Polls reform: Motion to be tabled in October

The parliamentary select committee will consist of five parliamentarians from BN, three from Pakatan and an independent.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet today agreed to set up a parliamentary select committee (PSC) to look into strengthening the law and regulations pertaining to the electoral process.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Aziz said the Cabinet also agreed for the motion on the proposed PSC to be tabled at the next parliamentary sitting this October.

The Cabinet too agreed to meet with the Election Commission soon to discuss the framework of the committee which would be headed by a minister, Nazri told reporters at his office in parliament building, here, today.

Nazri said the committee would consist of five parliamentarians from the ruling government, three from the opposition and an independent.

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak had on Monday announced that a parliamentary select committee would be formed to look into ways to improve the country’s electoral process.

-Bernama