Commission
BY NORHAYATI UMOR
SHAH ALAM, NOV 3: The appointment of the former Chairman of the Election Commission (EC) Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman as Vice President of Bumiputera Bersatu Malaysia party (BERSATU) seems able to help uncover Barisan Nasional’s (BN) election conspiracy in the previous election.
Dato’ Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali believe the fraudulent scheme by BN will be exposed to the public.
“Among tactics used by the concerned party via EC was re-delineation of electoral borders. It’s as though the EC received orders from BN to create a safe zone for them,” he said at the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.
In answering a question presented by Dato’ Rosni Sohar (Hulu Bernam-BN) that demanded evidence of BN involvement in election tampering, Mohamed Azmin questioned the appointment of Tan Sri Mohd Hashim as EC Chairman, as he was a former Private Secretary to Tan Sri Annuar Musa.
“How can the EC act independently and professionally if an Umno senior officer is elected the EC Chairman?
“Three weeks ago, a name was raised to be appointed as EC Deputy Chairman. However, he was the General Secretary to the Prime Minister.
“I am grateful that the suggestion was rejected by the Conference of Rulers. This is evidence that the EC has been manipulated by BN. The EC cannot appoint any political party members,” he said.
In relation to this, he urged everyone to support Bersih for a free and fair election.
