Md Shukri Shuib "Improvement does not mean adding on members to the EC, but improving the procedures or giving fresh ideas. "If the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) is chosen as a panel member, what about the rights of the other NGOs in Malaysia?" he said. Md Shukri said the Bar Council itself needed to be improved so that it was more transparent and fair in its decisions on any matter.
"The Bar Council needs to rectify itself first as it is already eligible for registration as a political party.We see that it has strayed from its original objective of looking after the interests of its members," he said.Professor Dr Shamrahayu Abd Aziz "The irony is that NGOs have political influence.We cannot avoid it because everyone has their own political agenda.These representatives have voting rights and cannot be fence-sitters," she said.said he felt that the EC was experienced and continuously improving itself in the implementation of information technology systems and new voter registration. "NGO representatives need not be appointed to be part of the EC, but they should be given the chance to have discussions at forums or seminars," he said.- BernamaKUALA LUMPUR: Teoh Beng Hock's family refused on Thursday to accept the Royal Commission of Inquiry's finding that he had been driven to commit suicide."As a family, we cannot accept the conclusion of the report.It is not an answer for us," she said emotionally.Datuk Abdul Kadir SulaimanDatuk T.S.Nathan
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