Category: Election Commission

Call for an independent inquiry to ascertain why Trengganu, Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang and Perlis had abnormal increase of new voters while Sarawak, Penang and Sabah had so few new voters

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at a Penang DAP ‘Towards Tanjung 2’ dinner held on Sunday, April 22, 1990 at 8 p.m.

Call for an independent inquiry to ascertain why Trengganu, Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang and Perlis had abnormal increase of new voters while Sarawak, Penang and Sabah had so few new voters

For the first time in Malaysian history, the independence of the Election Committee has come under grave public doubt. Continue reading Call for an independent inquiry to ascertain why Trengganu, Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang and Perlis had abnormal increase of new voters while Sarawak, Penang and Sabah had so few new voters

Call on Malaysians to give full support to Tunku in the second Merdeka struggle to free Malaysians from undemocratic rule

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the first anniversary dinner to mark Lim Guan Eng and his first release from ISA detention from Kamunting Detention Centre organised by Penang DAPSY at Maple Leaf Restaurant in Penang on Thursday, 19th April 1990 at 8 pm

Call on Malaysians to give full support to Tunku in the second Merdeka struggle to free Malaysians from undemocratic rule

I thank the Penang DAPSY for this occasion to mark the first anniversary of Guan Eng and my release from Kamunting Detention Centre under Operation Lalang. Continue reading Call on Malaysians to give full support to Tunku in the second Merdeka struggle to free Malaysians from undemocratic rule

Parliamentary will be dissolved and general elections held in the next hundred days

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the official opening of the Sungei Pinang DAP Branch Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 18th April 1990 at 8 p.m.

Parliamentary will be dissolved and general elections held in the next hundred days

Parliament should be dissolved and the general elections held in the next hundred days. There are two schools of through as to whether Parliament would be dissolved next month or in July. Continue reading Parliamentary will be dissolved and general elections held in the next hundred days

DAP to send a delegation to meet Election Commission on the unclean 1989 Electoral Roll and the validity of the voters’ registration exercise last month

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Monday, 17th April 1990:

DAP to send a delegation to meet Election Commission on the unclean 1989 Electoral Roll and the validity of the voters’ registration exercise last month

DAP takes a very serious view of the news report quoting the principal assistance secretary 1 (operations) of the Election Commission, Mohamad Nor, that the 1989 Electoral Roll is unclean. Continue reading DAP to send a delegation to meet Election Commission on the unclean 1989 Electoral Roll and the validity of the voters’ registration exercise last month

Barisan Nasional government would lose two-thirds parliamentary majority if there is a 12 per cent swing of its votes to the Opposition

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Joint DAP-Semangat 46 National Ceramah held at Malacca on Sunday, 25th March 1990 at 9 pm

Barisan Nasional government would lose two-thirds parliamentary majority if there is a 12 per cent swing of its votes to the Opposition

Tonight marks the end of the first series of the Joint DAP-Semangat 46 National Ceramah which also started a series of political earthquakes in Malaysia, beginning in Penang on 17th February, followed by Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Seremban, Kluang last night and Malacca tonight. Continue reading Barisan Nasional government would lose two-thirds parliamentary majority if there is a 12 per cent swing of its votes to the Opposition

DAP proposes a two-week extension of the voters’ registration exercise

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 24th March 1990:

DAP proposes a two-week extension of the voters’ registration exercise

The snap 27-day voters’ registration exercise ending in three days’ time on March 27 is the most unsatisfactory and scandalous in the history of voters’ registration exercises in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP proposes a two-week extension of the voters’ registration exercise

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, March 17, 1990:

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, March 17, 1990:

Most regrettable that Barisan Nasional Government killed the DAP motion to censure and remove Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman as Attorney-General without debate

It is most regrettable and shameful that Barisan Nasional Government killed the DAP motion in Parliament to censure and remove Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman as Attorney-General without debate yesterday, by not allowing time for the motion to be debated. Continue reading By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, March 17, 1990:

Election Commission Secretary’s statement a confirmation that the Election Commission is not independent but biased and subservient to UMNO Baru and Barisan Nasional Government

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at DAP Hqrs in PJ on Tuesday, 13th March 1990 at 11.30 am

Election Commission Secretary’s statement a confirmation that the Election Commission is not independent but biased and subservient to UMNO Baru and Barisan Nasional Government

The Statement by the Election Commission Secretary, Haji Rashid Abdul Rahman, yesterday denying that the current voters’ registration exercise was being conducted on the instruction of UMNO Baru was in fact a confirmation that the Eelction Commission is not independent but biased and subservient to UMNO Baru and Barisan Nasional Government. Continue reading Election Commission Secretary’s statement a confirmation that the Election Commission is not independent but biased and subservient to UMNO Baru and Barisan Nasional Government

Election Commission has violated its constitutional duty of being an Independent body and is taking directive from UMNO Baru and Barisan Nasional Government

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretay-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at DAP Hqrs in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 12th March 1990 at 12 noon

Election Commission has violated its constitutional duty of being an Independent body and is taking directive from UMNO Baru and Barisan Nasional Government

Last Friday, during the debate in the Dewan Rakyat on supplementary estimates for the Prime Minister’s Department, I said that the Election Commission was no more independent as required by the Constitution, and that it was taking directives from UMNO Baru and the Barisan Nasional Government. Continue reading Election Commission has violated its constitutional duty of being an Independent body and is taking directive from UMNO Baru and Barisan Nasional Government

Raja Dato Ariffin and Election Commission Chairman and members invited to a Monday date in Petaling Jaya for Lim Kit Siang to repeat outside Parliament his allegation that the Election Commission has lost its independence

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, and MP for Tunjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Saturday, March 10, 1990.

Raja Dato Ariffin and Election Commission Chairman and members invited to a Monday date in Petaling Jaya for Lim Kit Siang to repeat outside Parliament his allegation that the Election Commission has lost its independence

In Parliament yesterday, the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Raja Dato Ariffin bin Raja Sulaiman, challenged me to repeat outside the Dewan Rakyat my allegation during the debate on the supplementary estimates that the Election Commission has lost its independence, and threatened that if I repeated such allegation outside the House, the Election Commission would institute action against me. Continue reading Raja Dato Ariffin and Election Commission Chairman and members invited to a Monday date in Petaling Jaya for Lim Kit Siang to repeat outside Parliament his allegation that the Election Commission has lost its independence