By Mohd Farhan Dawis
Apr 24, 2012
PUTRAJAYA, Apr twenty-four The Election Commission (EC) currently launched the special information pamphlet to opposite all allegations made by antithesis lawmakers as well as polite multitude groups to discredit the country's choosing process. EC authority Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof told reporters currently that the little 5,000 Malay-language booklets have already been printed, whilst the English denunciation ones are still upon the way.
The 12-page booklets, costing RM4 the piece, will be distributed to supervision departments nationwide, media organisations as well as the public.
It comprises the EC's responses to twelve allegations lifted by critics of the country's polls process, together with issues of the over 40,000 'doubtful voters' in the stream electoral roll, the alleged over-registration of electorate in one singular address, registration of foreigners as voters, the EC's move to scold the choosing by casting votes localities of the little 19,000 electorate as well as others.
Abdul Aziz(picture)told reporters during today's launch that given the Parliamentary Select Committee's (PSC) last report was upheld in Parliament earlier this month, the EC has had to deflect off relentless accusations opposite the credit of the processes as well as the stream voter registry.
But, he stressed, the allegations were mostly unfounded.
"This is because they do not unequivocally assimilate the EC's processes.
"There were many complaints per the electoral roll, so you have rebuilt answers to the allegations in this booklet," he said.
The EC authority insisted that Malaysia's polls routine was among the best in the world, indicating out that even foreign dignitaries ha! ve visit ed here to observe the internal system.
He noted that these foreign nations have also invited Malaysia's EC as observers for their particular elections.
"If do not certitude us, because would they invite us?" he asked.
Abdul Aziz also steady that it was unfit for any country to have an electoral hurl that is 100 per cent giveaway from discrepancies.
"We have over twelve million voters... Surely the little mistakes are bound to happen.
"But do not, only because of the couple of shortcomings, make these fake accusations opposite us.
"EC hopes that with this booklet, all the allegations can finally be countered with facts," he said.
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers as well as choosing watchdog Bersih 2.0 have been accusing the EC as well as the federal supervision of lacking in commitment to reform the country's choosing process, notwithstanding the PSC's 22-point recommendations tabled in Parliament upon Apr 2.
Among others, the critics have pointed to EC's acknowledgment to the life of the names of over 42,000 'doubtful voters' in the registry, that the National Registration Department (NRD) could not compare with the IC records.
But in the recent press conference, Abdul Aziz had dismissed this number, saying that it merely creates up the little 0.3 per cent of the total electoral roll.
Other complaints from critics include the allegedly assumed spike in voter numbers in sure constituencies, the life of over 100 electorate purebred to the singular address, claims that foreigners have been given choosing by casting votes rights, the relocating of electorate from one post to another, the registration of the spouses of armed forces personnel as postal voters, the EC's remarkable preference to increase the series of the officers upon avocation for polling day as well as others.
Unhappy with the PSC's work, Bersih is set to host the third convene for giveaway as! well as satisfactory elections this Saturday during Dataran Merdeka.
Its convene last Jul 9 was pronounced to be the pass reason behind the PSC's arrangement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
During the Jul 9 event, the supervision had embarked upon the drawn out clampdown upon protestors, that saw disharmony rule the capital city's streets as rip gas as well as containing alkali H2O were used to disperse the organisation of thousands.
More Barisan Nasional (BN) | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus |
Courtesy of Bonology.com Politically Incorrect Buzz & Buzz
No comments:
Post a Comment