New voters: EC accused of sabotage
By B Nantha Kumar, Free Malaysia Today
KOTA BAHARU: PKR Youth has alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is sabotaging the registration of new voters.
“We can clearly see it as an act of sabotage. They have deferred the approval of assistant voter registeration officers (ARO) and it is also difficult for constituents to secure registration forms,” said its chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin to the media yesterday.
Shamsul said the EC had frozen the party’s application to register assistant registration officers.
“This is a serious problem which we are facing nationwide. The state EC officers are saying its a directive from Putrajaya,” he said, adding that PKR Youth was giving the EC a week to resolve the problem.
The PKR Youth congress last Friday approved a motion to urge EC chief Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof to resign immediately following allegations of voter-manoeuvring in the Hulu Selangor and Sibu by-elections.
