I refer to the recently concluded 13th
General Election in our country.
Since the results being announced, leaders from the
opposition Pakatan had been making allegation that the 13th General
Election had involved fraud.
This includes allegation more than 40,000
foreigners had been flew into our country to vote. However, to date, none had
been discovered except for a case where a Malaysian Indian man with a Chinese
name was mistaken as Bangladeshi. The DAP leader who made the false allegation
was reported to have apologized on the matter but only after the polls.
Legally in the event of any dispute or fraud, the
opposition could file a petition in court to challenge the results of the polls
within 21 days after the results being gazetted (expected in this month).
Instead of just doing that, the opposition still continues to organize several
rallies to oppose the result of the 13th General Election. Their
leaders had been reported to continue making allegation via public speeches as
if there’s fraud in the 13th General Election.
Such allegation had caused a false public
perception over the 13th General Election and tarnished the image of
the Election Commission. To make matters worse, these false allegations
continue to be on record in blogs, facebook, twitter and other social media
that can be easily accessed over the internet. It may be a source of reference
in history.
Thus, Kedah Gerakan Youth proposes to the
government that a Royal Commission Inquiry (RCI) be established to:-
(1)
investigate any allegation made towards the 13th
General Election and determine truth behind such allegation; and
(2) determine any procedural flaws that may have occurred
during the 13th General Election and recommend ways to improve our
country’s electoral system.
We hope that the opposition leaders in Pakatan will
bring forward concrete evidence to substantiate their allegation of fraud in
the 13th General Election.
Truth need to be on record.
