Work on the best SOP
KUCHING: The Election Commission (EC) must come up with the best and safest standard operating procedures (SOPs) within the next six months. Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Women chief Datuk Seri Doris Sophia Brodie suggested mobile ballot boxes be made instead of voters coming and queuing to or at polling stations to cast their votes. “This […]
Innovative ways to hold Sarawak polls needed
KUCHING: The Election Commission (EC) has to come up with innovative ways to hold the Sarawak state election in the new normal, said Prof Dr Jayum Jawan, a political scientist from Universiti Putra Malaysia. “However, if it cannot do so, then it has failed the country and the people and the moral thing to do […]
Polling over two days not wise
KUCHING: A political analyst disagrees with the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) Sarawak’s proposal for polling in Sarawak’s 12th state election be extended to two days and the campaign period from 14 to 21 days. Dr Lee Kuok Tiung, a senior lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) said a longer period meant more […]
Longer polling fair to large constituencies
KUCHING: The Election Commission (EC) should consider for a longer polling period in constituencies with large number of voters. Political analyst Dick Lembang Dugun said the period of voting must take into consideration the total number of registered voters for each constituency. This is in the interest of fairness for constituencies which have many voters […]
State polls not that urgent
MIRI: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) secretary general Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew feels that there is no urgency to have the state election as Sarawak is still busy fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. “The safety and lives of our people must always remain our number one priority and as such, must take precedence over anything […]
Need proper standard operating procedures for election process
KUCHING: The Election Commission (EC) and State Disaster Management Committee must formulate proper standard operating procedures for an election process to be held besides ensuring it will not escalate the pandemic. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu vice president Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, in pointing this out, said the impending election could not be avoided lest […]
Don’t hold election now
KUCHING: Santubong MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has echoed the same sentiments as Sibuti MP Lukanisman Awang Sauni on the issue of election in Sarawak — that it should not be held under the prevailing circumstances. On Monday, Lukanisman told the Dewan Rakyat that he would agree to “a localised Emergency” in […]
State polls hangs on state of Emergency
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the Sarawak government will wait for the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah’s decision on whether the national Emergency, slated to end on August 1, will be extended or not. “Right now, as we know, the Emergency is still on. Whether there […]
No need for intervention from Agong, TYT
KUCHING: The 12th Sarawak state election which must be held sixty days after the lifting of the Emergency on Aug 1 should not be postponed further. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing said an intervention from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Sarawak Yang di-Pertua Negeri was not necessary to […]
State election 60 days after Emergency
KUCHING: The state election can only be held 60 days after the end of the Emergency proclamation on Aug 1. Sarawak Legislative Assembly (DUN) Speaker Datuk Amar Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar said this is in accordance with the requirements of Article 21 (4) of State Constitution and in the event that the current Emergency order […]
