EC using a legal method to do something which is illegal...

The Election Commission (EC) has committed "a serious offence" under Election Act 1958 to shift Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim’s voting constituency from Petaling Jaya Selatan to Lembah Pantai, said PKR today.

Showing documents retrieved from the EC website today, PKR vice-president Fuziah Salleh said the area division states that changes can be made onto a voter’s locality.

However, she added, such an exercise must be confined within the voter’s particular state and parliamentary constituency.

"The EC is disallowed at all to shift a voter beyond his or her original state or parliamentary voting constituency without the person’s knowledge.


"And this is what has happened to Khalid," Fuziah (right) said at a press conference in Petaling Jaya.

"They are using a legal method to do something which is illegal."

By shifting Khalid to a new parliamentary constituency, the Kuantan MP said the EC is already performing a delineation exercise.

"The delineation exercise has always been used by EC to gerrymander. The exercise is due, but it cannot be done without two-thirds consent of Parliament according to the federal constitution," she said.

Fuziah alleged that the apparent delineation exercise does not only affect Khalid alone but also some 31,294 voters nationwide.
 
“Our investigations show that these voters had not changed their identification card addresses between 2008 and 2009, but they were shifted to other state or parliament voting zones.

“The (EC) has violated the basic rights of voters, they just are doing what they like.

“We urge the EC to come clean and reply to our concerns. If not, the top leadership in the commission should resign en masse,” Fuziah said.
 

EC's boundary 'correction'

Khalid, who had registered as a voter at Jalan 16/2, Section 16, Petaling Jaya, was puzzled by the latest attempt of the EC to shift his voting zone to the neighbouring Lembah Pantai constituency, an area which falls under Kuala Lumpur.

The EC claimed that the shift was caused a boundary correction exercise, but the MB feared that there had been tampering.

Fuziah revealed today that some 69 voters on Jalan 16/2 alone had been moved to the Lembah Pantai constituency.

However, she is optimistic that the shift would not disqualify Khalid from remaining as menteri besar.

“He is still qualified because his identity card (IC) address is still Pasir Tuntung, Kuala Selangor. The legal requirement is based on the IC,” she said.

Meanwhile, PKR vice-president Tian Chua has condemned the EC for not delineating voting zones based on administrative borders in the first place.

He said the peculiar practice has led to the need for boundary correction exercises now.

“But I would like to know why an Umno Youth leader came to know about the shifting of Khalid’s zone in the first place,” he said, referring to Seputeh Umno Youth chief Mohd Razlan Mohd Rafii, who posted about the issue on his blog recently.-

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Khalid Ibrahim mengundi di Petaling Jaya

Nama	: ABD KHALID BIN IBRAHIM
Jantina	: LELAKI
Lokaliti	: 105 / 34 / 05 / 003 - JLN 16/2
Daerah Mengundi	: 105 / 34 / 05 - SEKSYEN 16
DUN	: 105 / 34 - BUKIT GASING
Parlimen	: 105 - PETALING JAYA SELATAN
Negeri	: SELANGOR

Pindah zon mengundi Khalid 'kesalahan serius'

PKR hari ini mendakwa bahawa Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya telah melakukan “kesalahan serius” mengikut Akta Pilihan Raya 1958 dengan mengalihkan kawasan mengundi untuk menteri besar Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim daripada Petaling Jaya Selatan ke Lembah Pantai.
Naib presiden PKR, Fuziah Salleh berkata, SPR boleh melakukan Urusan Belah Bahagi Kawasan Mengundi ke atas lokaliti seseorang pengundi.

Bagaimanapun, langkah itu terhad kepada sesuatu negeri dan kawasan mengundi untuk seseorang pengundi, kata Fuziah lagi yang turut menunjukkan dokumen daripada laman web SPR.

Katanya, SPR tidak dibenarkan untuk memindahkan sesorang pegundi di luar daripada negeri asal ataupun kawasan mengundi asal tanpa pengetahuan pengundi berkenaan.

"Itulah yang berlaku ke atas Khalid," kata Fuziah lagi dalam satu sidang media di Petaling Jaya hari ini.

Beliau mendakwa, tindakan SPR itu menggunakan kaedah mengikut undang-undang tetapi bertujuan untuk melakukan sesuatu yang melanggar undang-undang.- malaysiakini
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