KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 (Bernama) -- The Election Commission (EC) will
appoint six observers for the 13th general election from among local
non-governmental organisations (NGOs), besides observers from outside
the country.
Its deputy chairman Datuk Wira Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said the EC was expected to meet with local NGOs within a week or two to discuss the monitoring framework.
"The selected NGOs should abide by the conditions set by the EC, whereby they must not assist any party campaigning in the general election," he said when delivering a talk on 'Bersih 3.0 - What More Do They Want?' organised by the Special Affairs Department, Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture, here, Thursday.
Wan Ahmad said the EC had invited foreign observers from the Commonwealth Secretariat for the 1990 general election and also local observers through a body known as 'Malaysia For Free Elections' for monitoring purpose.
Meanwhile, he questioned the motive of the opposition which had been creating issues on the EC without showing any serious interest in obtaining explanations to the issues raised.
The EC had held briefings for politicians and those who came for the dialogues were mostly from Barisan Nasional and not even 10 from the opposition parties, he said.
"The opposition prefers to hold a press conference and would accuse the EC of not being transparent while none of them would come to the EC to get an explanation."
He said some of the demands made at the April 28 demonstration showed they were only politically motivated and not to help the EC to improve the existing system.
"An example is their attempt to get Malaysians living abroad to vote although these individuals had left this country a long time ago and some had not even returned at all."
Wan Ahmad said for Malaysians living abroad, they would be able to vote in this country's general election if they returned here at least once every five years.
He said that according to the EC electoral roll, only about 500 Malaysian citizens outside the country had registered as voters and they were civil servants serving at the Malaysian missions and students.
"But the opposition is portraying as though there are tens of thousands of Malaysians abroad who should be eligible to vote." he added.
Its deputy chairman Datuk Wira Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said the EC was expected to meet with local NGOs within a week or two to discuss the monitoring framework.
"The selected NGOs should abide by the conditions set by the EC, whereby they must not assist any party campaigning in the general election," he said when delivering a talk on 'Bersih 3.0 - What More Do They Want?' organised by the Special Affairs Department, Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture, here, Thursday.
Wan Ahmad said the EC had invited foreign observers from the Commonwealth Secretariat for the 1990 general election and also local observers through a body known as 'Malaysia For Free Elections' for monitoring purpose.
Meanwhile, he questioned the motive of the opposition which had been creating issues on the EC without showing any serious interest in obtaining explanations to the issues raised.
The EC had held briefings for politicians and those who came for the dialogues were mostly from Barisan Nasional and not even 10 from the opposition parties, he said.
"The opposition prefers to hold a press conference and would accuse the EC of not being transparent while none of them would come to the EC to get an explanation."
He said some of the demands made at the April 28 demonstration showed they were only politically motivated and not to help the EC to improve the existing system.
"An example is their attempt to get Malaysians living abroad to vote although these individuals had left this country a long time ago and some had not even returned at all."
Wan Ahmad said for Malaysians living abroad, they would be able to vote in this country's general election if they returned here at least once every five years.
He said that according to the EC electoral roll, only about 500 Malaysian citizens outside the country had registered as voters and they were civil servants serving at the Malaysian missions and students.
"But the opposition is portraying as though there are tens of thousands of Malaysians abroad who should be eligible to vote." he added.
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