Gov't withdraws Election Offences Amendment Bill



In a rare move, a Election Offences Amendment Bill will be cold from a Dewan Negara tomorrow following "a lot of resistance".

According to Minister in a Prime Minister's Department Nazri Abdul Aziz, a preference to abort a Bill was arrived during currently after a 10-minute meeting between a government, a opposition as well as a Election Commission (EC).
"I will list a motion in a Dewan Negara tomorrow," he told reporters during a Parliament run today.

The equates to which a Election Offences Act stays during standing quo for a subsequent general election.

NONENazri (left) pronounced a preference was initial done during cupboard turn as a Senate are seeking dual some-more amendments to a Bill.

The Dewan Rakyat upheld a Bill final month though with changes, including land back a amendment which disallowed domestic parties from assisting voters to check their names as well as choosing by casting votes streams.

Another amendment rejected by a Dewan Rakyat was one which authorised a Election Commission to foreordain when as well as how long a candidate's polling as well as counting agents can stay in a polling stations.

Amendments upheld embody a offer to remove a candidate's agents from a Election Commission registration counter (barong) as well as to remove requirement for all printed materials to have printers as well as publishers' details. [See chart below]

"Amendments done to a Bill by a Senate would have to go back to a reduce residence as well as ! repel ing is a neater, improved way," he said.

'More open consultation subsequent time'

Nazri added which a EC had concluded to repel a Bill in entirety as some-more amendments done would describe it pointle! ss.
< br>He pronounced which a supervision had usually acted as a "postman" in tabling a Bill to Parliament, as well as did not know a contents of a Bill which was proposed by a EC.

Nazri, who pronounced which a Bill saw resistance from both supervision as well as opposition lawmakers, added which a supervision had tabled a Billin totoas it had respected a EC's independence.

The apportion pronounced which a final time something like this happened was 3 years ago, when a Bill was sent back to a Dewan Rakyat.

"But a Dewan Rakyat did not take it up inside of 3 months as well as it lapsed," he said.

NONEDAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang, who was also during a press conference, pronounced a EC should engage in consultation with all stakeholders prior to proposing a Bill t! o equivocate this happening in a future.
Inan evident response,theEC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof (left) deniedthewithdrawal was a slap in a face for a commission, who mooted a amendments.

"Not really. We had our meeting chaired by Speaker oftheDewan Negara as well as attended by Nazri as well as Lim beforethepress conference.
"We consulted any other as well as eventually all concluded to abort it," he toldMalaysiakiniina text-message.
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