Adilanclub: EC asks government for airtime to give all parties a say

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The Election Commission (EC) has asked the government for airtime on national television to hold forums for all political parties during the campaign for a general election that must be held within the year.

The Star reported today EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar as saying that the commission wanted to provide a platform for all parties to highlight their manifestos and to disseminate their messages to the voters.


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WikiLeaks pinpoints Mahathir, Umno and EC in Sabah's infamous Project M

A recent diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks has a rather ominous entry that pinpoints the then prime minister Mahathir Mohamad as being the perpetrator of a citizenship-for-votes scam, with the alleged direct involvement of the then Election Commission chief.

The cable stated: “During their discussion, Hussin claimed that (former EC head) Rashid admitted his direct involvement in UMNO's shadowy 1990s push to assume political control of the East Malaysia state of Sabah. During that decade, UMNO granted citizenship and Malaysian Identity Cards (ICs) to over 600,000 foreign migrant workers (predominantly Muslims from Indonesia and Mindanao) in Sabah, in exchange for their votes in state assembly elections (ref B). UMNO-affiliated parties subsequently took over all of Sabah's state assembly seats. According to Hussin, Rashid "admitted to personally issuing over 60,000 fraudulent Malaysian ICs in Sabah," to help UMNO assume political control there. Hussin told us Rashid characterized his Deputy EC Chairman, Wan Omar, as "an UMNO member who is anti-reform."

EC tells govt to bar Bersih from PSC

Election Commission (EC) deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad Wan Omar has urged the government to reject the participation of Bersih 2.0 in the parliamentary select committee on electoral reforms.

According to a report in Malay daily Berita Harian today, Wan Ahmad commented that the committee should only comprise MPs from various political parties, to prevent obstacles to the government's reform effort.

A lesson for Najib, Hisham, the IGP and EC from the UK police chiefs

Malaysia - Bersih Tear Gas

London Riot

It looks like Prime Minister Najib Razak and his government have really dropped below the level of sub-par intelligence. They seem adamant to compare Bersih 2.0 with the riots in Britain. The whole idea that preemptive action can stop riots underscores how little the Malaysian police and BN government understand their own citizens. On a more chilling note, it also reflects the determination of the Najib administration to continue using electoral fraud to cling to power.

The premise for the riots in Britain is totally different from that of the Bersih's in Malaysia. The former was spontaneous sparked by unhappiness over an alleged case of police brutality, while the latter was a well-organized and highly-publicized rally for free and fair elections that everyone in the country had been anticipating for months.

The UK police found a brutal situation on their hands, whereas the Malaysian police created a situation that was unnecessarily brutal.

EC tells Ambiga: Don't come to us, we are powerless - ask BN!

So, the cat is out of the bag. Finally, the Election Commission has admitted it has to shadow the BN government's wishes although Prime Minister Najib Razak insists that the EC is independent.

“The EC is not an enforcement agency; it is only a management body for elections. The best we can do is to propose relevant laws to the Attorney-General’s Chambers. But ultimately it is the government of the day, which obtained majority votes, which has the final say," EC deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.

"If the government decides that voting age is 21 years old, whatever proposal we send to the A-G’s Chambers can never go to Parliament."