Liew: Govt lied about 1968 royal commission report on council polls

(FMT) GEORGETOWN: Bukit Bendera parliamentarian Liew Chin Tong has accused the government of lying when it claimed that the abolishment of local elections was based on the recommendations in the (Datuk) Athi Nahappan Report on local authorities.

He said the 1968 findings of the Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Workings of Local Authorities in West Malaysia, led by the former Federal Minister, had in fact made recommendations to restore the third vote.

“One brazen falsehood that the government has wielded to support its stance not to conduct local elections was that it was recommended by the Athi Nahappan report.

“This is not true. The report in fact recommended the continuation of the system of elected local government in Malaysia,” said Liew, who is also Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s political strategist.

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