Category: Election Commission

Election Commission should convene an all-party round-table conference to draw up a Code for Free, Fair and Clean General Elections which should also bind the mass media – both printed and electronic

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the meeting of the Perak DAP State Committee on the voters’ registration exercise held in Ipoh on Saturday, 25th June 1994 at 5 p.m.

Election Commission should convene an all-party round-table conference to draw up a Code for Free, Fair and Clean General Elections which should also bind the mass media – both printed and electronic

Election Commission Chairman, Datuk Harun Din, told the press yesterday that it was up to the Opposition parties to make representations with the Government to change laws if they want to get equal access to the mass media, in particular the electronic media, during general elections. Continue reading Election Commission should convene an all-party round-table conference to draw up a Code for Free, Fair and Clean General Elections which should also bind the mass media – both printed and electronic

DAP calls for the extension of the 21-day voters’ registration exercise next month to the normal 42-day period to ensure maximum registration of eligible voters

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Tanjong 3 Committee Meeting on the Voters’ Registration Exercise held at Penang DAP hqrs at Lorong Kinta, Penang on Thursday, 23rd June 1994 at 8 pm

DAP calls for the extension of the 21-day voters’ registration exercise next month to the normal 42-day period to ensure maximum registration of eligible voters

The Election Commission should extend the 21-day voters’ registration exercise next month to the normal 42-day period to ensure maximum registration of eligible voters on the electoral register. Continue reading DAP calls for the extension of the 21-day voters’ registration exercise next month to the normal 42-day period to ensure maximum registration of eligible voters

DAP directs all branches to use the 21-day snap voters registration exercise in July as a trial run for next general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, at the inaugural meeting of the DAP National Voters Registration Campaign Committee held at DAP PJ Hqrs on Sunday, 12th June 1994

DAP directs all branches to use the 21-day snap voters registration exercise in July as a trial run for next general elections

The Election Commission is conducting a 21-day snap voters’ registration exercise from July 11 to July 31. Continue reading DAP directs all branches to use the 21-day snap voters registration exercise in July as a trial run for next general elections

In the constituency redelineation exercise, the Election Commission had failed the standard set by the 1990 Commonwealth Observer Group Report that “It is crucial to the democratic process that the Election Commission is independent and seen to be independent”

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday, April 25, 1994 on the motion to adopt the Election Commission’s constituency redelineation proposals

In the constituency redelineation exercise, the Election Commission had failed the standard set by the 1990 Commonwealth Observer Group Report that “It is crucial to the democratic process that the Election Commission is independent and seen to be independent”

The Commonwealth Observer Group which witnessed the 1990 general elections said that “It is crucial to the democratic process that the Election Commission is independent and seen to be independent”. Continue reading In the constituency redelineation exercise, the Election Commission had failed the standard set by the 1990 Commonwealth Observer Group Report that “It is crucial to the democratic process that the Election Commission is independent and seen to be independent”

Has the Election Commission been instructed by UMNO to conduct another snap voters registration exercise as happened just before the 1990 general elections?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, March 9, 1994:

Has the Election Commission been instructed by UMNO to conduct another snap voters registration exercise as happened just before the 1990 general elections?

The statement by the UMNO Vice President, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, that UMNO Supreme Council has directed all UMNO State Liaison Committees to register UMNO members as voters has raised the question whether the Election Commission has been instructed to conduct another snap voters’ registration exercise this year as happened just before the 1990 general elections. Continue reading Has the Election Commission been instructed by UMNO to conduct another snap voters registration exercise as happened just before the 1990 general elections?

DAP calls for a public commission of inquiry into the money politics, malpractices and electoral abuses in the Sabah state general elections

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya or Monday, February 21, 1994:

DAP calls for a public commission of inquiry into the money politics, malpractices and electoral abuses in the Sabah state general elections

DAP calls for a. public commission of inquiry into the money politics, malpractices and electoral abuses in the Sabah state general elections. Continue reading DAP calls for a public commission of inquiry into the money politics, malpractices and electoral abuses in the Sabah state general elections

Call on ACA to set up a Special General Elections Audit Team to cost all expenditures by political parties and candidates in the next general elections to ensure that they do not commit corrupt practices by violating the legal limits on election expenses

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang,after attending the inauguration of the new legal office of his former political secretary, Teng Chang Khim in Klang on Saturday, 21st January, 1994:

Call on ACA to set up a Special General Elections Audit Team to cost all expenditures by political parties and candidates in the next general elections to ensure that they do not commit corrupt practices by violating the legal limits on election expenses

The Anti-Curruption Agency Director-General. Shafee Yahya said three days ago that the ACA would monitor all political parties to ensure that there is no corrupt practice or vote-buying in the next general elections. Continue reading Call on ACA to set up a Special General Elections Audit Team to cost all expenditures by political parties and candidates in the next general elections to ensure that they do not commit corrupt practices by violating the legal limits on election expenses

Election Commission should be ready to sell to the public the new 1994 electoral roll once it is certified on January 30

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

Election Commission should be ready to sell to the public the new 1994 electoral roll once it is certified on January 30

The Election Commission Secretary, Datuk Abdul Rashid, said yesterday that the 1994 electoral roll has been completed and will be gazetted on January 30. Continue reading Election Commission should be ready to sell to the public the new 1994 electoral roll once it is certified on January 30

Tsu Koon has given the Election Commission the excuse not to reduce further the disparity between urban and rural constituencies

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and HP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Friday, July 23, 1993:

Tsu Koon has given the Election Commission the excuse not to reduce further the disparity between urban and rural constituencies

The public display today of the new draft proposals by the Election Commission for the redelineation of parliamentary and state assembly constituencies has confirmed what I said in the Penang State Assembly on July 13 about, its effect on Penang State Assembly constituencies. Continue reading Tsu Koon has given the Election Commission the excuse not to reduce further the disparity between urban and rural constituencies

DAP hopes that the second set of proposals by the Election Commission for constituency redelineation would take into account the objections which the DAP had made against the first set of proposals, which were cancelled when the DAP challenged it in court

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Thursday, July 15, 1993:

DAP hopes that the second set of proposals by the Election Commission for constituency redelineation would take into account the objections which the DAP had made against the first set of proposals, which were cancelled when the DAP challenged it in court

Election Commission Chairman, Datuk Harun Din, said yesterday that the Election Commission will begin its electoral constituency redelineation exercise on July 23. Continue reading DAP hopes that the second set of proposals by the Election Commission for constituency redelineation would take into account the objections which the DAP had made against the first set of proposals, which were cancelled when the DAP challenged it in court