| The EC need to secure 2/3 majority in Parliament to get the re-delineation exercise approved-thus the current Parliament where BN lost 2/3 majority offer a golden opportunity for the EC to do a 1st ever bi-partisan re-delineation exercise and restore some semblance of electoral justice for Malaysian voters after half a century of partisan re-delineation. The people can look forward to reduce disparity between the biggest and the smallest constituencies, less gerry-mandering, less partisan transferring of voters from 1 seat to another etc. Bring it on, EC!
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| PUTRAJAYA – The Election Commission (EC) will implement redelineation of parliamentary and state constituency boundaries as it was last done in March 2003.
Chairman Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said delineation should be done after eight years in line with provisions under Article 113 (2) of the federal constitution. “EC can start right now but we have to wait for the right time as the redelineation exercise has to be completed within two years,” he said in an interview with Bernama and RTM here on Friday. Aziz said after five delineation exercises, EC had yet to violate principles enshrined in the federal constitution. “What EC has done is to place parliamentary and state constituencies under the same district except for those with small number of voters like in Sabah and Sarawak. Asked about the states affected by the redelineation exercise, he said that all states would be involved as they have even number of seats. “EC welcomes suggestions from all quarters including political parties and will consider them but we will have the final say.” He said the four principles of delineation were that the election facilities did not cross state borders and available facilities for registration and voting. “The number of voters must be balanced except in constituencies where there is difficulty in communication and transportation like rural areas. “The need to retain community ties must also be considered.” Aziz reminded that the redelineation exercise was still subject to winning two-third majority in Dewan Rakyat and the state assemblies. (Bernama) |
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Golden chance for EC to implement a bi-partisan re-delineation!
April 2, 2011 by democracy4now
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The Election Commission has failed in its duty to conduct Fair Free and Credible Elections in Malaysia.
1. Unfair & inequitable delineation of voters.
Example in Sabah where delineation is done to
increase Muslim seats & decrease Chinese Seats and
non-Muslim seats. (STAR)
Compare N1 and N31
Putrajaya has about 10,000 voters & Kepong or
Seri Kembangan may have 50,000 voters.
Where is the FAIRNESS ???
2. EC cannot say it follows the regulations because the
regulations are UNFAIR in the first place.
3. Vote buying is rampant
There must be a limit of expenditure.
4. Why can’t Malaysians residing overseas be allowed to
vote ???
5. EC should be made up of people who are Judges,
Empires, referees etc. People who know what is Fair and
what is UNFAIR ???
4. NO equal access to media esp TV.
5. Use of threats. Mahathir threatened the voters by
saying roughly , “THERE WILL BE RACIAL RIOTS IF
BN/UMNO DOES NOT WIN BY 2 THIRDS MAJORITY”
EC should have disqualify Mahathir straight away.
Husin Ali said Maha talked like a gangster
I had written to your predecessors before.
EC should be ashame of yourself.
The Public thinks UMNO gives instruction from EC.
You cannot be playing the game & setting the rules.
I have written to US Administration about the Unfair delineations.
If you conduct unfair elections, losers may protest and this can lead to instability.
Conducting fair & Free and credible election enhance stability