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Session:
Presented by Syahredzan JohanOn behalf of
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Who we are (citizen-initiated collaboration between Malaysians local andabroad, having access to a variety of election-related resources and who aim to
rovide a total and holistic ro osal to im rove our electoral democracy that ta!esinto account contem orary factors and interests"#
$b%ective (&o im rove the credibility and integrity of the Malaysianelectoral system in line with established rinci les and ractices in other arts of the
world#
What we have underta!en so far (review of 'ederalonstitution#
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once t of elections and re resentation)nstitutions, the *lection ommission
Delimitation
+eneral conce ts (fundamentalliberties, institutions, etc"#
once ts relating to electionsConcepts relating toelections
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* uality of voter re resentation
onditions for constituency delimitation&he *lection ommission (as an institution, role, owers functions#.ow government functions are discharged during the eriodbetween dissolution of arliament and formation of a new
arliament$versight
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* uality of voterre resentation
/0$/$S1 S $3$3S&)&4&)$31
1M*3DM*3&S :om osition of .ouse of
0e resentatives (Dewan 0a!yat#om osition of Senate (Dewan
3egara#ocal government elections
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* uality of voterre resentation
^Composition ofHouse ofRepresentatives (Art.46):from 222 M/s to 256
M/sSabah increase to 278
Sarawa! increase to598 ohor decrease to2;8 Selangor increaseto 568 other States tobe ad%usted'& of < , abuan
/utra%aya collectivelyallocated =2 seats
What would thenew seat
distribution looklike ?
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1n illustration>
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* uality of voterre resentation
o !ave "o#a"government e"e#tions for:
Members of ity
ouncilMayor of ity ouncilMembers of Munici al
and ocal ouncil/resident of Munici al
and ocal ouncil
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&o reca on theamendments
ro osed>
* uality of voterre resentation
om osition of .ouseof 0e resentatives
om osition of Senate
ocal governmentelections
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onditions forconstituency$e"imitation (1rt" ==7,
==? &hirteenthSchedule#
/0$/$S1 S $3 $3S&)&4&)$311M*3DM*3&S:$n $e"imitation
riteria for re resentativenessriteria for e uality of voting strengthriteria for trans arencyriteria for non-discriminationonce t of electoral uota
3ew institution to oversee $e"imitation@%oun$aries Commission - Ainde endenceB
(to be a ointed by the Cang di-/ertuan1gong in consultation with the onference of0uler and the concurrence of the $ osition
eader"#
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&he *lectionommission (as an
institution# (1rt"==;#
/0$/$S1 S $3$3S&)&4&)$31 1M*3DM*3&S:
(i# &in$epen$en#e'members to be a ointed by the
Cang di-/ertuan 1gong inconsultation with the onference of0uler and the concurrence of the$ osition eader" *Not bound by
Art. 40 * members - riteria for
a ointment as * member ( ublichearings before a %udge of the'ederal ourt#
* members riteria forremoval (membershi in olitical
arty#* members not eligible to beelected to as M/, Senator,1D43, local council memberduring 2 year eriod after ceasingto be * member
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&he *lectionommission (as an
institution# (1rt"==;#
/0$/$S1 S $3$3S&)&4&)$31 1M*3DM*3&S
(""cont#:(ii) Separation of fun#tions
Delimitation to beunderta!en by a new%oun$ariesCommission "/arliament has no
ower to amend orre%ect finaldetermination of%oun$ariesCommission
(iii) New ro"e0egistration and
regulation of oliticalarties and olitical
organisation (so thatthere is oversightduring elections#
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&he role of the*lection
ommission andim ortance of
&in$epen$en#e'
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De"imitation
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De"imitation /0$/$S1 S $3$3S&)&4&)$31 1M*3DM*3&S:&o introduce a Eoundariesommission to carry out delimitation
Boundaries Commission mayincrease or decrease number ofconstituencies according todelimitation criteria/arliament has no ower to amend
or re%ect final determination of
Eoundaries ommission
What about theappointment process for
members of theBoundaries
Commission ?
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De"imitation Ainde endenceBMembers of the Eoundariesommission to be a ointed by the
Cang di-/ertuan 1gong inconsultation with the onference of0uler and the concurrence of the$ osition eader" *Not bound by
Art. 40riteria for a ointment as member
of Eoundaries ommission ( ublic
hearings before a %udge of the'ederal ourt#
riteria for removal fromEoundaries ommission(membershi in olitical arty#3ot eligible to be elected to asM/, Senator, 1D43, local council
member during 2 year eriodafter ceasing to be * member
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versig!t /0$/$S1 S $3 $3S&)&4&)$311M*3DM*3&S:&o introduce an "e#tion m*u$sman ffi#eAinde endenceB (to be a ointed by the Cang
di-/ertuan 1gong in consultation with theonference of 0uler and the concurrence of
the $ osition eader"#" *Not bound by Art.40
"e#tion m*u$sman to in uire into, reviewand address com laints and grievances withres ect to the conduct of the * and theEoundaries ommission&o issue orders for corrective action to be
ta!enElection Ombudsman may recommend
removal of member of Caretaker Government
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an +n$epen$ent#areta,ergovernment
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Referen$um /0$/$S1 S $3$3S&)&4&)$31 1M*3DM*3&S:Mandatory referendum0eferendum initiated by citizens0eferendum initiated by 'ederal or
State government
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'ederalonstitution
-ar"iament
ang $i/-ertuanAgong
DewanNegara
DewanRa,0at
PM &Cabinet
$mbudsman
*
Caretaker Govt torun Govt during
Parliamentdissolution
0egulation of/olitical /arties
3+$Fs
Eoundariesommission
)nde endence of C13+D)-/*0&413 1+$3+
re a ointmentsang $i/-ertuan
Agong
AppointsOmbudsma
n, EC &
BoundariesCommission
.*Not boundby Art. 40
Responsible to
Parliament
composition
delimitation
Referen$um
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&han! you for listening