SELECTIONS, ELECTIONS, DEFECTIONS AND CORRECTIONS
Elections belong to the people; it’s their decision. – Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President An interesting question was raised concerning the principal issue of the applicability and application of federal law in the matter of “State elections”, and whether States in the Federation of Malaysia are bound by Article 113 Federal Constitution (FC) (Conduct of […]
New SOPs for elections
KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission (EC) will issue new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for elections soon in view of the current Covid-19 situation in the country. Its chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh said the SOP would take into account three recommendations made by the Ministry of Health (MOH) such as no interstate and inter-district travels, […]
Don’t get overly excited about elections
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate. – Orson Welles, American actor With election fever in the air, I guess many of us have been asked these familiar questions. This is how I would normally respond […]
