PKR has provided various evidence to prove the existence of discrepancies in elections but these have gone unheeded, claimed the party's de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Speaking at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, he said the Election Commission (EC) and the government have not paid any attention to the evidence.

"Several years ago, we gave the EC a list of voters which do not match, the transfer of voters, a list of postal voters and a list of deceased voters still casting their ballots.

"But what has EC done with the evidence?" he questioned, when asked to comment on Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's statement that elections here are fair, and free of fraud.

Anwar said it is impossible that the prime minister or EC chairperson Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman are in the dark over what is happening.

"I challenge Abdullah to tell the truth about the elections in our country and not continuously tell lies," said the former deputy premier.

Survey findings

Anwar was also asked about a survey conducted by Merdeka Centre which newspapers yesterday reported as showing that the people still have faith in the Barisan Nasional (BN) government.

The PKR leader reasoned that the survey should be viewed from different perspectives.

"If we were to ask government officials in Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya whether they support the government, of course they would answer that they do.

"But if you ask whether they support the New Economic Policy (NEP), they would answer no," he said.

According to Anwar, the survey has further motivated PKR to double its efforts for the coming general election.

In a related development, the opposition stalwart said negotiations on overlapping seats between opposition parties will be concluded soon.

He said the parties are in the final stages of their discussion and the overlapping seats, in two or three states, were few in number.

However, Anwar refused to elaborate on the number of seats that were being negotiated.