The parliamentary select committee (PSC) on electoral reform's recommendations for advance voting and indelible ink will be implemented for the 13th general election, said Election Commission (EC) chief Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.
"By default, all military men and their spouses, police and spouses of Pasukan Gerakan Am (general operations force) will be advance voters unless they are on duty and apply for postal voting," he said at a special press conference to respond to the PSC interim report.
"By default, all military men and their spouses, police and spouses of Pasukan Gerakan Am (general operations force) will be advance voters unless they are on duty and apply for postal voting," he said at a special press conference to respond to the PSC interim report.
Abdul Aziz added that a different type of indelible ink that lasts longer will be used on advanced voters
The inks have been sent to the Malaysia Chemistry Department and the results will be submitted to the National Fatwa Council and the Health Ministry, he said at the event at the EC headquarters in Putrajaya this morning,
"If the National Fatwa Council says that it is haram, then we will work to get the ink from different sources, but as far as we know, the ink that we are using has been widely used by Muslims in several countries."
The two changes are according to the PSC's interim report that Parliament endorsed on Dec 1.
[More to follow]
The two changes are according to the PSC's interim report that Parliament endorsed on Dec 1.
[More to follow]
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