A "Bersih" Election Process ? .

Just a short notes pertaining to the electoral reform initiatives taken by the Election Commission (EC) as appeared in NST @ 26 July 2011.

It is reported that the EC had submitted several proposals to the Attorney-General's Chambers with the aim of reforming the electoral process in the country. One of the initiatives would be the banning of political parties from putting up posters and banners in a haphazard manner. The new guidelines will set the standard size for posters and banners and localities where the campaign materials should be placed.

The EC Chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof was quoted as saying " There will be no more campaign materials on traffic lights, trees, signboards and lamp posts."

I fully support this as those poor trees/lamp posts had suffered a lot from the 1st election in 1955 up to the last 12th General Election!!! I am also happy to note that at last the EC admitted that those posters which were pasted almost every available space/surface were an eye sore ... In other words, to put it in a "politically correct" - or is it an incorrect one? - statement is this ... After all these years the EC had finally accepted electoral process must be "BERSIH"!!!!! (no pun is intended here depending on how you read it!!!)

The other initiative is that the EC would be introducing a biometric system nationwide to screen voters. The EC Chairman is reportedly as saying that indelible ink would never be used in this country as he said the ink was washable.

When I look up at the dictionary, the meaning of "indelible" is "incapable of being erased or obliterated" . Which is which now ... Is it the dictionary is wrong or is it the EC Chairman is wrong or the ink is of low quality as capable of being washed?

By the way, "wash" if interpreted "roughly" in this context means "dibasuh" or "dicuci" which normally happened when one wants to get rid of dirt ....

Voila!!! This is the 2nd proof that at last the EC believe in a really "BERSIH" electoral process .... I must say this is a good sign to all registered Malaysian voters as from now on the electoral process would b carried out clean!!!!

Till we meet again .....