Apa yang menarik, tindakan memfaikan petisyen yang biasanya hanya sinonim dengan pihak pembangkang, kali ini juga turut dikemukakan oleh BN.
Daripada jumlah keseluruhan 60 petisyen itu, 39 dikemukakan oleh Pakatan Rakyat manakala 21 lagi oleh BN.
Bagi Pakatan Rakyat, 39 petisyen tersebut adalah membabitkan 25 kerusi parlimen manakala 14 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun).
Bagi BN pula, 21 kawasan yang terlibat adalah masing-masing enam parlimen dan 15 Dun.
Di Kedah, kawasan parlimen yang terbabit dengan petisyen adalah Merbok dan Kulim Bandar Baru yang dikemukakan oleh PKR, manakala tiada bagi kerusi Dun.
Di Kelantan perlimen terlibat adalah Ketereh yang dikemukakan oleh PAS, Machang (PKR), Bachok (BN), manakala bagi Dun pula, Kok Lanas (PAS), Selinsing (PAS), Ayer Lanas (PAS), Jelawat (BN), Mengkebang (BN), Gaal (BN) dan Manek Urai (BN).
Di Terengganu, tiada kerusi parlimen terlibat petisyen, tetapi kerusi Dun adalah Hulu Besut (PAS), Kuala Berang (PAS), Rantau Abang (BN) dan Teluk Pasu (BN).
Di Pahang juga tiada petisyen terlibat bagi kerusi parlimen, namun hanya satu bagi kerusi Dun iaitu Dun Cameron Highlands (DAP).
Bagi Pulau Pinang pula, parlimen terlibat adalah Balik Pulau (PKR) dan tiada petisyen bagi kerusi Dun.
Di Perak, parlimen terlibat adalah Tapah dan dua petisyen bagi Bagan Datok yang dikemukakan PKR, manakala bagi kerusi Dun adalah Selama, Rungkup, Manong, Pasir Panjang, Manjoi dan Lubok Merbau yang kesemuanya dikemukakan oleh PAS.
Bagi negeri Selangor, tiga kawasan parlimen terlibat iaitu Sabak Bernam (PKR), Sungai Besar (PAS), Kuala Selangor (PAS) manakala tiada petisyen bagi kawasan Dun.
Bagi Kuala Lumpur, parlimen terlibat adalah Setiawangsa (PKR), Titiwangsa (PAS), Lembah Pantai (BN) dan Parlimen Batu (BN).
Bagi negeri Johor, parlimen terlibat adalah Pulai (PAS), Segamat (PKR), Ledang (PKR), Muar (PKR), Tebrau (PKR), Pasir Gudang (PKR), Labis (DAP), Batu Pahat (BN) manakala bagi Dun adalah Gambir (PAS), Mahkota (PAS), Nusajaya (PAS), Penggaram (BN), Parit Yani (BN), Stulang (BN) dan Puteri Wangsa (BN).
Di Sabah, parlimen terlibat adalah Kota Marudu (PKR), Beaufort (PKR) dan Pensiangan (PKR), manakala bagi Sarawak adalah parlimen Baram (PKR) dan Sarikei (BN).
Menurut Perkara 118 Perlembagaan Persekutuan, jika terdapat mana-mana pihak tidak berpuas hati dengan keputusan pemilihan pilihan raya umum lalu, mereka boleh mengemukakan petisyen pilihan raya kepada Mahkamah Tinggi yang mempunyai bidang kuasa di tempat pilihan raya itu diadakan.
Seksyen 38 Akta Kesalahan Pilihan Raya 1954 (Akta 5) pula memperuntuk tiap-tiap petisyen pilihan raya hendaklah dikemukakan dalam tempoh 21 hari dari tarikh keputusan dan penyata pengundian disiarkan dalam warta.
Tempoh 21 hari itu dianggap bermula pada 23 Mei lalu dan berakhir semalam.-harakahdaily
Petisyen p'raya: Sri Ram wakili Pakatan Perak
EC challenged in record 60 seats...
Deadline for submitting election petition to challenge election results in the recent polls ended yesterday, with a record 60 petitions filed by both sides of the political divide.While election petitions have traditionally been filed by the opposition, this time 21 of these petitions came from Barisan Nasional, protesting the results announced by the Election Commission.
Pakatan Rakyat's 39 petitions involved 25 parliamentary constituencies and 14 state seats, while BN is disputing six parliamentary seats and 15 state seats.
In Kedah, the Merbok and Kulim Bandar Baru parliamentary seats are part of the petitions filed by PKR.
While in Kelantan, the parliamentary seats and parties involved are Ketereh (PAS), Machang (PKR) and Bachok (BN). Three state seats are Kok Lanas (PAS), Selinsing (PAS), Ayer Lanas (PAS), Jelawat (BN), Mengkebang (BN), Gaal (BN) and Manek Urai (BN).
No petition was filed over parliamentary seats in Terengganu, but both BN and PAS are each disputing two state seats. Similarly, only DAP file election petition over the Cameron Highlands state seat.
Penang saw one election result - in the Balik Pulau parliament seat - which was wrested back by BN, being disputed by PKR.
In Perak, the parliamentary seats involved are Tapah and Bagan Datok, while state seats are Selama, Rungkup, Manong, Pasir Panjang, Manjoi and Lubok Merbau.
In Selangor, only parliamentary constituencies saw petitions filed: Sabak Bernam, Sungai Besar and Kuala Selangor.
In the Federal Territory, the seats and petitioners involved are Setiawangsa (PKR), Titiwangsa (PAS), Lembah Pantai (BN) and Batu (BN).
Election results in two state seats are disputed by BN in Melaka.
In Johor, election petitions have been filed for Pulai (PAS), Segamat (PKR), Ledang (PKR), Muar (PKR), Tebrau (PKR), Pasir Gudang (PKR), Labis (DAP) and Batu Pahat (BN) parliamentary seats. State seats involved are Gambir (PAS), Mahkota (PAS), Nusajaya (PAS), Penggaram (BN), Parit Yani (BN), Stulang (BN) and Puteri Wangsa (BN).
In Sabah, PKR filed petitions for the parliamentary seats of Kota Marudu, Beaufort and Pensiangan, while in Sarawak, PKR and BN filed in Baram and Sarikei respectively.
Bribery, washable 'indelible' ink on voters, ballot counting errors and allegations of foreigners being allowed to vote are among complaints which are at the heart of the election petitions.
Hundreds of thousands of people have attended rallies to protest what they called the 'stolen election', with a major rally planned on June 22 in Kuala Lumpur to press for removal of EC office-holders.- harakahdaily
Sri Ram to act for Perak Pakatan over polls petitions...
As the deadline to file election petitions elapsed yesterday, there was one notable name which may have sent waves in the legal fraternity, namely, former Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram.
Justice Sri Ram - who retired from the apex court in February 2010 - is set to represent Perak Pakatan Rakyat in several of its petition applications in court. Sri Ram, 69, was a practising lawyer who then became the first person to be directly appointed to the Court of Appeal from legal practice, and then was made a Federal Court judge in 2009.
The other person who broke the record was former Chief Justice (CJ) Zaki Azmi, who rose from public practice to become a Federal Court judge, and later CJ.His name is written in several of the Perak petition applications, and he is expected to appear in court.
PAS central committee member Mohd Hanipa Maidin (right) - who is one of the party's legal adviser - confirmed with Malaysiakini the Federal Court judge is one of the senior lawyers who would act for them in three cases in Perak.
"All in all, there are six election petitions filed in Perak - all of them involving state seats.
"Three of them are being handled by the party's legal team and the remaining three are through our volunteer lawyers that include the eminent Gopal (Sri Ram)," said Hanipa, who is also Sepang MP.
Another source familiar with the Perak Pakatan petitions confirmed with Malaysiakini that Sri Ram (left) is set to appear in court for these cases.PAS has filed six election petitions in Perak - involving Pasir Panjang, Manjoi, Lubuk Merbau, Rungkup, Selama and Manong.
Meanwhile, PKR has filed one election petition involving the Tapah parliamentary seat.
The Perak Pakatan election petition applications are seen as pivotal, because if Pakatan is successful, it can change the ruling government.
BN won in 31 state seats, while Pakatan has 28 seats. A switch of two out of six in the petition cases would result in a change in government.
Sri Ram not involved in Perak case
As the silver-producing state faces the constitutional crisis imbroglio - following a change of government in February 2009 - Sri Ram had not been involved in any of the appeals up to the Federal Court.
Former Perak MB Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin had asked for a full bench of 11 judges to hear its appeal, but this was rejected by the apex court.
In the Federal Court, Nizar's (right) appeal was heard and rejected by then Court of Appeal president Alauddin Mohd Sheriff, Chief Judge of Malaya Arifin Zakaria (now CJ), and Federal Court judges Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin (now Chief Judge of Malaya), Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusof (retired) and Abdull Hamid Embong (still Federal Court).Hence, there should not be any problems for Gopal to act for Pakatan should BN lawyers object to his presence in the cases.
The former federal court judge, among others, is noted for giving oral judgments on the spot after listening to submissions.
He was also controversially involved at the Court of Appeal's judgment in the Metramac case against former Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin's running of the ministry "like it's a coffee shop".
Eventually, the remarks made by Sri Ram against Daim were expunged.
Nonetheless, Sri Ram is best known for his numerous sound judgments which still stand and are continuously being referred to.-malaysiakini
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