PETALING JAYA, JUNE 5- There is no reason for current Election Commission (EC) members to resign, Barisan Nasional leaders have said today.
They were responding to PKR vice president Tian Chua’s statement yesterday that Pakatan Rakyat will only be involved in the special committee to oversee the EC if the current members were to resign.
“I think it is ironic because last time Pakatan wanted parliament to oversee the EC. Now that PM has agreed the say the want EC head to resign before they join the committee,” Kedah Gerakan Youth Chief Tan Keng Liang told FMT.
“What does it (asking EC members to resign) have to do with the proposal?” he asked.
Tan said Tian Chua’s statement was “very unbecoming of a leader” and was “getting personal towards a person”.
“They are getting personal towards the EC and blaming their loss on a person,” he said.
“He (EC chairman Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof) is just carrying out the task of implementing what the people want. Pakatan is just finding scapegoats for their loss,” he added.
Kinabatangan MP Bung Mokhtar Radin shared the same sentiments and said he saw no reason why the current EC lineup should resign.
“(It’s a) pity Pakatan always think they’re right. I see no reason for EC members to resign,” he told FMT.
Tan said Tian Chua’s remarks were “not relevant at this state” and Pakatan was “preempting issues.
“If there really is a need for them to resign, then let the committee decide,” he said.
“If you don’t want to go into the committee, how are you going to give
your views?”
Is Pakatan doubting their own polling agents?
On a related note, Labis MP Chua Tee Yong pointed out that Pakatan agents were present during at polling stations nationwide during the recent general election.
“In terms of election, during this GE13, Pakatan had dispatched counting and polling agents all over the country. They are the ones providing the results back to be tallied,” he explained.
“Are they saying they are doubting their own agents when they reject the election results?” he asked.
Chua accused Pakatan of misleading the public and “those who do not understand the election process” by continuously harping on the popular vote issue.
“It is a political system and how party members are elected,” Chua explained.
“Even the prime minister (Najib Tun Razak) wants to set up a bipartisan committee, why are they (Pakatan) so keen to throw out the idea without even understanding the conditions?”
