Category: Election Commission

All voters should verify the draft electoral roll as it will be used for the next general elections as elections this year now looks more and more unlikely

Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Friday, October 14, 1994:

All voters should verify the draft electoral roll as it will be used for the next general elections as elections this year now looks more and more unlikely

All voters should verify the draft electoral roll which the Election Commission has put up for public display until October 26, as it will be used for the next general elections as elections this year now looks more and more unlikely. Continue reading All voters should verify the draft electoral roll as it will be used for the next general elections as elections this year now looks more and more unlikely

Call on the people to verify the new electoral list which will be put up for public display for two weeks from tomorrow to ferret out ‘phantom voters’ which had been registered during the 21-day voters’ registration exercise in July to give Barisan Nasional unfair advantage in the next general elections

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, October 11, 1994:

Call on the people to verify the new electoral list which will be put up for public display for two weeks from tomorrow to ferret out ‘phantom voters’ which had been registered during the 21-day voters’ registration exercise in July to give Barisan Nasional unfair advantage in the next general elections.

I call on all Malaysians to take the trouble to verify the new electoral list which will be put up for public display for two weeks from tomorrow to ferret out ‘phantom voters’ which had been registered during the 21-day voters’ registration exercise in July to give Barisan Nasional unfair advantage in the next general elections. Continue reading Call on the people to verify the new electoral list which will be put up for public display for two weeks from tomorrow to ferret out ‘phantom voters’ which had been registered during the 21-day voters’ registration exercise in July to give Barisan Nasional unfair advantage in the next general elections

DAP directs all DAP State Committees, branches, MPs and SAs to be especially vigilant to ferret out ‘phantom voters’ when the new electoral rolls are put up for public display for two weeks from 12th October

Press Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, October 4, 1994 at 11am:

DAP directs all DAP State Committees, branches, MPs and SAs to be especially vigilant to ferret out ‘phantom voters’ when the new electoral rolls are put up for public display for two weeks from 12th October

DAP has directs all DAP State Committees, branches, MPs and Assemblymen to be especially vigilant to ferret out ‘phantom voters’ when the new electoral rolls are put up for public display for two weeks from 12th October. Continue reading DAP directs all DAP State Committees, branches, MPs and SAs to be especially vigilant to ferret out ‘phantom voters’ when the new electoral rolls are put up for public display for two weeks from 12th October

Is Election Commission seems to be having ‘clod feet’ in its call for a ‘free, fair and clear’ general elections, and its earlier strident calls to ensure that the next general election would have these three important attributes of a democratic elections have become very ‘muted’.

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 29th September 1994:

Is Election Commission seems to be having ‘clod feet’ in its call for a ‘free, fair and clear’ general elections, and its earlier strident calls to ensure that the next general election would have these three important attributes of a democratic elections have become very ‘muted’.

It will be very sad for the liberalization and democratization of Malaysia if the Election Commission should backtrack from is earlier call for ‘free, fair and clean’ general elections, before any headway had been achieved, just because of certain adverse reactions from those in power. Continue reading Is Election Commission seems to be having ‘clod feet’ in its call for a ‘free, fair and clear’ general elections, and its earlier strident calls to ensure that the next general election would have these three important attributes of a democratic elections have become very ‘muted’.

Election Commission should open all its records to political parties to ferret out the tens of thou-sands of ‘phantom voters’ registered during the recent voters’ registration exercise

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, September 27, 1994:

Election Commission should open all its records to political parties to ferret out the tens of thou-sands of ‘phantom voters’ registered during the recent voters’ registration exercise.

The Election Commission should open its records to political parties to ferret out the tens of thousands of phantom voters’ registered in the 21-day Voters’ Registration Exercise in July, whether as new voters or through change of address and constituency. Continue reading Election Commission should open all its records to political parties to ferret out the tens of thou-sands of ‘phantom voters’ registered during the recent voters’ registration exercise

Four tests for Election Commission to prove its independence and fulfilment of its constitutional responsibility to conduct ‘free, fair and clean’ general elections

Press Conference Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Kota Kinabalu on Sunday, September 25, 1994, at 10 am.

Four tests for Election Commission to prove its independence and fulfilment of its constitutional responsibility to conduct ‘free, fair and clean’ general elections.

The Election Commission in Malaysia has not been fully independent as intended by the Malaysian Constitution to be able to fulfil its constitutional responsibility to conduct ‘free, fair and clean’ general elections.

There are four tests for the Election Commission to prove its independence and fulfilment of its constitutional responsibility to conduct ‘free, fair and clean’ general elections, namely: Continue reading Four tests for Election Commission to prove its independence and fulfilment of its constitutional responsibility to conduct ‘free, fair and clean’ general elections

All DAP State Committees and branches must be ready to object to ‘phantom voters’ when the draft electoral roll is put up for public display, probably early next month

Speech (Part 2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Tanjong 3 Committee meeting at Penang DAP Hqrs on Thursday, September 22, 1994 at 8.30 pm.

All DAP State Committees and branches must be ready to object to ‘phantom voters’ when the draft electoral roll is put up for public display, probably early next month.

All DAP State Committees and branches must be ready to object to ‘phantom voters’ when the draft electoral roll is put up for public display for public objection, probably early next month.

This draft electoral roll will enumerate the new voters registered during the 21-day voters’ registration exercise conducted by the Election Commission in July as well as those who have applied to change address and electoral constituency. Continue reading All DAP State Committees and branches must be ready to object to ‘phantom voters’ when the draft electoral roll is put up for public display, probably early next month

Election Commission should take heed of Mahathir’ statement in Kuching yesterday that general elections would be held soon and convene an All-Party Conference on ‘free, fair and clean’ general elections.

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, September 20, 1994:

Election Commission should take heed of Mahathir’ statement in Kuching yesterday that general elections would be held soon and convene an All-Party Conference on ‘free, fair and clean’ general elections.

The Election Commission should take heed of the statement by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed that general elections would be held soon and convene an All-Party Conference on ‘free, fair and clean’ general elections. Continue reading Election Commission should take heed of Mahathir’ statement in Kuching yesterday that general elections would be held soon and convene an All-Party Conference on ‘free, fair and clean’ general elections.

Harun Din is wrong when he claims that the election process is 100 per cent transparent and irregularities could not easily occur, as the postal ballot system is 100 per cent opaque.

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, September 13, 1994:

Harun Din is wrong when he claims that the election process is 100 per cent transparent and irregularities could not easily occur, as the postal ballot system is 100 per cent opaque.

The Election Commission Chairman, Datuk Harun Din is wrong when he claims that the election process in Malaysia is 100 per cent transparent and that irregularities could not easily occur. This is because the postal ballot system involving 200,000 to 300,000 votes is 100 per cent opaque and irregularities are rife in the casting of postal ballots. Continue reading Harun Din is wrong when he claims that the election process is 100 per cent transparent and irregularities could not easily occur, as the postal ballot system is 100 per cent opaque.

DAP calls for the convening of an All-Party Commission to submit legislative and constitutional proposals in Parliament in October to ensure ‘fair, free and clean’ general elections.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, when opening the Perak DAP State Convention held in Ipoh on Sunday, September 11, 1994 at 10 am.

DAP calls for the convening of an All-Party Commission to submit legislative and constitutional proposals in Parliament in October to ensure ‘fair, free and clean’ general elections.

DAP calls for the convening of an All-Party Commission to submit legislative and constitutional proposals to Parliament in October to ensure a ‘fair, free and clean’ general elections. Continue reading DAP calls for the convening of an All-Party Commission to submit legislative and constitutional proposals in Parliament in October to ensure ‘fair, free and clean’ general elections.