Nazri blocked the use of indelible ink in previous GE, then Umno is in control of EC
Minister in the prime minister’s department and Umno supreme council member Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz has admitted that he blocked the use of the indelible ink prior to the 2008 general election.
“On indelible ink, I must admit that the person who questioned it was me. At that time, there were constitutional concerns", Nazri confirmed.
Earlier, former Election Commission (EC) chairperson Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman that he was prevented from implementing indelible ink in the 2008 election. The move saw the plan to use the indelible ink on voters scrapped at the last minute before the 2008 general election and Rashid bore the brunt of criticism from the turn-about.
Then this is a very clear evidence that Umno is in control of the EC all the time. The EC, its board of commissioners and the entire establishment was never an independent and neutral commission charge with supervising the elections.
From the earlier statement made by Abdul Rashid against his former boss, he certainly admitted that he had received his order from his Umno superiors and in the addition, was also ordered to lied to the general public to cover-up the real reason behind the withdrawal.
In this case, Abdul Rashid must also admit that the EC was never an independent and neutral commission as his duties and responsibilities still comes under the direct jurisdiction of the prime minister's department where Nazri is currently the minister supervising the commission.
Prior to the last GE in 2008, about 47,000 bottles of indelible ink were purchased from India at a cost of RM2.4 million but the EC backed out at the last minute citing public order and security issues.
Where had all the 47,000 bottles of indelible ink went to? Did EC just stored it in a room or has all the ink dried up just like that? If that's the case, then the RM2.4 million of public funds has been wasted for nothing. It is not in thousands of Ringgit but in millions of Ringgit.
According to Nazri again, under the federal constitution, if our people fulfill the two conditions, aged 21 and above and are registered as voters, they must be given the ballot paper to vote on.
Then how about our people who are also naturalized Malaysian citizens and registered voters working and living abroad, but they have been denied their ballot papers for decades?
Come on, Nazri is such a hypocrite and acted so well when he tries to reason something which is unreasonable. Our people would not buy that anymore. Whatever you try to reason it out, is just for the sake of reasoning it.
By the way, when can we have a truly Independent Elections Commission to oversee and supervise our general elections?
“On indelible ink, I must admit that the person who questioned it was me. At that time, there were constitutional concerns", Nazri confirmed.
Earlier, former Election Commission (EC) chairperson Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman that he was prevented from implementing indelible ink in the 2008 election. The move saw the plan to use the indelible ink on voters scrapped at the last minute before the 2008 general election and Rashid bore the brunt of criticism from the turn-about.
Then this is a very clear evidence that Umno is in control of the EC all the time. The EC, its board of commissioners and the entire establishment was never an independent and neutral commission charge with supervising the elections.
From the earlier statement made by Abdul Rashid against his former boss, he certainly admitted that he had received his order from his Umno superiors and in the addition, was also ordered to lied to the general public to cover-up the real reason behind the withdrawal.
In this case, Abdul Rashid must also admit that the EC was never an independent and neutral commission as his duties and responsibilities still comes under the direct jurisdiction of the prime minister's department where Nazri is currently the minister supervising the commission.
Prior to the last GE in 2008, about 47,000 bottles of indelible ink were purchased from India at a cost of RM2.4 million but the EC backed out at the last minute citing public order and security issues.
Where had all the 47,000 bottles of indelible ink went to? Did EC just stored it in a room or has all the ink dried up just like that? If that's the case, then the RM2.4 million of public funds has been wasted for nothing. It is not in thousands of Ringgit but in millions of Ringgit.
According to Nazri again, under the federal constitution, if our people fulfill the two conditions, aged 21 and above and are registered as voters, they must be given the ballot paper to vote on.
Then how about our people who are also naturalized Malaysian citizens and registered voters working and living abroad, but they have been denied their ballot papers for decades?
Come on, Nazri is such a hypocrite and acted so well when he tries to reason something which is unreasonable. Our people would not buy that anymore. Whatever you try to reason it out, is just for the sake of reasoning it.
By the way, when can we have a truly Independent Elections Commission to oversee and supervise our general elections?
