Any good from PSC on electoral reforms?

Any good from PSC on electoral reforms?

Further to my letter titled “Final polls results should undergo proper audit” DE 29/4/2018, I would like to dwell similar matter in this letter.

I submitted a fair paper with schedules of discrepancies of ballots papers issued for GE 2004, GE2008 together with suggestions for electoral reforms to the Parliament Select Committee sitting in “mini Putrajaya” complex in Manggatal in November 2011, I wonder what was the findings / recommendations for electoral reforms if any of the Election Commission of Malaysia (ECM).

I would have thought a Royal Commission of Inquiry would be more appropriate for such an important matter as Governments ( Federal / States) were formed from General Elections held regularly.  It is indeed a global “wonder” that BN has held power for 55 years in Malaysia since first GE in 1964. 

In the paper to PSC headed by Datuk Maximus Ongkili, I had indicated the massive flaws and frauds of ECM as to the discrepancies of ballot papers ISSUED for Parliament and the state seats under it. (see schedule attached).

The discrepancies ranged from a digit figure to thousands of ballots papers (highest 4,843 in P28 GE2004) in most seats for both GE2004, GE2008 and yet this is continued or repeated in GE2013.  There should not be any such discrepancies which is fundamental to frauds of ECM and cannot be simply ignored with repeated approaches by me in Police Reports, High court cases with Government and ECM as amongst the defendants.  Judiciary has also failed the nation with a legitimate Government.

I had also submitted to PSC a list of 11 items for electoral reforms (see attached) to enable the nation to have a fair, free and true elections with various measures of checks and balance. Since 2011, I don’t think the Government and ECM have done anything to effect electoral reforms so much to be desired in the name of justice for all.

A worst scenario was observed with a series of technical “frauds” (not innocent) committed by ECM such as Form 16 – a prescribed form for the declaration of results on polling night - was manipulated with  the item D ( ballots papers in boxes) as omitted ( item D is very important as Forms 14 & 15 by the returning officers are not published);  then a first complete Gazette ( was published on 22 May, 2013 (polling day 5/5/13) i.e. 16 days after the Governments were formed and yet on 31 May, 2013 another supplementary  official Gazette called “Corrigendum” was published.  Actually, nobody including ECM cannot disturb the results as declared by respective Returning Officers on 5/5/2013 which was the basis for the “victorious” candidates to form the Governments.  The corrections were actually manipulation of various figures to make the discrepancies of issued ballots papers ZERO for some seats ECM had omitted with the corrupted Form 16 with respect to item D.   By virtue of corrupted Form 16 and the double Gazette for a single set of declared results of GE2013, the Government is indeed an illegitimate one set up by ECM and not the voters by the rigging of ballot papers issued and ballot boxes. 

Had the PSC for the electoral reforms addressed the repeated frauds of ECM such evil practice would have stopped.  I am very afraid the similar rigging of the electoral systems already started since dissolution 13^th Parliament and at nomination centres on 28/4/2018 would be repeated in GE14.  I sincerely urge ECM to adhere to Form 16 in GE14.

Joshua Y C Kong  2/5/2018