PETALING JAYA – Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh has been appointed as the new Election Commission (EC) chairman and Nik Ali Mat Yunus a member of the Commission effective today. According to Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali, the appointment was consented by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. The will serve in the …

PETALING JAYA – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan told the parliament that if snap election was called, it would cost the government RM1.2bil. Takiyuddin said that the additional cost is maily due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures needed to put in place to have a safe elections. The last 14th General Election cost about …

PETALING JAYA – Sabah Parti Pribumi Bersatu is contesting for 45 of the 73 seats in the coming polls, says Datuk Seri Hajiji Mood Noor. The Sabah Bersatu chairman said that the party will hold meeting in preparation for the incoming election of each state contituency. Hajiji said that they will provide credible and capable candidate that will represent the …

The Chairperson of the General Election Commission (KPU) Arief Budiman said the KPU was not prepared to implement electronic voting or e-voting in the 2020 regional head election. “For the current election we have not prepared if forced to be prepared, for now, it is not ready, so I don’t want to assume,” said KPU Chairman Arief Budiman in an …

The General Elections Commission (KPU) conducted a public test of the draft KPU Regulation (PKPU) for the 2020 regional elections today, June 6, which will be held simultaneously on December 9, 2020. In this PKPU draft, there are several health protocols that must be carried out by the organizer. KPU commissioner Dewa Raka Sandi said that organizers for the 2020 …

One of the standard operating procedures ( SOPs) scheduled to be adopted next month for the Chini state by-election in Pahang is to fix the maximum number of persons permitted to be at the nomination center and the new usual in the election campaign. Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun, Chairman of the Election Commission ( EC), said something has to be …

As Sarah Dessen quoted once, “There are certain things that you rely on in this world, like a sure bet. And then they let you down, moving from where you carefully put them, your confidence shakes right where you are.” Here’s an honest answer from Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after four decades in the Malaysian political scene, He revealed that …

KUALA LUMPUR – According to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is most likely to lead the country instead of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said that while the coalition has not been decided yet, it will most likely be Anwar who will get the votes. The possibility of …

All levels of election supervisors are asked to be aware of money politics. The reason is, according to the Election Supervisory Body of the Republic of Indonesia (Bawaslu RI) the mode of money politics continues to develop from year to year. The Commissioner of Bawaslu Ratna Dewi Pettalolo said, the trend of violations from year to year, not decreased, but …

The election of the candidates for vice governor of DKI Jakarta conducted privately received criticism from DKI Jakarta Gerindra Politician, M. Taufik. According to him, a closed election has the potential for money politics. “If it is open, there is no money politics, the possibility of money politics being closed is rolled up and written like that,” he said, at …