Government must respond to dubious voter claims, says Ambiga

By Boo Su-Lyn
May 02, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 Bersih co-chair Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan demanded a supervision currently to address allegations of foreigners from East Malaysia being transported to a peninsula to opinion in a May 5 polls.

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim claimed progressing currently which a Election Commission (EC) as well as a Prime Ministers Office (PMO) were concerned in flying in some-more than 40,000 indeterminate voters from Sabah as well as Sarawak to key states in a peninsula recently.

Silence in these instances is not an option, pronounced Ambiga at a forum with Steve Teoh, who is a Barisan Nasional (BN) claimant for a Cheras federal seat, here today.

We expect a response from a airline obliged as well as from a caretaker government, added a polls watchdog leader.

Anwar has pronounced which Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has credible documentary evidence which groups of foreigners have been brought in upon sixteen every day chartered flights, together with a make use of of a Boeing 747, since April 25.

Ambiga pronounced currently which a EC has not prevented crime in Election 2013, indicating out which Bersih has received reports of vote-buying in what is deliberate a most hotly contested choosing since independence.

On nomination day, monies were handed over, she said.

Ambiga says which overpower is not an option, when job upon a supervision to address claims of foreigners from East Malaysia being flown in to a peninsula to vote. Picture by Choo Choy MayThe distinguished lawyer as well as activist additionally urged a EC to exhibit a discipline upon a choosing ink, after doubts arose over a peculiarity of a ink! which is ostensible to be indelible to forestall stand in choosing by casting votes when multiform people claimed which a stains upon their fingers could be easily washed off.

She further criticised a EC for refusing to address a PR Selangor governments complaints which 28 per cent of a 440,000 newly registered voters in a state could not be identified.

They should be happy which people are assisting to clean up a roll, pronounced Ambiga.

She additionally pointed out which BN should not make use of a 1 Malaysia trademark in a campaigns since 1 Malaysia is a supervision policy.

BN cannot make use of a 1 Malaysia trademark since a income spent building which trademark come from us, pronounced Ambiga.

Caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is a face of BNs campaign, as shown by banners as well as billboards bearing his picture as well as a 1 Malaysia trademark via a country.

Teoh, who will be contesting opposite DAP obligatory Tan Kok Wai, concluded which political parties should have satisfactory entrance to a media, after multiform people in a assembly complained about a purported bias of mainstream media opposite PR.

Coverage of both sides should be satisfactory enough to both, he said.