‘Abolish 9A′ campaign launched
Online campaign by Bersih and Pakatan is to pressure the government to allow the electoral roll to be scrutinised by the courts
(FMT) – Section 9A states: “After an electoral roll has been certified… (and) published in the gazette… the electoral roll shall be deemed to be final and binding and shall not be questioned or appealed against in, or reviewed, quashed or set aside by any court.”
Pakatan Rakyat with the support of Bersih chairperson, S Ambiga, have launched a campaign to pressure the government to allow the Court to scrutinise the ‘dirty’ electoral roll.
Previous efforts to file a court case compelling the Election Commission (EC) to clean up the electoral roll were rebuffed on the grounds that it violates Section 9A of the Elections Act 1958.
Section 9A states: “After an electoral roll has been certified… (and) published in the gazette… the electoral roll shall be deemed to be final and binding and shall not be questioned or appealed against in, or reviewed, quashed or set aside by any court.”
This means that once an electoral roll is gazetted, it cannot be challenged in court, DAP leader Charles Santiago said today at a joint press conference with Ambiga, Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang, and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng at the Parliament lobby.
