Projek BERES: Proposals on Constitutional Amendments

8/13/2019 Projek BERES: Proposals on Constitutional Amendments

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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#

(proposals on constitutional amendments)


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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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^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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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>


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

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Projek BERES: Proposals on Constitutional Amendments