The report of the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on electoral reforms is to be distributed to all members of parliament tomorrow.

Its chairperson Dr Maximus Ongkili said however that the report was only expected to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat sometime later in the week.

“The report is thorough and touches on key issues. Some were agreed upon, some weren’t. But you will see that in the report. Let’s wait until tomorrow. We will know what the exact recommendations are,” he said when contacted.

Maximus, who is Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, said the report contained 22 recommendations for the government to consider.

They were compiled by the nine-member PSC at public hearings and from feedback since it started its work on Oct 2 last year. Five of its members are from the Barisan Nasional (BN), three are from the opposition PKR-DAP-PAS pact and one is an Independent MP.

The PSC also formed five minor committees to scrutinise memorandums sent to it directly. It completed its work last Wednesday after 14 meetings and six public inquiry sessions.

Maximus said many issues were taken into consideration by the committee based on the three principles of importance, urgency and possibility of implementation allowable within the legal and constitutional frameworks.

The nine-member panel was reported to have agreed on 16 of the 22 issues raised by MPs from both sides of the divide, and among the undecided issues are those on the campaign period, postal voting for media personnel, overseas voting and political funding.  

Some members were said to be in favour of a longer campaign period, of 21 days, but some were agreeable only to 10 days.

On postal voting for media personnel, it was said that some members were not agreeable to it as they felt that postal voting should be done away with.

It was also reported that the committee agreed on allowing political funding but the model had yet to be decided on.  

- Bernama