Azhar Azizan Harun says there are offences the ruling coalition can commit which others can't.
Pakatan Harapan tends to commit a higher number of electoral offences compared to opposition parties because it is in power, said Election Commission chief Azhar Azizan Harun.
"Being in the government, there are offences they could commit which the opposition cannot commit...that is the misuse of government assets, misuse of the ministeral time and government activities to bait votes," he told business radio station BFM in an interview yesterday. He also pointed out that the electoral offences committed appeared to be more serious in the recent polls because prior to this, such offences with regard to the Election Offences Act 1954 were not spoken of."Well, because I think they are used to it," he said.number of electoral offences committed among all six by-elections held since GE14.
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