PETALING JAYA, JUNE 3- PKR vice president and two-term Batu MP Tian Chua today declared that Pakatan Rakyat will only be involved in the special committee to oversee the Election Commission (EC) if the current EC members were to resign.
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak on Saturday said that to strengthen the EC’s authority and credibility, the government would set up a special committee comprising members of parliament from the Barisan Nasional and the opposition to oversee the commission.
However, Tian Chua in his statement today said that Pakatan will stick to its stand and will not be playing a role as mentioned by the prime minister until its terms are met.
“The EC must resign and a new commission must be appointed with consentience from both parties.
“Also, re-election must take place in all the parliament and state constituencies, said to be won by fraud, after all necessary evidence is provided,” he said.
He reiterated that Pakatan will not participate in any cooperation and efforts to improve the credibility of the current EC or amending of any electoral law until a new commission is appointed.
“The rakyat has had enough with the tricks the EC has been playing and they have clearly voiced out unhappiness to the previous elections.
“I urge the EC to listen to the calling of the rakyat and resign immediately before the rakyat chooses to show who holds the ultimate say,” he said.
The PKR vice-president also dissented with the prime minister’s view of the 13th general election (GE13) being a “smooth” one.
The prime minister in his congratulatory speech to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah on his birthday mentioned that the government will extend its full cooperation to the EC to further improve the credibility of general elections in the country “although the 13th general election went smoothly without any problems.”
“Is the prime minister even listening to the rakyat? Thousands of rakyat has fled to the streets protesting GE13 and considered it a tainted one,” said Tian Chua, claiming that evidence of foul play in the form of pictures and videos are all over the internet.
