Checking citizenship status of electoral candidates not our job, says EC

JOHOR BAHRU: The Election Commission (EC) said on Saturday that checking the citizenship status of electoral candidates does not come under its jurisdiction and that the onus is on the political parties which selects the candidates to verify that.

"It is not our duty to look into the citizenship status. Our job is to conduct an election once the speaker of a legislative assembly notifies the EC of vacant seats," said EC chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hashim Abdullah.