The upcoming general election can be postponed in areas affected by
the intrusion of Sulu gunmen should an emergency be declared in the said
areas, according to Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz
Mohd Yusof.
He said there were legal provisions to allow certain areas to postpone elections.
"According
to the law, the EC will take this into consideration before making a
decision on elections in areas where emergency has been declared," he
told reporters here Thursday.
Earlier, he met leaders from 30 political parties to clarify new matters to be implemented in the coming general election.
Abdul
Aziz said the EC would review details in the emergency order, should it
be issued, which will then be brought to a special meeting before a
final decision was made.
"Right now only Lahad Datu and Sempora
are affected and we are confident this will be resolved soon. The EC is
ready to hold elections at any time," he said.
In another
development, Abdul Aziz said 4,669 applications for postal voting abroad
were received until this morning, of which 3,995 were eligible while
674 applications were rejected.
"Most of the applications were
rejected because they had not registered as voters and that is the main
requirement for the postal voting facility," he said.
He said the
highest number of applications was for Kelana Jaya (195), followed by
Petaling Jaya Utara (192), Segambut (156), Subang (123), Gombak (106),
Shah Alam (98) and Serdang (86).
On the meeting with the political
party leaders, Abdul Aziz said they were generally satisfied with the
explanation given and improvements carried out by the EC.
He said
the meeting focussed mainly on the use of indelible ink, lack of special
tents on nomination day, removal of the objections facility during
nomination, early voting and prohibition on withdrawing candidates.
Besides
that, Abdul Aziz also clarified that ballot papers had serial numbers
to ensure no other ballot papers would be inserted in ballot boxes.
"This
will also facilitate our checks in case of objections. This is because
there are political parties which advise their supporters not to use
ballot papers provided by the EC, but instead ask for a different ballot
paper," he added.
Source: The Star
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