EC is living in its own dream world...

The Election Commission (EC) will not give in to the resignation demand of Bersih 2.0 because the irregularities in the electoral roll the electoral reform coalition revealed yesterday are just "technical issues", commission deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad Wan Omar says.

"Who is Bersih 2.0 to have the power to demand the EC panel to resign? They are an unregistered NGO. It is useless to call for a press conference because the main issue of electoral roll involves technical matters,"  mStar quotes Wan Ahmad (right) as saying.


Wan Ahmad told the news portal that electoral reform coalition Bersih 2.0 has no power to raise such a demand because the EC is appointed by the Yang d-Pertuan Agong, as stipulated by the federal constitution.

The Election Commission (EC) is living in its own dream world, said Bersih 3.0 co-chairman A Samad Said today.

The national laureate was responding to EC deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar’s statement that Bersih, being an illegal outfit, had no right to call for the resignation of the commission’s officials.

He also claimed, according to a news report, that the majority of Malaysians still had faith in the commission and Bersih was just a minority voice.

However, Samad begged to differ.

The 77-year-old poet said that the majority of Malaysians don’t have confidence in EC, which Bersih accused of favouring the Barisan Nasional ruling government.

“Wan Ahmad can call us illegal or whatever he wants. The truth is the entire EC board must resign as they have failed to carry out their duties entrusted by the people,” he stressed.

Bersih steering committee member Maria Chin Abdullah said illegal or otherwise, as citizens of Malaysia, Bersih had the right to voice out against electoral irregularities.

“We asked the EC officials to resign because they failed to clean up the electoral roll,” she said, adding that EC was behaving in an arrogant manner by ignoring the demands.

Bersih is scheduled to hold its third rally at Dataran Merdeka on April 28.- FMT 

SPR: P'raya umum ke-13 akan sengit

Semua pegawai pengurus pilihan raya dan pembantu mereka disaran memahami sepenuhnya undang-undang pilihan raya memandangkan pilihan raya umum ke-13 dijangka sengit.

Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof berkata ini kerana parti pemerintah BN sudah pasti akan berusaha habis-habisan untuk mengekalkan kerusi yang disandangnya serta memenangi semula kerusi yang dikuasai pembangkang dan pembangkang juga akan bertindak serupa dan sudah tentu akan cuba menawan lebih banyak kerusi daripada BN untuk mencapai cita-cita mereka mengambil alih pentadbiran negara.

"Jadi, pilihan raya umum kali ini akan menyaksikan pertandingan sengit. Oleh itu, semua pegawai pengurus pilihan raya dan pembantu mereka perlu mengetahui sepenuhnya undang-undang untuk membolehkan mereka menangani sebarang isu, aduan atau perasaan tidak puas hati yang dikemukakan, terutama pada hari penamaan calon dan pengundian," katanya.

Beliau bercakap kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan kursus dua hari bagi 79 pegawai pengurus pilihan raya dan pembantu mereka di Sibu Khamis sebagai persiapan mengendalikan pilihan raya bagi 16 kerusi parlimen di wilayah tengah Sarawak.-malaysiakini


Hello!!! Tan Sri, rakyat taklah bodoh macam SPR tu. Tugas SPR hanyalah untuk kendalikan pilihanraya, itu saja! Tak payah goreng panjang2...

cheers.