By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
March 14, 2012
EC authority Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof announced yesterday which an early list count would no longer be authorised in a entrance ubiquitous election. file pic
Opposition MPs questioned a commission's "hasty" move, observant it contingency not be finished without consulting stakeholders such as domestic parties as well as electoral remodel watchdog Bersih 2.0.
"The EC is environment a theatre for large irregularities of votes in a country. The current system has worked, why shift it?" DAP MP Charles Santiago toldThe Malaysian Insider.
He accused a EC of "pre-empting" a choosing by casting votes process, observant there is no proof which an early list count would influence choosing by casting votes patterns.
"There has to be conference with stakeholders. There is additionally a subject of transparency. How will you know which a tabulated votes have not been tampered with?" a Klang MP asked.
The EC pronounced yesterday a climb of brand new media as well as text messages to relay formula now as well as influence choosing by casting votes elsewhere has prompted a elect to pierce to stop a early counting of ballots in a subsequent ubiquitous election.
The EC spotted a trend during a Sarawak state choosing last April as well as pronounced yesterday a ultimate pierce would especially start a smaller polling stations in Sabah as well as Sarawak which close early due to a low number of electorate in certain polling districts.
EC emissary executive Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar reminded whi! ch a ear ly proclamation of formula was deliberate "illegal" as usually a elect has a jurisdiction to validate as well as make known a final outcome of a polls.
But PKR vice-president Fuziah Salleh pronounced which whilst she accepted a EC's reasoning, there is still a "fear" which a newly-proposed method could lead to vote-tampering.
"The pierce is aimed towards places, polling stations which are remote, with a lower population, which close by 2pm since of a low number of electorate in these states.
"But will tallying, counting of votes be finished prior to or after a list boxes are brought to a main polling centre? How do you know whether it will be counted properly?" she toldThe Malaysian Insider.
The Kuantan MP pronounced which polling agents from both PR as well as Barisan Nasional (BN) contingency be present to witness a tallying of votes, which contingency be finished immediately once polling ends at 5pm.
The EC is environment a theatre for large irregularities of votes in a country. DAP MP Charles Santiago
"They contingency count a ballots there prior to bringing a list boxes to a polling centre," she added.
EC authority Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof done an proclamation in Kota Kinabalu yesterday which an early list count would no longer be authorised in a entrance ubiquitous election.
According to The Star Online, Abdul Aziz had pronounced which this was since a EC had noticed a agents of some candidates leaking early formula around SMS or amicable network sites like Twitter.
Concurring, Wan Ahmad explained which a decision was done after "several bad experiences" during a April polls in Sarawak last year.
He pronounced which several choosing by casting votes centres in a remote areas of a easterly Malaysian state had to be sealed by 1pm as well as due to this, a EC had at a time authorised tallying to proceed by 2pm.
"But one or dual party l! eaders d ecided to verbalise to a media already... even announcing which they had won in certain streams as well as gave a majorities too.
"Their purpose was substantially as a morale upholder to a other candidates but this was a distraction to those who were still voting," he said.
As such, he said, a EC would usually allow tallying to commence after 5pm, when polling ends at all stations.
"We do not wish this confusion repeated. We will return to our strange practice, which is counting a ballots after polling closes," he said.
Wan Ahmad combined which a shift usually involves amendments to EC regulations.
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