22 recommendations by PSC on electoral reforms: where is the enforcement mechanism?

Make no mistake about the PSC: the government’s record in implementing PSC and Royal Commission’s recommendations have been abysmal! The recommendations of the PSC on Electoral Reforms, despite its defects, stand the same chance of being kept at an arms length by the Election Commission. Only a minority of it will really be implemented by the EC-some say only 7 of the 22-so will Bersih 3 then become inevitable since Bersih group promised Bersih 3 if all their 8 recommendations are not taken up? A run down of the recommendations are given below(recommendations from Star report):

Report by PSC on Electoral Reform passed in Parliament (Update)

By MARTIN CARVALHO, YUEN MEIKENG and RAHIMY RAHIM

 

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