Voter files suit to stop Semenyih by-election, says one-man EC unconstitutional


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 09 Feb 2019

PETALING JAYA: A registered voter has filed, via e-filing on Friday (Feb 8 ) night, for an injunction to halt the Semenyih by-election, challenging the validity of the Election Commission as it is currently run by only the chairman .

Aside from the chairman, the remaining six posts in the commission were still vacant, rendering the Election Commission non-existent in accordance with the Federal Constitution, the voter's lawyer Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz said.

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