PAS Youth has urged Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria to look into alleged contradictions in the string of election petitions that have been dismissed by the Election Court.

NONE PAS Youth legal and human rights bureau (Juham) chief Ahmad Zamri As'ad Khzaimi ( left ) believes the contradictory decisions in the dismissal of election petitions are "dangerous" and a "disaster" to the country's judicial system.

"For example, some petitions have been rejected because they were not personally handed by the petitioner to the respondent.

"This is unreasonable, especially since the handing of petitions had been decided by the Election Court in the past, that the petitions can appoint his lawyer or agent (to serve the petition) as it would be impractical for the petitioner to personally do it," he said in a statement on Friday.

"Juham sees these differing stances as prejudice against petitioners who are not getting the same rights in law due to the confusion.

"Furthermore the petitioners have to bear the cost of the petition if it is rejected," he said, adding that the cost ranged from RM30,000 up to RM150,000 - a record high in Malaysia, which he deems unreasonable.

Ahmad Zamri also voiced concern about the decision by the Election Court that the erroneous filling of Form 14 was not a non-compliance under Election Offenses Act 1954.

Form 14 is the official statement of the vote count.

He stated this could allow the process to be abused where election officers could deliberately make an error in Form 14 which would decide the election's results.

"Juham stresses the the chief justice must take action and give attention to this matter so that the rakyat's trust in the judiciary system will not be eroded," he said.