Bersih advocacy officer Zoe Randhawa yesterday withdrew her court application against the Election Commission after the EC relented to hold a local inquiry over objections in the redelineation of the Segambut constituency.

Bersih said Randhawa was initially told the EC would not hold an inquiry for Segambut, even though the condition of at least 100 objections filed was met.

However, the EC relented through a notice sent on Thursday, the day before the court was scheduled to hear Randhawa's leave application to challenge the EC's failure to hold the inquiry on the redelineation.

"This clearly shows that the EC is either abusing its powers to block local inquiries at will, or unclear of its responsibilities as a body which governs elections," Bersih said in a statement.

"The EC is obliged to hold public inquiries after receiving sufficient objections, even though they may doubt the reasons for the objections.

"Sadly the EC had to be dragged to court to remind them of their duties to do so. This is a waste of time, energy and resources," Bersih said.

Earlier a Setiawangsa voter also withdrew her court application to challenge the redelineation after the EC relented to hold a local inquiry.

Bersih said Setiawangsa and Segambut would not be the first and last cases like these.

"We will continue to ensure the EC does not neglect its constitutional duties in redelineation and other electoral processes," the coalition for clean and fair elections added.