Finally, a Parliamentary Select Committee has been established to look into the issue of electoral reform, amidst a storm of allegations of foul play, involving millions of postal votes and a defective electoral roll.

As expected, the Parliamentary Select Committee will try to sideline the importance of the Bersih 2.0 movement, even though the protest on July 9 was the single most powerful condemnation of the existing electoral process in our nation's history.

By right, the Select Committee ought to appoint members of the Bersih 2.0 movement, or any of the 62 NGOs in its lineup, to be consultative members of the committee.