Bersih: EC can't cover for Zahid

comments     Ahmad Fadli KC     Published     Updated

Electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 today criticised the Election Commission for apparently trying to cover up for the home minister for a statement he made while campaigning in Teluk Intan.

According to Bersih, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's claim that he knows which of the People's Volunteer Corp (Rela) members had voted in the last polls and urging them to vote BN breaches the Election Offences Act 1954.

“Such flagrant violations and abuses cannot continue. The monitoring and enforcement authorities, being well under the ruling party's control, are not heeding the call of the people to do their duty

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