KUALA KRAI, July 14 – Barisan Nasional today called on the Election Commission (EC) to tighten the monitoring and supervision of elections, especially at polling stations to prevent untoward incident.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is BN deputy chairman, said that although the EC had decided that there would be no more “pondok panas” (electoral booths) and gathering of party supporters at polling stations, enforcement and supervision of this ruling were still lacking.
He was commenting on the stone-throwing incident at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Peria polling station around noon today in which two Puteri Umno members were injured.
Police have arrested a PAS supporter in connection with the incident.
Muhyiddin told a news conference at the police operations centre in Laloh near here that police could provide security but in terms of election rules and regulations, it was the EC which should enforce them.
The EC should act firmly when there were incidents of provocation and took preventive measures to calm the situation with the help of the police, he said. – Bernama
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