Election Commission deputy chief Wan Ahmad Wan Omar has conceded that the disproportionate sizes of certain electoral constituencies appears unjustifiable.
He, however, stressed that this was the work of the Election Commission 10 years ago, and that the present commission had no part in it.
"I agree there are a few areas which are difficult to justify, for example Baling, which was decided as a rural constituency but has 70,000-plus voters, more than Alor Setar, an urban seat.
"It is difficult to justify, but we will definitely revise it as this was done in the 2002 redelineation exercise and now we have a different panel," he told reporters after a forum on the matter organised by the Bar Council.
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"I agree there are a few areas which are difficult to justify, for example Baling, which was decided as a rural constituency but has 70,000-plus voters, more than Alor Setar, an urban seat.
"It is difficult to justify, but we will definitely revise it as this was done in the 2002 redelineation exercise and now we have a different panel," he told reporters after a forum on the matter organised by the Bar Council.
[More to follow]
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