EC chief laments poor discipline among candidates, political parties at Rantau polls


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 13 Apr 2019

SEREMBAN: Although voter turnout for the Rantau polls so far has been satisfactory, the same cannot be said about the discipline of candidates and their political parties, says Election Commission (EC) chairman Azhar Azizan Harun.

There were election offences being committed in plain view such as canvassing booths being set up near voting centres and supporters of candidates trying to gain votes within a 50m radius from polling centres, he said.

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