Houses of Parliament

Houses of Parliament

PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE ON ELECTORAL PROCESS,PARLIAMENT OF MALAYSIA,

WORKING VISIT TO UNITED KINGDOM,

22 FEBRUARY 2012

DRAFT PROGRAMME - SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Programme

Wednesday 22 feBRUaRy

09:00 Meeting with Mark Harper MP, Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform Cabinet Office

09:45 Arrive in Parliament, Coffee and Briefing IPU Room

10:00 Roundtable 1 with MPs: • Challenges of getting the vote out• Non-Resident voters• Postal votes• Relationships in the constituency• Relations with the media (local and national)

IPU Room

11:00 Roundtable 2 with MPs: • Parliamentary constituency boundaries • Boundary change process• Impact of proposed changes

IPU Room

11:45 Meeting with Electoral Reform International Services (ERIS)Keith Best (Chair) and Chris Childs IPU Room

12:45 Attend Open Forum with UK Parliamentarians and the Hon. Andrew Scheer MP, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons.

Halal lunch available

CPA Room

13:45 Group photograph, break Westminster Hall

14:00 Meeting with Jeremy Browne MP, Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office IPU Room

14:15 Roundtable 3 with Civil soCiety oRganisations:• Electoral Reform • An overview of the UK electoral system• Details of our overseas voting process• The work of the boundary commission, constituency

delineation etc. • Access to the media by political parties during the

election campaign• Arrangements for ‘caretaker government’ during an

election

IPU Room

15:15 Depart for meeting at the Boundary Commission for England

1. Hon. Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkili Minister of Science, Technology & InnovationChairman of Parliamentary Special Select CommitteeOn Electoral ProcessMember of Parliament for Kota Marudu (BN – PBS)

2. Hon. Dato’ Seri Mohd Radzi bin Sheikh AhmadMember of Parliament for Kangar (BN – UMNO)

3. Hon. Tan Sri Dr. Fong Chan OnnMember of Parliament for Alor Gajah (BN – MCA)

4. Hon. Datuk Alexander Nanta LinggiMember of Parliament for Kapit (BN- PBB)

5. Hon. Mr. Kamalanthan a/l PanchanathanMember of Parliament for Hulu Selangor (BN – MIC)

6. Hon. Mr. Mohamed Azmin bin AliMember of Parliament for Gombak (PKR)

7. Hon. Mr. Loke Siew FookMember of Parliament for Rasah (DAP)

8. Hon. Dr. Mohd Hatta bin Md. RamliMember of Parliament for Kuala Krai (PAS)

9. Hon Mr. Wee Choo KeongMember of Parliament for Wangsa Maju (BEBAS)

10. Mdm Datuk Roosme binti HamzahSecretary of Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)Secretary of Parliamentary Special Select CommitteeOn Electoral Process (019-2606973)

11. Datuk Benard MaraatSenior Officer for Hon. Minister of Science, Technology &Innovation

12. Mr. Noor Rasidi bin Abdul LatifParliament of Malaysia

13. Mr. Mohd Ikram Rahimi (Secretary of Delegation)Parliament of Malaysia (019-3596067)

14. Dato Noordin bin Che NgahElection Commission of Malaysia

15. Mr. Mohd Azhar bin Mohd YusoffElection Commission of Malaysia

16. Ms. Rafidah binti Datu DerinMinistry of Home Affairs

Note:

BN Barisan Nasional (National Front)UMNO United Malays National OrganisationMCA Malaysian Chinese AssociationMIC Malaysian Indian CongressPBS Parti Bersatu Sarawak (United Sarawak Party)PBB Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu Sarawak (Sarawak United Bumiputra Heritage Party)PKR Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Peoples Jus-tice Party)DAP Democratic Action PartyBEBAS Independent

List of DeLegates

17. Mr. Zakaria bin AwiNational Registration Department of Malaysia

18. Mr. Ruslan bin AliasNational Registration Department of Malaysia

HeaD of DeLegation

THE HONOURABLE DATUK SERI PANGLIMA DR. MAxIMUS ONGKILI

minister of science, tecHnoLogy anD innovation

member of ParLiament for Kota maruDu

The Honourable Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Maximus Ongkili has a Degree in Agricultural Science and PhD in Agricultural Economic from the La Trobe University. He was made a Distinguished Alumni of the university in April 2009. Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Ongkili worked as a lecturer with Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (now Universiti Putra Malaysia) and later held senior research positions with the Institute of Strategic and International (ISIS) Malaysia (1985-1987) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Sabah, where he was Executive Director/CEO from 1991 to 1994. Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Ongkili also completed fellowship and summer programmes at the United Nations University (Tokyo), Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), Boston and Oxford University SAID Business School. His foray into politics began in early 1994 when he was nominated to stand as a Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) candidate in the Sabah State Elections, and won the state seat of Langkon. In the party, he was made PBS Secretary-General before being elevated to his present post as PBS Deputy President in October 1994. He has been MP for Kota Marudu in Sabah since 1995, and a three-term member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 2008. He is Chairman of the party’s Disciplinary Committee and also heads the party’s Research and Training Bureau. He is also currently Deputy President of the Kadazan-Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA) Sabah. Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Johnity Ongkili was first appointed into the Cabinet in 2004 when he was made Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department holding the portfolio of national unity and integration, from March 2004 to March 2008. After the March 2008 General Election, he was given the post of Federal Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation. Prior to his appointment as a Federal Minister, he had served as Science & Technology Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sabah (2003-2004). He also served for two terms as member of the Public Accounts Committee both in Parliament and the Sabah Legislative Assembly. Other posts he held included as member of the National IT Council (NITC), member of the National Service (NS) Advisory Board (2002-2004), Chairman of the Select Committee on National Unity and National Service (2004-2009) and Chairman of the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) from 2004 to 2008. Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Ongkili currently holds chairmanship of the Malaysian Innovation Foundation (YIM), a foundation he created under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to push the innovation efforts in the country. In October 2011, he was appointed by Parliament to head a nine-member Parliamentary Select Committee on electoral reforms which was tasked to find ways to improve the electoral process within a six-month period. As a tribute to the distinctive role he plays in making innovation the foundation of Malaysia’s economic and social transformation, the LimKokWing University of Creative Technology conferred him the Honorary Doctorate of Leadership in Innovation on Dec 17, 2011.

DeLegate

THE HONOURABLE DR MOHD HATTA BIN MD RAMLI

member of ParLiament for KuaLa Krai

Public Health PhysicianAge: 55Party: Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)Position: Central Committee Member and Director of Election

DeLegate

P KAMALANATHAN A/L P. PANCHANATHAN PJK., APR., MIPR

member of ParLiament – HuLu seLangor

Public Relations ManagerAge:45 yearsParty: Malaysian Indian Congress

DeLegate

TAN SRI DR FONG CHAN ONN

member of ParLiament – seLanDar/aLor gajaH, meLaKa

Chairman of Economic Bureau and Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy ResearchChairman, MCA Economic Policy BureauMember of Presidential CouncilChairman, MCA Kelantan State Liaison CommitteeChairman, MCA MelakaChairman of SEDA (Sustainable Energy Development Authority), Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Malaysia

Age:67 yearsParty: Malaysian Chinese Association

eris

tHe bounDary commission for engLanD

Electoral Reform International Services is a not-for-profit non-governmental organisation. We have worked in over 70 countries and provided experts for international agencies, governments, election management bodies, non-governmental organisations, and other key democracy institutions. ERIS provides support to strengthen democratic institutions, processes and culture around the world. We cover the full spectrum of democracy assistance and advice. We are supported by a network of over 800 expert consultants. Working with our staff and Board members, the ERIS network of experts can provide advice and assistance on all stages of the electoral and the wider democratic process.The ERIS database includes election administrators, civil society activists, former parliamentarians and local councillors, party organisers, academics, lawyers, statisticians, logisticians, journalists and information specialists. As a point of principle we can provide

experts from the global ‘South’ as well as from the ‘North’.

Keith Best - Chair

Keith Best has been Chairman of ERIS since 2007. He is the Chief Executive of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, and was Chief Executive of the Immigration Advisory Service from 1993-2009. A barrister and former MP, he was awarded the Territorial Decoration after serving in airborne and commando forces, and left with the rank of major. He was formerly Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales and Director of Prisoners Abroad . He is currently Chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy, which seeks improved international structures on federalist principles with observer status at the UN. He was also Chairman of the Association of Registered Immigration Advisers. He chaired the national charity the Electronic Immigration Network for ten years and is still a Trustee, and was formerly Chairman of the Electoral Reform Society (and still on the Council).

Christopher Child - Senior Professional Officer and Business Development Manager

He was formerly Head of the Democracy Section in the Political Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat. Prior to that he worked in the private office of the Leader of the British Labour Party and was Deputy Secretary of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement.

The Boundary Commission for England is an independent and impartial advisory non-departmental public body and is sponsored by the Cabinet Office. Its primary responsibility is to review all Parliamentary constituencies in England

The Commission is required by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 to review the Parliamentary constituencies in England every five years.

There are separate Boundary Commissions for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and at a local level.

For more information go to:http://consultation.boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/about-us/

tHe eLectoraL reform society

The Electoral Reform Society is an independent campaigning organisation working to champion the rights of voters and improve UK democracy.The mission of the Electoral Reform Society is to secure at all levels of representation an electoral system which will:

• Ensure all votes have equal value • Give effective representation to all significant points of view within the electorate • Allow electors to vote for their preferred candidates without fear of wasting their votes • Ensure the accountability of individual representatives to their electorates

MR MaRk HaRpeR Mp

Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform.Cabinet Office

Member of Parliament for the Forest of Dean.Conservative

He works with the Deputy PM on Fixed Term Parliaments, referendum on Alternative Voting system, boundary changes, reduction in the number of MPs, Support for disabled people to become MPs, recall of MPs, elected second chamber, individual voter registration, Commission to consider the West Lothian Question, statutory register of lobbyists, reform of party funding and all postal primaries.

In Opposition, the Minister was Shadow Minister for Disabled People (July 2007-May 2010), Shadow Minister for Defence (December 2005-July 2007). The Minister grew up in Swindon, where he attended Headlands School and Swindon College. He went on to Brasenose College, Oxford and graduated in 1991 with Upper Second-Class Honours in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. The Minister qualified in 1995 as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and, until 2002, worked for Intel Corporation in a variety of roles including finance, business operations and marketing before establishing his own chartered accountancy practice in the Forest of Dean. He also served as a Governor at Newent Community School from November 2000 to July 2005.

MR JeReMy BRoWne Mp

Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane.Liberal Democrat

Far East and South East Asia, India, Nepal, Latin America, Australasia and Pacific, Caribbean, Emerging Powers Co-ordination, Olympics, Human Rights, Consular, policy, Migration, Public Diplomacy and Drugs and International Crime.

He has held various positions in the Liberal Democrat party, including as spokesman on Foreign Affairs and most recently as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He has also been a member of the cross-party Home Affairs Committee. Jeremy grew up in many different countries including Iran and Zimbabwe. He studied politics at Nottingham University and has worked in the private sector in finance and global communications.

minister biograPHies

Controller, BBC Parliament

Peter Knowles is the editor of the radio programmes Today In Parliament and Yesterday In Parliament, the TV channel BBC Parliament and the newly launched website Democracy Live.

The Parliamentary Programmes team produces BBC Radio 4’s Today In Parliament, which began life in 1945, and Yesterday In Parliament, just two years younger! It also produces the daily digest of Westminster debate in The Record, for BBC Parliament and the BBC News Channel.

BBC Parliament is the digital TV channel for debate and ideas, with coverage from Westminster, the devolved Parliament and Assemblies and the European Parliament. The channel shows uninterrupted coverage of debates and hearings as well as daily and weekly political programmes. Showings of historic elections and other archive programmes have been especially popular with viewers.

Democracy Live launched in November 2009 at bbc.co.uk/democracylive. It offers live and on-demand video coverage of the UK’s national political institutions and the European Parliament.

Peter’s career in journalism began with Carlisle News Agency and Border TV in 1984.

Joining the BBC as a news trainee, he worked in the Manchester and Leeds newsrooms before going to the Nine O’Clock News as a producer, at the time of the first Gulf War.

In 1991 Peter became one of the first output editors on the new BBC World Service Television News and he was later appointed news editor for BBC World. He was responsible for the output during the war in Kosovo.He was overnight output editor for BBC Television News on the night of the death of Princess Diana.

He became Managing Editor, Television News, responsible for BBC News 24 and BBC World, in 1999.

Peter joined BBC Parliament in 2001.

Peter was born in 1961 in Bolton. He was educated at Bolton School, studied English at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, and took an MBA at Bradford University.

Photography within the Palace of WestminsterPhotography is prohibited within the Palace of Westminster with the exception of the CPA Room and Westminster Hall.

Security PassesFor security reasons, delegates are asked to wear their security passes at all times on the parliamentary estate. As the passes are official documents, they will need to be returned to CPA UK prior to departure.

CPA UKThe CPA UK Branch office is located at Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA.

Contact detailsGeneral office: +44 (0)20 7219 5373Internal extension: 5373Fax: +44 (0)20 7233 1202E-mail: cpa@parliament.ukWebsite: www.parliament.uk/cpauk

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is an active network of over 17,000 parliamentarians from Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures. Through dialogue, it seeks to foster co-operation and understanding between Parliaments, promote good parliamentary practice and advance parliamentary democracy.

Every Commonwealth legislature that joins the CPA is invited to form an autonomous CPA branch. This includes not only national legislatures, but state, provincial and territorial legislatures. A truly global body, the CPA currently comprises 175 Branches over 6 continents and in 54 countries worldwide.

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch (CPA UK) is one of the largest and most active branches in the CPA community and delivers a unique annual programme both in Westminster and overseas. Governed by an Executive Committee of parliamentarians from all main parties, CPA UK works to encourage parliamentary diplomacy and parliamentary strengthening on behalf of the UK Parliament and the wider CPA. Through activities including conferences, seminars and delegations CPA UK provides members with a practical, current and first-hand perspective on international issues facing fellow parliamentarians across the Commonwealth. This equips them to better scrutinise Government action on foreign affairs and international development issues, and can inform debates in the House. In many cases it also enhances members’ understanding of issues facing diaspora communities in the UK. CPA UK activities often serves as a launch-pad for coordinated international action between parliamentarians, laying the foundations for long-lasting positive relationships between individuals, committees and All Party Parliamentary Groups

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