PETALING JAYA: The Election Commission’s (EC) hands are tied and it has no choice but to call for a by-election in Batu Sapi, Bar Council president Sa...
The Election Commission’s hands are tied and it has no choice but to call for a by-election in Batu Sapi, Bar Council president Salim Bashir said yesterday.
“Those who framed our Constitution could not have foreseen the Covid-19 pandemic. They ensured that the constitutional provision would be rigid and to alter it would require a two-thirds majority,” Salim said. He agreed that the only alternative is for the prime minister to advise the King to declare an emergency for that particular constituency.
Lim said the government should not simply declare an emergency although the nation is facing a pandemic, adding this would be a very slippery slope to go down on.The seat was won by Warisan’s Liew in a four-cornered fight with a 4,619 majority in the 14th general election on May 9, 2018.
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