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LETTER | The Election Commission’s announcement today that polling day will fall on a on Wednesday, May 9, is the latest indication that the commission only serves the interest of the BN regime, not the Malaysia’s electorate.

Naturally, this move will suppress voter turnout – disincentivising interstate and overseas voters from returning home to cast their votes.

This runs contrary to the commission’s target of achieving a 85 percent voter turnout in the upcoming 14th general election.

What is the point of launching campaigns such as ‘Kempen Jom Semak’ and ‘Jom Kita Mengundi’, if they are only going to make it harder for Malaysians to vote?

Akin to an partial referee, the EC's conduct has casted doubts on their independence and credibility to fairly administer the election process.

Prior to this, the EC deliberately rejected objections to the redelineation proposal by indiscriminately redrawing the boundaries to favour the BN regime by putting large numbers of opposition-leaning voters into fewer seats and dividing constituencies along racial lines.

Is the EC in cahoots with BN chairperson Najib Abdul Razak to steal the elections for BN?

Therefore, I urge the EC to come clean to the electorate and explain their rationale for this decision.

They owe it to Malaysians to prove that their decision-making process is independent, and not swayed by any political pressure from the caretaker government.


MUHAMMAD SHAKIR AMEER MOHIDEEN is DAP Youth assistant national publicity secretary and a councillor for Shah Alam city council.

The views expressed here are those of the author/contributor and do not necessarily represent the views of Malaysiakini.

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