Report by PSC on electoral reform accepted by Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR: The interim report by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on electoral reform, which has 10 recommendations, has been debated and accepted by the Dewan Rakyat.
The 115-page report, which was debate in Parliament Thursday, can be implemented immediately as it does not require any change to existing laws.
The Dewan Rakyat first approved the motion for PSC on electoral reform on Oct 3.
The first PSC public hearing was held on Nov 11 at the Parliament House, while the second was in Sabah for two days (Nov 25-26).
The recommendations included the use of indelible ink to prevent multiple voting, allowing voting by Malaysians living abroad and allowing Sabahans and Sarawakians working in the peninsular to vote from here.
On the use of indelible ink, the committee said there was no need to amend the Federal Constitution to use the ink, making it the EC's responsibility to "expedite" changes to election rules to make the use of ink part of the voting process.
The PSC had recommended that an audit on the rolls be carried out immediately and suggested that government technology adviser
Mimos Berhad
go through the electoral rolls and verify the authenticity of entries as part of efforts to clean up the rolls.
It felt the audit would address claims of voters having the same MyKad number; deceased voters still on the list; voters who are not local; many voters registered under one address and voters who had lost their right to vote.
And while it did not fall within their terms of reference, the committee also recommended that a Royal Commission of Inquiry be formed to look into the countless allegations of illegal immigrants afforded voting rights as phantom voters in Sabah, on top of getting the EC to carry out a voter validation programme in the state.
KUALA LUMPUR: The interim report by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on electoral reform, which has 10 recommendations, has been debated and accepted by the Dewan Rakyat.
The 115-page report, which was debate in Parliament Thursday, can be implemented immediately as it does not require any change to existing laws.
The Dewan Rakyat first approved the motion for PSC on electoral reform on Oct 3.
The first PSC public hearing was held on Nov 11 at the Parliament House, while the second was in Sabah for two days (Nov 25-26).
The recommendations included the use of indelible ink to prevent multiple voting, allowing voting by Malaysians living abroad and allowing Sabahans and Sarawakians working in the peninsular to vote from here.
On the use of indelible ink, the committee said there was no need to amend the Federal Constitution to use the ink, making it the EC's responsibility to "expedite" changes to election rules to make the use of ink part of the voting process.
The PSC had recommended that an audit on the rolls be carried out immediately and suggested that government technology adviser
Mimos Berhad
go through the electoral rolls and verify the authenticity of entries as part of efforts to clean up the rolls.
It felt the audit would address claims of voters having the same MyKad number; deceased voters still on the list; voters who are not local; many voters registered under one address and voters who had lost their right to vote.
And while it did not fall within their terms of reference, the committee also recommended that a Royal Commission of Inquiry be formed to look into the countless allegations of illegal immigrants afforded voting rights as phantom voters in Sabah, on top of getting the EC to carry out a voter validation programme in the state.
Source: The Star
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