'Pakatan's election suit is constitutional'

Pakatan Rakyat has insisted that its lawsuit against the seven Election Commission (EC) members is constitutional.

Responding to EC deputy chief Wan Ahmad Wan Omar, PKR's Subang MP Sivarasa Rasiah (right in photo) said apex courts "all over the Commonwealth" have decided on cases of election misconduct by election officials.

"I will just cite one here -Union Bank of India v Association for Democratic Reform (2005) 5 SCC 294 where the Supreme Court of India in a constitutional challenge issued directions to the Election Commission," he said.

"The case was not filed as an election petition. India has an identical provision to Article 118 of our federal constitution which provides that a challenge to an election can only be done via an election petition.”

Sivarasa was speaking to reporters at the Parliament lobby today.

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