EC blocked local council elections, use GPC as an alternative
In my previous blog article, I had proposed the General People's Congress (GPC) as an alternative solution to the blockade on the local council elections initiative made by both the Penang and Selangor state governments.
Today, all of us had just heard that the Elections Commission (EC) will not conduct the elections for the local councils for these two states. It is very clear that the prime minister who is also the Umno president did not want this election to be held at the basic level for fear of further losing its popularity at the grassroots level.
We all knew that the Local Government Elections Act 1960 still exists and has not been repealed, but to fight this out in the court it will take a very long time given to the fact that the current judiciary system is often being manipulated by the Umno-led BN federal government.
It has been proven in the case of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial, the Perak coup d'etat and constitutional crisis, and the magistrate's inquest onto the murder of Teoh Beng Hock.
As such, the Pakatan state governments of Penang and Selangor should not waste anymore time and resources in fighting this matter in the court.
Since Pakatan have the strong majorities in both state legislative assemblies, go on and table a bill to create an enactment for the establishment of the GPC in your states.
The structures of the GPC is simple. Get the people to elect the GPC and in turn once the members of the GPC are elected, the congress shall convene to elect the municipal councillors then.
And if you are again concern that the EC will not come in to organize the GPC elections, this is no big deal, call in the pro-third vote NGOs to assist, like Mafrel, Bersih or even interest groups from the international community to organize the GPC elections.
With all these great efforts to ensure the success of the local council elections, we are certain that it would definitely embarrass the federal government and the EC entirely.
We urge leaders of the Pakatan Rakyat to seriously consider this alternative.
Today, all of us had just heard that the Elections Commission (EC) will not conduct the elections for the local councils for these two states. It is very clear that the prime minister who is also the Umno president did not want this election to be held at the basic level for fear of further losing its popularity at the grassroots level.
We all knew that the Local Government Elections Act 1960 still exists and has not been repealed, but to fight this out in the court it will take a very long time given to the fact that the current judiciary system is often being manipulated by the Umno-led BN federal government.
It has been proven in the case of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial, the Perak coup d'etat and constitutional crisis, and the magistrate's inquest onto the murder of Teoh Beng Hock.
As such, the Pakatan state governments of Penang and Selangor should not waste anymore time and resources in fighting this matter in the court.
Since Pakatan have the strong majorities in both state legislative assemblies, go on and table a bill to create an enactment for the establishment of the GPC in your states.
The structures of the GPC is simple. Get the people to elect the GPC and in turn once the members of the GPC are elected, the congress shall convene to elect the municipal councillors then.
And if you are again concern that the EC will not come in to organize the GPC elections, this is no big deal, call in the pro-third vote NGOs to assist, like Mafrel, Bersih or even interest groups from the international community to organize the GPC elections.
With all these great efforts to ensure the success of the local council elections, we are certain that it would definitely embarrass the federal government and the EC entirely.
We urge leaders of the Pakatan Rakyat to seriously consider this alternative.
