The BN Government went overboard to ensure that EC chairperson Abdul Rashid continues to be EC Chairperson, did they not? EC decided the use of the indelible ink which was to be used to mark the fingers of voters after they had voted - this would prevent the same voter going somewhere else and voting again. (This practice is also used in India - where the population is so much larger than Malaysia - and it has been successfully been used...) We now find out from the police that there were 4 police reports made - 2 in Perlis, one in Kedah and one in Kelantan that third parties have bought the said ink... this is very interesting, so what can people who have bought the ink do - go around and mark the fingers of all those who will be voting for the opposing candidate of theirs. If this happens, would it not be easy for the police to arrest the perpetrators + possibly for the victims of this act to SUE the said persons in court for damages because they have wrongfully been deprived of their right to vote.. It is absurd for the IGP to interfere and ask the SPR to re-evaluate its decision to use that indelible ink....and it is so much more difficult to catch them voters who go around voting more than once....is it not. There are always possibilities of this and that happening - and this ink has been used in Indian elections for so long --- so the EC action was WRONG. The EC has also not come out and made any statements about the PM, DPM and the Barisan Candidates use of the media and government resources. There should NOT be any such "ground-breaking ceremony for this new school", "handing over of land titles, etc..." and all such nonsense especially during the campaign period of 13 days. And what are PUBLIC SERVANTS doing by coming out praising the BN. Teachers coming out saying BN good and we still want the same Education Minister.... During the campaign period, at the very least, PUBLIC SERVANTS must not be coming out in praise of the political party that had been governing the country. Hello....we are now in the process of choosing which political party will govern...who will be the people's rep for our area... U-turn on ink: A black mark for EC | |
Mar 4, 08 6:32pm | |
Opposition parties today slammed the Election Commission for the last-minute reversal of its plan to use the indelible ink in the coming general election, which they claimed could have stopped the menace of phantom voters. DAP looking at legal avenues Polis ada alasan kukuhOleh Rosli Abdul Jalil dan Fatin Hafizah Mohd Shahar (Berita Harian 6/3/2008)
SPR batal guna dakwat untuk elak kekecohan pada hari mengundi "Siasatan menunjukkan kemungkinan mereka hendak gunakan dakwat berkenaan dengan mencalitnya pada jari pengundi," katanya dalam sidang media selepas mendengar taklimat mengenai persiapan pilihan raya di Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Pahang di sini, semalam. |
Indonesia to pardon tens of thousands, including Papuan activists
-
The number is equivalent to around 30% of all prisoners in the Southeast
Asian country.
1 hour ago
No comments:
Post a Comment