations due by a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) upon electoral reforms prior to implementing them?
Because a EC is technically a staff "employed" by a Prime Minister's Department.
Explaining a "relationship", EC cabinet member Kamaruddin Ahmad Baria said: " The EC does not tumble underneath a purview of Parliament.
"It falls administratively underneath a Prime Minister's Department though it is independent in terms of decision-making."
Recently, EC emissary chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar reportedly pronounced a sovereign supervision must authorized a PSC's recommendations prior to they can be implemented.
He pronounced that "even a tiny shift in regulation" would need to be authorized by a government, although he concluded with observers that a little recommendations such as a use of memorable ink did not require amendments to a law.
Wan Ahmad's comments followed PSC chairman, Maximus Ongkili's statement that a PSC committee would list a full report that could include some-more proposals for electoral reforms in Mar or early April next year.
Strapped for money, as well as lacking in manpower as well as clout, a EC, it appears, is now scrambling to understanding with a "newfound" challenges.
Speaking to FMT, Kamaruddin pronounced that one of a EC's shortcomings in implementing a PSC recommendations was an acute ! miss of personnel.
More work, no manpower
One of a 10 PSC recommen
dations was to make firm a EC as an institution through additional appropriation as well as increase in manpower.
"Although a PSC has made a letter of reference to make firm a EC, it cannot be easily done. The PSC has given us additional (more) things to do, though we have very singular resources," Kamaruddin said.
"This PSC report is usually a preliminary report; there are some-more recommendations to come."
"So far a EC has spoken to a Public Service Department (PSD) to increase our staff; hopefully a PSD will give us some-more (personnel)," he added.
According to Kamaruddin, a EC has usually 450 officers as well as staff in a nation since 2004.
"Each state has usually two officers, a state executive as well as a emissary state director, as well as about 30-odd ancillary staff.
"In Perak, we have two officers as well as 31 ancillary staff only. It's about a same series in Selangor.
"The ancillary staff carry out a accumulation of duties similar to taking care of accounts as well as induction voters," he said.
In contrast, a series of electorate purebred has increasing tremendously.
In 2004, a EC purebred 9,756,097 voters. In 2008, there were about 10,740,227 purebred voters. A! ccording to a extra electoral roll for a fourth entertain of 2010, a series had increasing to 11,817,936 .
"The series of electorate have increasing through a years due to some-more awareness as well as exposure, though a series of staff remain a same.
"There is an further of one or two crew though that's negligible," he said.
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