All 12 of the Selangor local councils have filed objections against the redelineation exercise in their respective areas, as proposed by the Election Commission (EC).

Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) councillor Derek Fernandez also claimed that none of the local councils were consulted before the EC published their proposals.

"It is impossible for the EC to have been able to carry out a proper review after eight years when it does not even consult the affected local councils and state governments.

"Especially when these proposals substantially affect local government, cause inconvenience to many and damage local ties and affect the multicultural social planning policies of MBPJ and the state government," Fernandez told a press conference at the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya today.

The press conference was also attended by representatives from the other 11 local councils as well as PKR's Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin.

Fernandez said they filed their objections as the EC had yet to justify its proposed redelineation and methodology despite written requests.

The EC must do this as its duty was to protect the integrity and fairness of the election process, he said.

It had also not ensured that issues about the elections were addressed and rectified as much as possible before proposing the redelineation, he said.

"Professionalism dictates that the EC proposals must substantially comply (with) and address the matters of malapportionment, local ties and inconveniences before the EC even tabled for objection," he said.

Article 113(2) of the Federal Constitution made it clear that redelineation was conducted to rectify these three matters from the last review or election, he said.

"Not to make it worse," he stressed.

For the sake of the integrity of the election process in Malaysia, he said he hoped the EC would withdraw its proposal and work with local governments to ensure its future proposal contributes positively to the society.

The EC's redelineation proposal had drawn flak from both sides of the political divide, though the opposition had argued that it was meant to engineer a BN victory in the upcoming general election.

However, Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor had said that BN had instructed all its states and local governments to lodge objections against the redelineation.