Vote buying is legal, says MACC official

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What gravely shocking statement was that? One of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy commissioners by the name of Sutinah Sutan had told the public that vote buying during the general elections is not an offense and is therefore a legal thing to do.

From the statement made by the MACC deputy commissioner, it seems the MACC is saying that certain elements of corruption can be considered as non-offense and legal, therefore allowing the politics in this nation to be even more dirtier than ever, especially on the ruling BN side.

With the MACC affirming vote-buying is no more an offense, BN and Umno leaders would definitely go all out in their vote buying activities in the general elections as well as in their party elections as well. With vote-buying being legalized by MACC, genuine democracy in this country would certainly be affected and the validity of the electoral process would also be questioned.

We would like to ask, if the MACC's statement had effectively overwritten the Elections Offenses Act? If this is the case, the corruption rate in this country would therefore increase to its peak. What make things worst would be rich and wealthy politicians would take this opportunity to use their wealth to purchase their votes so that that they could stay in power for as long as they wish.

The most disturbing part of the MACC deputy commissioner's statement is that those BN leaders' announcement of allocations for projects, giving out cash to the public and many more are meant for the benefit for the people. If those are for the benefit of the people, why were all those allocations, project and funds only given out during a period where the general elections is approaching

Apart from that, there will also be no clean and fair elections this time round if the BN were to return to power after the 13th general elections. The worst of all, money would also be used to buy in even more illegal immigrants into this country, dress them up as Malaysian citizens, by giving them MyKads and registering them as voters.

So, we could now see “how much effort” does the MACC have in combating corruption in this country.

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