EC's Wan Ahmad repeat a lie to hope for more people to fall for it?

SEW's spokeperson Wong Meng Chuo call the bluff of EC!

EC’s deputy chair Dato Wan Ahmad repeat the EC’s traditional myth that the electoral roll is clean-and sure as ever SEW (Sibu Election Observers) poke through the lie by exposing that there is a centurian (age 130 if alive) in Nangka constituency which they discovered from the newly released electoral roll! In 2006 the discovery of 3 centurians in nangka allegedly caused the embarrassed EC Chief then Tan Sri Rashid to pack up and leave the next day! He too assert that his rolls were clean at that time. So is the EC try to repeat a lie often enough to make the world fall for it?

Press Statement

SEW (Sibu Election Watchers) takes on EC Deputy Chairman Datuk Wira Wan Ahmad Omar’s words (30 March) that the electoral roll is cleaning up those names who are dead to get ready for the Sarawak State Election. However, SEW found the contrarily when random sms check on the roll that the oldest person, M Mahli B Sulong born in 1880 (131 years, IC 801231130313) is still an eligible voter in N.49 Nangka. His voting station is SK Perbandaran Sibu No. 3, Jalan Bandong at Saluran 1.

Election Watch group (MAFREL) first exposed the efficiency of EC in the last state election in 2006 for not deleting Sadiah Taha who was dead for 31 years. Again during the Sibu by-election 2010, SEW found 208 persons who were born over a century ago.

It is rather unfortunate that in this computerized administration system that EC is still slow in its movement. We regret that EC is doing its job well and trying lying to the public. We believe a clean electoral roll is important for a free and fair election.

The announcement of Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin (30 March) on the allocation of RM73.68 million for upgrading works on three types of schools in the state of Sarawak shocked SEW for repeating the same approach of BN for attempting to bribe vote with public funds.SEW and other civil society members have questioned the appropriateness of announcing of government projects and money in the manner of “I help you, you help me” campaign during the last Sibu By-election. Religion organization such as the Methodist Church of Malaysia has instruction her members not to receive such allocation during the election time. We urge BN refrain from such activity in the election campaign period.

Wong Meng Chuo,on behalf of SEW h/p 016-3471853  Email:mchuo@yahoo.com

Shocking find: Man born in 1880 still on electoral roll, EC silent

Written by  Malaysia Chronicle

A local non-governmental organisation Sibu Election Watchers (SEW) has claimed that the latest electoral roll is still not up to date.

Its spokesman Wong Meng Chuo said the oldest person on the roll was born in 1880, Mohamad Mahli Sulong.

“We found out that Mahli is an eligible voter in N49 Nangka and his voting station is SK Perbandaran Sibu No. 3 at Jalan Bandong,” Wong said.

During the Sibu by-election last year, SEW also found 208 names in the Sibu parliamentary constituency who were born over a century ago.

Wong said it was rather unfortunate that despite assurance from the Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar who said on March 30 that the electoral roll was clean, SEW still found in it the names of dead people.

“We regret that the EC has not done its job well. We strongly believe a clean electoral roll is important for a free and fair election,” Wong said.

He recalled that it was Malaysians For Free and Fair Election (Mafrel) which found in the 2006 state election the name of one Sadiah Taha who had been dead for 31 years.

Wong said 30 election observers recruited by SEW would be undergoing their first training Sunday.

He said these observers were all volunteers who were willing to sacrifice their time and money to ensure a freer and fairer election.

 

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（詩巫1日訊）詩巫大選觀察團（SEW）將於4月4日（星期一）晚上7時30分假伊甸園酒店舉行總動員會議及訓練，籲請全體團員出席，以做最後的布署工作。

召集人黃孟祚也呼籲更多有興趣的志願者屆時出席（或致電016-3471853/012-8883305 Boney）加入成為選舉監督觀察員，該組織會為觀察員進行即席訓練，使他們在大選期間充份發揮他們的角色。

選舉監察的活動包括選前的研究，選民的教育與訓練，求證選民冊的正確性； 繼後也會在提名日、競選期間、投票日等做出觀察。

在一個民主國家，每一位符合資格的選民都可以在大選的時候投票選出他心目中的代表，因此每次的大選，都必須確保是在自由公平的情況下進行。由于我国的选举 委员会属于首相署管辖，不能中立。而且民间及反对党都认为，选委会的党性太强，只为执政党服务，因此须无党派组织的监督。

選舉好比一場足球賽，選舉監督觀察員就扮演裁判的角色。有了裁判，球賽就必須照規舉進行，不能亂來。

獨立大選觀察員的出現，可以讓選舉委員會（SPR）及相關單位知道其背後有眼晴在盯著，不容他們肆無忌憚地犯規。   砂拉越第10屆大選即將在本月16日舉行，詩巫大選觀察團將在詩巫的各選區執行任務，推廣自由公正地投票及促進議會的民主。

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