MERDEKA REVISITED: [Malaysia Today] Umno/BN Akan Peralat SPR / Lame Duck EC

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Saat Akhir, Umno/BN Akan Peralat SPR Untuk Kekal Memerintah

By Wan Nordin Wan Yaacob

KUALA LUMPUR, 31 Jan (Hrkh) - Naib Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan), Mustaffa Kamli Ayub mendakwa, Umno/BN akan memperalatkan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) secara maksima di saat-saat akhir jika mereka melihat sokongan ke atas mereka merosot.

Beliau menambah, berdasarkan isu itu (negara kebajikan dan tawaran menurunkan harga minyak) BA mempunyai isun yang baik berhadapan pilihan raya umum ini.

"Kini semuanya menyebelahi BA dan pembangkang yang lain.Ini timbulkan keresahan dan kelemasan Umno/BN.Jelas kenyatan mereka (BN) dan maklum balas membayangkan keresahan Umno/BN," ujarnya ketika ditemui Harakahdaily selepas sidang media di pejabat Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim di Petaling Jaya 29 Januari lalu.

Menurut Mustaffa Kamil, Barisan Alternatif (BA) khuatir kini media massa mula digunakan untuk menabur fiitnah melampau selain memanipulasikan isu-isu memburuk-burukkan BA.

Paling kritikal, Umno/BN akan menggunakan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) di saat akhir untuk pastikan kemenangan BN dengan apa cara sekalipun, katanya.

Serangan demi serangan dengan fitnah ke atas pembangkang menjadi alat kepada media massa pro -BN hanya untuk mengaburi mata rakyat, sedangkan suara pembangkang digelapkan, katanya.

Begitupun beliau mmenyeru kepada semua ahli, jentera dan penyokong BA selain rakyat keseluruhannya tidak tertipu dengan permainan kotor BN ini.

Sebaliknya menilai semula prestasi kerajaan yang kini sedang hangat dipertikai dengan segala permasalahan termasuk jenayah, rasuah dan ekonomi, katanya.

Umno tiada alasan dan jawapan selepas BA membuat tawaran menurunkan harga minyak tatkala rakyat terbeban dengan peningkatan kos sara hidup, katanya.

Akibatnya, media massa diperalatkan dan fitnah menjadi permainan utama mereka merosakkan minda rakyat, ujarnya.

Sementara itu mengulas mengenai tawaran negara kebajikan yang diumumkan PAS beliau berkata, kebajikan rakyat adalah perkara terpenting yang perlu diutamakan oleh kerajaan.

"Lebih-lebih lagi Malaysia adalah sebuah negara yang sangat kaya dengan hasil buminya termasuk petroleum, " katanya.

"Kebajikan rakyat kena diutamakan.Soal menamakan ia negara kebajikan atau sebagainya adalah perkara kedua, tetapi yang penting ialah sesebuah kerajaan kena utamakan kebajikan rakyatnya dan bukan bermegah dengan kekayaan yang ada.

"Apatah lagi dengan kekayaan yang ada rakyat terus terpinggir dan tertekan dengan sara hidup hari ini," katanya.

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Straight Talk

Lame Duck EC

Reported in The Star, the Election Commission wants the power to sue critics who make baseless allegations against it.

Its chairman Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman said: "There are those who take to the streets (telling lies) and getting the publicity, and we (the Election Commission) suffer. "If we have the power to sue, we can take action against those who spread lies without evidence," he told newsmen.

I am astounded by his statement. What is the use of EC if it can't even defend its own image and credibility? Does the EC needs to be given special power to sue? I do not think so. The chairman, on the behalf of EC, can file a defamation case against any critic. I am not surprised if what Abdul Rashid really wanted is power to put someone in jail without trial.

"These people are traitors (for hurting the image of the country). Vote-rigging is not possible here because the electoral boxes are there in front of the eyes of the agents (representing the candidates and parties) at all times," he said.

Despite his experience of running elections over the past many years, the EC chairman's understanding of the electoral process seems to be quite limited. Fraud and vote rigging can be conducted through many ways e.g. phantom voters, vote buying, unfair access to media, sheer financial strength etc.

This is why the calls to clean up the electoral roll must be acted upon. Even Dr Mahathir has warned of possible vote buying in the upcoming elections.

For example in Germany, the publicly funded broadcasting stations are obligated to provide equal access to all politicians regardless of their affiliation. The access is important so that voters are well informed of their choice and selection of candidates.

Abdul Rashid should ask for power to prosecute and punish those who played dirty in the upcoming elections and not power to sue critics. The inability of the EC and its chairman to accept open criticisms does not augur well for the openness and transparency of the institution

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