KUALA LUMPUR— PKR deputy presidential hopeful Rafizi Ramli criticised the party’s central election committee (JPP) for saying it will accept votes from the controversial Julau division that it had previously suspended over an alleged “cyber attack”.
Rafizi said the new decision was perplexing as it was a complete reversal of the previous stance taken when the “cyber attack” was discovered.
“The flip-flop statements and positions has caused many party members to lose confidence with the credibility of this entire election process and its results,” he said.
The former Pandan MP accused the committee of failing to run the election smoothly, blaming JPP deputy chairman Azman Hendra and JPP secretary Ismail Yusof in particular.
He also said JPP failure to explain issues led to distortions.
Earlier, JPP chairman Datuk Rashid Din said in a statement that the vote count analysis for the Julau division found these to be intact and successfully uploaded to the cloud server used for the e-voting despite steps taken to wipe the tablets of the “Prey Anti-Theft” application that the committee initially categorised as “malware”.
Prey issued a statement today rejecting allegations that its app was used in any way to alter the voting or results.
On the disputed votes issue, Rashid said that the committee will only verify divisional leaders’ votes which have tied results or thin margins, since many of the complainants were not party members.
However, Rafizi demanded the JPP investigate all disputed votes as he estimated there were more than 5,000 nationwide.
“If JPP said disputed votes will only be investigated at divisional level with narrow margin results, what about the results for the Deputy Presidency and Central Leadership Council (MPP) where there is only a one per cent difference?” he questioned. – MALAY MAIL
PKR election committee being unfair to voting members – Rafizi
Incumbent PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli has lashed out at the party’s central election committee over three decisions it announced today, including not conducting a re-election for the Julau division.
In a statement, Rafizi said the committee’s decision to stick to Saturday’s results from Julau was “unfair” to him and his camp, claiming that it would hamper his bid to become PKR’s deputy president.
“When the data problem at Pensiangan division was solved, it was expected that I would only fall behind (deputy presidential contender) Azmin Ali by around 2,000 votes.
“A re-election in Julau division – because the polling (on Saturday) had lost its credence when tablets used were hacked – would give me an overall advantage if the turnout exceeds 2,000 voters.
“I know that the committee was pushed (didesak) to not go ahead with a re-election, albeit having admitted that the e-voting system in Julau was hacked and tablets used tampered with,” his statement read.
After results for the division were suspended on Saturday due to an apparent “cyber attack,” Rafizi had claimed that some of the tablets used for e-voting system had been compromised with malware.
This morning, the election committee announced that no re-election would be held for Julau, saying that no data or votes were found to be compromised.
Election committee chief Rashid Din confirmed, however, that six tablets from the voting centre had their e-voting application “wiped clean” by the Prey anti-theft application.
‘100 percent contradictory’
In his statement, Rafizi lambasted the committee for its “illogical” stance on the alleged hacking.
“This statement by the committee is 100 percent in contradiction of statements it had issued before this,” he insisted.
The election committee announced two other decisions today, namely that the re-election results for the Tawau and Pensiangan divisions have been accepted, and that undi ragu (disputed votes) would only be counted for divisional races with closely tied results.
However, Rafizi said that these decisions effectively “victimised” the hundreds of thousands of PKR members around the country who voted in the party election, given that the problems occurred due to the committee’s own weaknesses.
He also called upon PKR’s political bureau, which is scheduled to meet tonight, to make decisions on several issues.
This, he said, includes solving the issue of lost voting data, especially for the Pensiangan division, and the committee rejecting undi ragu for non-divisional races.
“If the committee’s excuse is that undi ragu would only be used in divisions with small margins in the results, what about the results for the deputy president and central leadership council races, with a margin of about one percent?”
Rafizi also urged PKR to take stern action against the election committee’s IT Unit chief Alvin Teoh for allegedly being negligent in his duties, which he said led to the PKR e-voting system malfunctioning.
He also called for JPP to apologise to all party members for its weaknesses in handling the election.
MKINI
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