Jumaat, Mac 16, 2012

WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY

EC can clean up Sabah roll if it’s willing

An election watchdog rejects the commission’s explanation that it is hamstrung by the law.

image PETALING JAYA March 16, 2012: If it has the will, the Election Commission (EC) can find a way to ensure the integrity of the electoral roll in Sabah, according to election watchdog Tindak Malaysia.

The group’s founder, Wong Piang How, today rejected EC chairman Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof’s recent explanation that the law prevented the commission from taking action in the case of 13,000 dubious voters in the East Malaysian state.

“Does he want to do it?”

he said in reaction to Abdul Aziz’s statement that the EC could not drop those names from the roll “except on strong grounds”.

Wong said the EC should have put those names on a supplementary roll and displayed them for public scrutiny and objection.

“If there is an objection on an elector in the principal roll, he cannot delete it immediately, but he can put the suspect voter’s name on the supplementary roll for public objection,” he said.

He also has the power to conduct a public inquiry over names that are objected to. All of this is provided for under the Elections (Registration of Electors) Regulations of 2002.”

Wong quoted Section 17 (3) (A) of the regulations, which reads:

“If [a] prima facie proof … is given, the Registrar shall require proof of the qualification of the person in regard to whom the objection has been made, and … if such person’s qualification is not proved to the Registrar’s satisfaction, [he] shall expunge such person’s name from, or, as the case may be, refuse to include such person’s name in the supplementary electoral roll.”

According to Wong, the procedures mentioned in the section imply that the EC chief has “enough authority to remove the doubtful voters from the electoral roll.”

He also said that Section 25 (2) (d) allowed the EC to strike out any superfluous entry in the principal entry roll and Section 25 (2) (g) allowed it to strike out the name of any person not entitled to remain in the principal or supplementary electoral roll.

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  1. The Electoral Commission must do their best to ensure clean, fair election in the state by GE-13.

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    1. Itu adalah tanggung jawab EC juga untuk memastikan PRU dijalankan dengan lancar.

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    2. Semoga SPR akan memastikan nama yang tidak ada dalam senarai JPN akan dikeluarkan daripada senarai pengundi kerana mereka bukanlah rakyat yang sah.

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  2. I'm sure the EC have their own difficulties in this matter, but I hope they will make the best decision to clean up the voter registration list.

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  3. Mudah2an kaedah dalam EC yang telah disyorkan oleh PSC dapat memperbaiki kelemahan2 yang dulu.

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  4. Senarai yang diragui harus disiasat dan dilucutkan dari senarai jika tidak sah.

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  5. Masalah kecil seperti kehabisan borang seharus tidak berlaku.

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  6. Apakah cara penyelesaian yang paling berkesan terhadap senarai yang berkemungkinan tidak sah & berkelayakan? Apakah kaedah pencegahan?

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  7. We urge for clean and fair election. We strike for fair democracy too.

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  8. masih terlalu byk kelemahan dan SPR, SPR kena perbaiki kelemahan mereka, senarai dftar pemlih kena dikemaskini semula.

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    1. memang ada kelemahan..dan kelemahan ini tidak seharusnya dijadikan sebagai alasan..SPR harus berusaha untuk memperbaiki kelemahan2 yang ada..

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  9. senarai daftar pemilih SPR kena di selaraskan dgn JPN.

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  10. senarai pengundi harus dibersihkan daripada pengundi2 yang meragukan sebagai salah satu langkah untuk menghapuskan pengundi hantu.

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  11. SPR harus bertindak dengan telus tanpa dipengaruhi oleh mana2 pihak..

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  12. SPR adalah simbolik kepada sistem demokrasi berpalimen malaysia..jika SPR gagal dalam tugas dan tanggungjawabnya, maka ia juga adalah kegagalan sistem demokrasi yang diamalkan di negara kita..

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    1. SPR mempunyai tanggungjawab yang penting untuk memastikan sistem demokrasi di negara kita berjalan lancar.

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  13. diharapkan SPR akan mengemas kini senarai pemilih sebelum PRu13.

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  14. Rakyat yang mencapai umur 21 perlulah bertukar menjadi pengundi secara automatik supaya tidak perlu mengambil langkah kedua untuk mendaftar lagi, mereka cuma perlulah menggunakan senarai daripada JPN, asalkan mereka adalah rakyat yang berdaftar secara sah di bawah JPN dan sudah memenuhi umur mengundi, mereka secara automatik boleh menjadi pengundi.

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  15. Pengenai pengundi yang diragukan seharusnya ditangani. Memang tidak boleh buang mereka tanpa bukti namun boleh melakukan siasatan mengenai perkara ini.

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  16. Certainly there is a way for us in Sabah, as long as the people have the will in them.

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  17. Dubious list in the system should be investigated and stripped from the list whatever it is that is not valid.

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  18. Minute problems should be avoided at all costs.

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  19. The people want clean and fair election in the next coming general election.

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  20. Hopefully the list will be updated.

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