General Elections, Thoughts
- March 12, 2008
The Mystery of Rembau
On Saturday night, the initial count for the Rembau parliament constituency in Negri Sembilan showed that PKR had taken the seat by a razor-thin majority of 141 votes.A recount however saw a complete reversal - Khairy Jamaluddin, son-in-law of premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, won by a staggering difference of 5,000 vote. In the final results, Khairy bagged 26,525 votes against Badrul’s 20,779, with a majority of 5,746.
Amazing how the numbers could vary so much after a re-count isnt it?
So which was the correct numbers?
“There were (also) irregularities in the vote counting procedure. The Election Commission (EC) did not issue the ‘Form 14′ to us when it was compulsory to do so,” said Badrul, a former teacher and member of PKR supreme council.Elaborating, Badrul said that Form 14 was an extremely important procedure as the document was one of the many measures that was in place to prevent vote-riggin
Badrul told reporters that they will consult their lawyers and will consider issuing a petition to challenge the results and call for a re-election. What ever the outcome it could be interesting!
Popularity: 20% [?]
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2 Responses to “The Mystery of Rembau”
I would suggest a reelection in his case. Without the form 14 he should have been not declared the winer.
Let’s wait and see.
By
danny (Check me out!) on Mar 12, 2008
I DON’T TRUST THIS ‘WINNER’ AT ALL.
FIRST THE 141 LOST AND THEN MORE THAN 5000 WIN. IF THERE ISN’T A ‘RECOUNT’, WHY THE 2 FIGURES?
WHY WAIT FOR 1 1/2 MONTHS TO RESPONSE?
ANYWAY, WHY DON’T I SUGGEST THE ‘ELECTION COMMISSION’ OFFICE TO RESPONSE AND RECONFIRM THE ABOVE.
EC, DO YOUR JOB AND RECONFIRM WHETHER THERE IS A ‘RECOUNT’.
DAVIDLIM5
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David Limyo (Check me out!) on Apr 28, 2008