KOTA KINABALU: A verification exercise should be conducted by the National Registration Department (NRD) to determine if new voters are holding genuine identity cards.
Kadazandusun Cultural Association deputy president Datuk Seri Clarence Bongkos Malakun said this was vital as the people in Sabah would be voting for the next government in GE15.
In a statement on Thursday , he said Sabahans want answers from the Election Commission and NRD on the spike in voter numbers in Sabah."Perhaps, the EC and NRD are in the best position to explain," said Malakun, adding that suspicion about dubious voters and"Projek IC" remain.Sabah Progressive Party , had several days earlier pointed out that the electoral roll released by the EC revealed a 53.9% increase in new voters in Sabah; from 1,064,686 in 2008 to 1,638,806 this year.
SAPP president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee said that based on a preliminary review of the 2022 electoral roll, many new voters were aged above 30, with some in their 60s, and said it was suspicious that there were that many new middle-aged voters. Parti Solidariti Tanahairku also expressed a similar opinion, saying they were perplexed over the spike in Keningau voters.
Party president Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said the number of voters had risen from 51,777 voters in 2018 to 87,371 in 2022, an increase of 68.7%."There is no way we can have an increase of over 30,000 in just less than five years," he said.
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