Khoo Poay Tiong also calls for an RCI after the disbandment of a tribunal into the ex-EC members’ alleged misconduct.
Kota Melaka lawmaker Khoo Poay Tiong is proposing a Parliamentary special select committee and a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate six former Election Commission members, following the disbandment of a tribunal into their alleged misconducts.
This included the rushed redelineation of election boundaries and the eleventh-hour directive on campaign materials“Just recently, the Ministry of Defence revealed thatwere corruptly done by the previous government before the GE14. This involved the rushed registration of military voters in several marginal constituencies by the EC, using army camps that were not yet completed.
“First, the parliament must do its duty as a check and balance mechanism. I will be writing to the Dewan Rakyat speaker to propose the setting up of a special select committee on elections in order to investigate the former EC members.
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