Nurul: EC has lost all credibility

The PKR vice-president says EC chairman Abdul Aziz Yusoff is lying when he said Nurul did not consult the electoral body on dubious voters in her area before filing court action.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission (EC) has lost whatever credibility it had left, said PKR vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar.

She was referring to a report by Mingguan Malaysia yesterday, quoting EC chairman Abdul Aziz Yusoff as saying that Nurul Izzah had not consulted the electoral body on the existence of dubious voters in Lembah Pantai before taking court action.

Last week, Nurul Izzah, who is the Lembah Pantai MP, filed a suit against EC for allegedly failing to clean up the electoral at her parliamentary constituency.

She filed the suit to compel the EC’s chief registrar to clean up the electoral roll under Section 25 (2) (G) of the Elections Act.

On Abdul Aziz’s accusation, Nurul said that she had sent a letter to the EC on March 4, informing the electoral body on the existence of dubious voters in her area.

“And on March 6, EC secretary Kamaruddin Baria replied to our letter, saying they are checking the matter. So what is there to say that we didn’t consult them prior to the suit?” she asked.

She added that it also showed that the EC is not serious about cleaning up the electoral from dubious voters.

“Abdul Aziz should clean on the matter. What he said yesterday was close to lying,” said Nurul.

On another matter, Nurul urged the police and Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to take action against those who trigger political violence in the country.

She also said that her staff and volunteers were harassed umpteen times since 2012 and on every occasion had lodged a police report.

“We even gave evidence on many of the cases. So please take some action,” said Nurul.

She also said it was disappointing that only Deputy Higher Education Minister Saifuddin Abdullah had condemned political violence from Umno’s side, to date.

“I urge Hishammuddin to do what he can do to curb political violence instead of giving foolish statements,” said Nurul Izzah.

Last week, Hishammuddin was reported as saying that people should expect more violence ahead of general election.

He also urged both sides of the political to exercise caution.