Bersih 2.0: Make Electoral Reform Committee’s interim report public
Tuesday, 14 Jan 2020 03:59 PM MYTBersih 2.0 urged the government to make the ERC interim report public and break the culture of ‘keeping the public in the dark’. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng
“Such a public engagement process without the full disclosure of the interim report would not be effective, meaningful and democratic. Bersih 2.0 also said that as elections are the basis of democracy, they will determine the legitimacy of the government elected. In addition, Bersih 2.0 has urged the ERC to use the interim report as a base to embark on a second stage of public consultation from now until August 2020 with all stakeholders, including all political parties from both sides of the political divide, civil society organisations, academicians and public members before finalising the report.
Last March, the government had refused to declassify the CEP report and release it to the public, to prevent it from alleged abuses by the previous administration.As for the IRC report, calls were made by civil society for the prime minister to consider releasing the report, deeming it crucial for the report to be released in order to receive feedback from the public.
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