Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya ada Pengerusi Baru, iaitu Azhar Azizan Harun, dilantik setelah Pakatan Harapan jadi kerajaan. TETAPI nampaknya beliau tidak mahu membuat apa-apa terhadap calum/parti Pakatan Harapan... Dia tak mahu juga tegur bila ada kemungkinan berlaku kesalahan melibatkan calun PH, Anware Ibrahim.
Beliau hanya menyatakan bahawa pihak Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya(Election Commission) tidak ada kuasa mengambil tindakan bila seseorang melakukan kesalahan pilihanraya(Election Offences)...
Newly-minted Election Commission chairman Azhar Azizan Harun today lamented the commission’s lack of powers to act against any candidate who violates election laws.Under the existing legislative framework, the EC, he said, could not investigate or penalise an individual or party should they breach laws stipulated under the Election Offences Act 1954. “The power to probe any allegations of any offence lies with other investigative bodies, such as the police, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC),” he said in a statement.
Mungkin benar kekurangan kuasa pihak Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya, tetapi sebagai 'Election Commission', ia ada mempunyai tanggungjawab memastikan semua yang berlaku semasa pilihanraya adalah mengikut undang-undang semasa... Tak boleh mendakwa BUKAN ALASAN TAK MAHU MENGAMBIL TINDAKAN SEKARANG ...SEKURANG-KURANGNYA BERI AMARAN...ATAU 'tiup wisel'. Pengadil permainan bola pun akan segera 'tiup wisel', beri amaran, tunjukkan kad kuning atau merah.
Pengerusi Baru, iaitu Azhar Azizan Harun - SALAH - TIUP 'WISEL' - BERI AMARAN Jika anak atau suami/isteri atau kawan buat salah, patut segera tegur....takkan mahu tunggu sehingga habis pilihanraya...Jika berbuat demikian, dan jika Anwar didapati bersalah, hilang kelayakkan jadi MP...lagi perlu belanja duit rakyat untuk adakan PRK baru. [Anwar sudah berdekad dalam kerajaan pun...takkan dia tak tahu undang-undang?]
...no sum shall be paid and no expense shall be incurred by a candidate at an election or by his election agent, after the date of publication of the notice of the election in the Gazette, during or after an election, on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election, in excess of-(a) two hundred thousand ringgit in the case of an election to the Dewan Rakyat;...-Section 19 Expenses in excess of maximum to be illegal practice (Election Offences Act 1954)
Azhar Azizan
Harun harus beranikan diri dan bersuara...
Untuk pilihanraya adil - had perbelanjaan semua calun dihadkan - EM200,000(tak ada kelebihan kepada yang banyak duit)
Tak ada siapa boleh belanja untuk mengadakan acara semasa kempen kecuali dengan persetujuan calun dan/atau ejen calun - semua perbelanjaan ini adalah dikira sebagai 'perbelanjaan calun' ...justeru, tidak boleh melebihi RM200,000.
Jadi, kini semua acara untuk 'kempen' untuk Anwar Ibrahim, adakah sudah melebihi RM200,000 atau belum?
No expenses shall, with a view to promoting or procuring the election of a candidate, be incurred during the campaign period, by any person other than the candidate, his election agent and persons authorized in writing by the election agent on account-
(a) of holding, convening or organising any open public meeting, open public rally, open public display or open public entertainment or giving open public address or lecture;
(b) of printing or issuing advertisements, circulars or publications; or
(c) of otherwise presenting to the electors the candidate or his views or the extent or nature of his backing,...15A Prohibition of certain expenses during campaign period (Election Offences Act 1954)
INGAT, Jika lebih, Anwar boleh didakwa melakukan kesalahan, di mana jika disabitkan, akan juga bererti beliau akan segera hilang kelayakkan terus jadi Ahli Parlimen PD(jika dia menang?)...dan seterus tidak boleh bertanding 5 tahun dari tarikh sabitan...
Every person who commits an illegal practice shall, on conviction by a Sessions Court, be liable to a fine of five thousand ringgit and, subject to any specific provision to the contrary in any written law relating to any election, shall by conviction until the expiration of five years from such conviction become incapable of being registered or listed as an elector or of voting at any election under this Act or of being elected at any election, and if at that date he has been elected at any election, his seat shall be vacated from the date of such conviction.- Section 27 Punishment for conviction for illegal practice(Election Offences Act 1954)
Pendakwaan hanya boleh dengan kebenaran AG Tommy Thomas?
Bagi yang lain - Mat Sabu, Menteri Besar Negeri Sembilan, Menteri, dll
- adakah 'jentera kerajaan' atau 'duit kerajaan' digunakan secara salah?
- Adakah mereka ini gunakan kereta sendiri...duit sendiri untuk pergi kempen untuk Anwar?
- Adakah kehadiran Anwar di kem tentera di Port Dickson itu salah?(Azhar Azizan
Harun harus tahu insiden ini?)
- Adakah ....?
Azhar Azizan
Harun, Pengerusi baru Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya harus memberitahu kami...sekarang.
Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya boleh menerima aduan/informasi dan memfailkan lapuran dengan polis dan sebagainya...
Rakyat Malaysia kurang arif tentang apakah kesalahan pilihanraya - mungkin Azhar boleh pastikan segera rakyat sedar apakah yang 'salah' - di mana mereka harus buat aduan? dan sebagainya?
KENAPA BARU KINI KITA MELIHAT ISU KESALAHAN PILIHANRAYA? Ini bukan lagi kerajaan UMNO-BN - ini adalah masa pemerintahan kerajaan ALTERNATIF...kerajaan REFORMASI ...yang telah memberikan 'commitment' yang keadilan adalah penting?
Kesan jika Anwar dan kawan-kawan melakukan kesalahan pilihanraya - ia TIDAK ADIL untuk calun lain ...dan TIDAK ADA 'Free and Fair Elections'...
Anwar kemungkinan besar akan menjadi Perdana Menteri akan datang ...justeru apa yang beliau lakukan akan mencerminkan apa yang dia bakal buat apabila menjadi Perdana Menteri... jika beliau sendiri 'mengingkari undang-undang' atau melakukan salah yang memprejudiskan calun lain...dan tidak memastikan 'FREE AND FAIR ELECTION' - ini adalah gambaran perwatakan, nilai dan prinsip Anwar sendiri.
Anwar mungin telah membuat silap...jika sedar, akui saja, minta maaf...[Jika ia kesalahan pilihanraya, lebih baik tari diri dari pilihanraya kecil ini...boleh bertanding PRK akan datang dengan bersih dan adil??]
Tapi, masalahnya dengan Anwar (dan juga isteri beliau) adalah mereka suka mengelak atau langsung berdiam diri...saya rujuk kepada insiden pengunaan 'kapal terbanng' kerajaan untuk pergi jumpa keluarga Sultan kelantan. Anwar tak jawab. Wan Azizah sehingga kini, saya percaya, langsung tak menjawab...
Wan Azizah must apologize and pay full cost of using government jet?
Wan Azizah's using government jet scandal? A 'Najib-like' Silence in the face of allegations?
SUDAH TERLALU LAMA SEMASA ERA UMJNO-BN, BANYAK KESALAHAN PILIHANRAYA ...TERMASUK KESALAHAN GUNAKAN WANG DAN JENTERA KERAJAAN SEMASA KEMPEN....BERLAKU. Justeru, sedih bila setengah ahli politik PH kini menjawab bahawa itu 'hal biasa' selalu berlaku semasa Pilihanraya.
Sewajarnya, PH harus berbeza...dan sebenarnya, semasa pilihanraya akan datang sehingga tamat, secara prinsip
- Tidak ada fungsi apa-apa kementerian, dengan atau tidak kehadiran Menteri, di adakan di kawasan di mana PRK itu akan diadakan.
- Tidak ada pengumuman projek baru atau peruntukkan baru untuk kawasan yang akan menghadapi PRK
- Jika adapun yang sudah sebelum itu diputuskan, TANGGUHKAN saja sehingga siap PRK -
- Jika Menteri mahu bantu kempen - tak ada masalah asalkan dibuat secara peribadi, mengunakan kereta/kos sendiri (jangan daripada kerajaan/rakyat)...
- KITA MAHU PERUBAHAN...
Azhar Azizan
Harun, apakah yang kamu akan buat kini? Jika tak berani bertindak secara adil, saya cadangkan lebih baik letak jawatan sahaja...
Salinan beberapa seksyen undang-undang kesalahan pilihanraya, sebagai contoh, ada di bawah...
Tiap-tiap Pilihanraya, ramai kumpul bukti kesalahan pilihanraya ...tapi pernahkah kamu melihat berita dalam surat khabar mengenai apa-apa pendakwaan, sabitan, MP/ADUN hilang kerusi kerana terlebih belanja....OK itu era UMNo-BN. Kini era PH, dan AG Tommy Thomas juga, saya percaya, akan tindak dengan tegas terhadap semua yang melanggari undang-undang, termasuk juga Anwar...PRK sebelum ini juga harus mendapat perhatian polis, MACC, AG, kerajaan PH,...
Jika pun Anwar disabitkan, dia boleh diampunkan cepat dan boleh bertanding lagi dengan cepat....
See earlier related posts:-
Mat Sabu salahgunakan kuasa untuk bantu Anwar? Anwar bikin bukan saperti cakap? EC diam?
7 candidates in PD elections? Are they given 'equal opportunity', by the media, EC, police?
MP Danyal folly? Anwar? Unnecessary waste of our monies? Betrayal? Hero?
EC chairman: We can’t probe, penalise election offences
PETALING JAYA: Newly-minted Election Commission chairman Azhar Azizan
Harun today lamented the commission’s lack of powers to act against any
candidate who violates election laws.
Under the existing legislative framework, the EC, he said, could not
investigate or penalise an individual or party should they breach laws
stipulated under the Election Offences Act 1954.
“The power to probe any allegations of any offence lies with other
investigative bodies, such as the police, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption
Commission (MACC) and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
(MCMC),” he said in a statement.
Azhar said the EC, however, had set up a special election campaign
enforcement team to monitor the campaigns conducted during the Port
Dickson by-election as well as the Balakong and Seri Setia polls in
September and the Sungai Kandis by-election in August.
“If the team comes across any misconduct, we will not hesitate to report it to the relevant investigative bodies.”
Azhar’s statement comes a day after electoral reforms group Bersih
2.0 said Pakatan Harapan (PH) was reported to have committed a higher
number of election offences in the Seri Setia and Balakong by-elections
than its opponents.
Among the offences committed by PH in Sungai Kandis and Balakong were
the abuse of government assets, resources, agencies and programmes to
get votes.
Three ministers — PKR’s Mohamed Azmin Ali, Amanah’s Mohamad Sabu and
Dzulkefly Ahmad, also from Amanah — were reported to have used official
government cars for campaign activities in Balakong.
Other offences reportedly committed by PH included giving out goodies in exchange for votes and providing free food.
Acting Bersih 2.0 chairman Shahrul Aman Mohd Saari also said EC
should be empowered to conduct an investigation and take action against
those who commit election offences. - FMT News, 5/10/2018
Is candidate campaign spending crossing the line?
COMMENT | Candidates standing for
elections to parliamentary seats in Malaysia must abide by a spending
cap of RM200,000. This fact is well-known.
It is also well-known that there is a multitude of loopholes to this
cap, including the lack of limits on the campaigns of political parties
or other organisations during elections.
It is hardly a surprise for a by-election in Malaysia featuring one
of the most prominent politicians in the country’s history to have a
certain flair and extravagance.
It seems there is no shortage of supporters ready to go all out to campaign for their candidate.
However, it is crucial that all stakeholders involved in the election
campaigns are aware of and abide by the restrictions in the Election
Offences Act.
In particular, Section 15A prohibits any person (other than the
candidate, his election agent and persons authorised in writing by the
election agent) from incurring expenses in order to promote a candidate
or his views.
During general elections, this provision is difficult to enforce
because political parties and organisations tend to focus on national
campaigns rather than the election of a certain candidate.
This can result in lavish campaign events that do not promote a
candidate but instead focus on the promotion of a political party or a
national political campaign, thus bypassing the spending limits clause
During a by-election, however, it is a very different scenario.
Severe consequences
If any organisation or person, including political parties, incurs
any expenses during the campaign - from nomination day until polling day
- such expenses must be authorised and lodged with the Election
Commission as part of the candidate’s expenses.
Such a provision is not unique to Malaysia. The UK has similar
provisions in the Representation of the People Act 1983. In fact, the
wording of the law is almost identical except it provides allowances for
the spending of less £500 to go unrecorded.
In the Brexit campaign, the Liberal Democrats and the Vote Leave
campaign both faced hefty fines by the Election Commission for failing
to account for expenses in their campaigns. The UK Election Commission
also publishes guidelines on registering to incur expenses for a
candidate.
In the past, there has been little to no scrutiny of accounts filed
by-election candidates in Malaysia. These accounts rarely list expenses
incurred by third-party organisations authorised by the candidate
despite it being a common occurrence for these organisations to hold
events for candidates as part of their campaign.
However, with the fresh appointments of a new EC chair and
attorney-general, the candidates in Port Dickson may not be so fortunate
enough to escape unscathed.
The consequences of such illegal practice are severe. Any person who
incurs unauthorised expenses for a candidate will be liable to a fine of
RM5,000, removed from the electoral roll and be disqualified from
contesting in an election for five years.
If the candidate is aware of such expenses being incurred and
knowingly breaches the RM200,000 cap, he or she will face the same
punishment. - Malaysiakini, 7/10/2018
Section 19 Expenses in excess of maximum to be illegal practice (Election Offences Act 1954)
(a) two hundred thousand ringgit in the case of an election to the Dewan Rakyat;(2) Any candidate or election agent who knowingly acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an illegal practice.
(b) one hundred thousand ringgit in the case of an election to a Legislative Assembly;
(c) ten thousand ringgit in the case of an election to a local authority other than a local council;
(d) three thousand ringgit in the case of an election to a local council:
Provided that paragraphs (c) and (d) shall have no application in Sabah and Sarawak.
Section 8 Treating (Election Offences Act 1954)
The following persons shall be deemed guilty of the offence of bribery:
(a) every person who, before, during or after an election, who directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, gives, lends, or agrees to give or lend, or offers, promises, or promises to procure or to endeavour to procure, any money or valuable consideration to or for any elector or voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any elector or voter or to or for any other person, in order to induce any elector or voter to vote or refrain from voting, or corruptly does any such act as aforesaid on account of such elector or voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election;15A Prohibition of certain expenses during campaign period (Election Offences Act 1954)
(b) every person who, before, during or after an election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, gives or procures, or agrees to give or procure, or offers, promises, or promises to procure or to endeavour to procure, any office, place or employment to or for any elector or voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any elector or voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce such elector or voter to vote or refrain from voting, or corruptly does any such act as aforesaid on account of any elector or voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election;
(c) every person who, before, during or after an election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, makes any such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement as aforesaid to or for any person in order to induce such person to procure or endeavour to procure the election of any person, or the vote of any elector or voter at any election;
(d) every person who, either before, or during an election, upon or in consequence of any such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement or agreement, procures or engages, promises or endeavours to procure, the election of any person, or the vote of any elector or voter at an election;
(e) every person who, either before, or during an election, advances or pays or causes to be paid any money to, or to the use of, any other person with the intent that such money or any part thereof shall be expended in bribery at any election or who knowingly pays or causes to be paid any money to any person in discharge or repayment of any money wholly or in part expended in bribery at any such election;
(f) every elector or voter who, before or during any election directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, receives, agrees, or contracts for any money, gift, loan, or valuable consideration, office, place or employment, for himself or for any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting at any such election;
(g) every person who, after any election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, receives any money or valuable consideration on account of any person having voted or refrained from voting or having induced any other person to vote or to refrain from voting at any such election;
(h) every person who, after an election directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, on account of and as payment for voting or for having voted or for agreeing or having agreed to vote for any candidate at an election, or on account of and as payment for his having assisted or agreed to assist any candidate at an election, applies to such candidate, or to his agent or agents, for the gift or loan of any money or valuable consideration, or for the promise of the gift or loan of any money or valuable consideration or for any office, place or employment or for the promise of any office, place or employment; and
(i) every person who, either before, or during an election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any person on his behalf, in order to induce any other person to agree to be nominated as a candidate or to refrain from becoming a candidate or to withdraw if he has become a candidate, gives or procures any office, place or employment, or agrees to give or procure or offers or promises to procure or to endeavour to procure any office, place or employment, to or for such other person, or gives or lends, or agrees to give or lend, or offers, or promises to procure or to endeavour to procure any money or valuable consideration to or for any person or to or for such other person, or to or for any person on behalf of such other person.
(a) of holding, convening or organising any open public meeting, open public rally, open public display or open public entertainment or giving open public address or lecture;
(b) of printing or issuing advertisements, circulars or publications; or
(c) of otherwise presenting to the electors the candidate or his views or the extent or nature of his backing, or disparaging another candidate:
Provided that this paragraph shall not-(2) Where a person incurs any expenses required to be authorized by an election agent under subsection (1), he shall within fourteen days after the date of publication of the result of the election in the Gazette send to the election agent a return, accompanied by a declaration made by him (or in the case of an association or body of persons, a director, general manager, secretary or other similar officer thereof) verifying the return and giving particulars of the matters for which the expenses were incurred:
(i) restrict publication in a newspaper or other periodical of any matter relating to the election;
(ii) apply to expenses incurred by any person in travelling or in living away from home, or to similar personal expenses.
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any person engaged or employed for payment or promise of payment by the candidate or his election agent.(3) The expenses shown in the return referred to in subsection (2) shall be included in the return made by the election agent in accordance with subsection 23(1), and the authority received from the election agent shall be annexed to and deemed to form part of such return.
(4) Any person who incurs any expenses in contravention of this section, or who makes any declaration required by subsection (2) which is false and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, shall be guilty of an illegal practice.
Section 27 Punishment for conviction for illegal practice(Election Offences Act 1954)
(1) Every person who commits an illegal practice shall, on conviction by a Sessions Court, be liable to a fine of five thousand ringgit and, subject to any specific provision to the contrary in any written law relating to any election, shall by conviction until the expiration of five years from such conviction become incapable of being registered or listed as an elector or of voting at any election under this Act or of being elected at any election, and if at that date he has been elected at any election, his seat shall be vacated from the date of such conviction.
(2) A prosecution for an illegal practice shall not be instituted without the sanction of the Public Prosecutor.
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