Request for Petition for a Royal Commission on Electoral Reform (RCER) in Malaysia

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pls sign if u support.


Sean E 说...

Now that the opposition parties have won control of 5 state governments and denied BN two third majority in the parliament, do the next stage by petition for a Royal Commission on Electoral Reform (RCER) in Malaysia.

If you want to have a better future for our children in Malaysia, do your part by signing the on-line petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/RCER2008/petition.html

This is one way to bring our message to the Government.

Don’t just sit there, stand up and be counted! We want a fair and transparent election.

WHY DO WE NEED TO REFORM THE ELECTION COMMISSION?

1) Gerrymandering. The discrepancy between number of voters in voting areas is too great. The smallest parliamentary seat (Federal Territory, Putrajaya) has only 6,608 voters while the parliamentary seat for Kapar in Selangor has 112,224 voters. What this means is that one vote in the Putrajaya parliamentary constituency is equivalent to 17 votes in the Kapar constituency.

2) Phantom voters. A common tactic is to ‘buy’ the identity card of the voters. Party members from the ruling parties will then vote on the voters’ behalf. Random checking of a person’s identity must be conducted using those finger print checking device (like the bank use). Any voting done on another person’s identity must be made a serious offence under the election law. Now you know why the indelible ink was withdrawn at the last minute by the SPR (Election Commission).

3) Postal votes. The rules on postal voting must be reviewed, tightened and amended. The current rule favours the ruling party as the armed forces personnel and policemen who vote by ‘postal voting’ would obviously not jeopardize their career or promotion prospect by voting for the opposition. Voting under postal voting is not secret as it is under the watchful eyes of the senior officers. Christina Liew of DAP (Api-Api) lost due to postal votes. The ruling party has control of 250,000 postal votes!

4) Spoiled votes. How do we define spoiled votes. It is very easy to turn good votes into spoiled votes (by adding one more x to the ballot paper). Are spoiled votes being verified and watched over by the party representatives? In marginal areas in which the winning margin is razor thin, the so-called spoiled votes need to be scrutinized.

X档案寓言故事 ── 小民，你上错船了！

话说宇宙里有一个星球，叫“马去东亚”，简称“小马”。“小马” 的“外星人”（地球人的说法）有一个有趣的风俗习惯，他们每五年都必须移民一次，但他们无须办签证，只须买对的交通工具的票就行了。

其中一个外星人，叫小民，已经年过半百。他每一次都是搭一艘叫“天平号”的大帆船的。但这一次，他的心开始动摇了，因为他第四任“天平号”船长 ── 老马让他失去了信心，小民开始考虑乘搭其他交通工具了。他把它考虑搭火箭的想法告诉了第五任船长 ── 伯乐，但伯乐告诉他：“请相信我，我保证会带你到一片没有贪官污吏、没有种族主义的安全乐土。”小民给他的承诺和其“好好先生”的形象打动了，小民遂再次买下了“天平号”的船票。

五年过去了，小民感觉到货不对版，他真的要换交通工具了。他把他的这个打算告诉了伯乐身边的一位保镖 ── “阿旺”。阿旺立刻劝他三思。阿旺说：“你知道我素来是个“不唱高调，只讲求成效”的人，我读书少，但我不骗你，真的，我们已经走在对的轨道上了，只要坚持下去，一定会到达我们梦想的乐园！伯乐也说过我们已经在半途了，球赛只踢了上半场罢了，坚持下去就行了；反之，如果二等舱少了你一个的重量就会失去平衡进而翻船的，你要三思啊！”刚好就在当时，另一位伯乐的保镖之一 ── 善美也正好跟另一位外星人说：“若你走，后果自负！”。

结果，小民又再一次被说服了，再度买下“天平号”的船票。“天平号”再度浩浩荡荡启航了。启程了许久，忽然传来一阵欢呼声，小民也和其他外星人一起望向窗外，小民这回真的感觉不对劲了，因为他们到了攻击力很强的“橙杉军”地盘 ── X 兰！


注：此故事纯为虚构，如有雷同，纯属巧合。