Select committee agrees EC chair's appointment should be open process


KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat Special Select Committee (PSSC) on Human Rights, Elections, and Institutional Reforms has agreed that the process of appointing the new chairman of the Election Commission (EC) should be conducted openly and in consultation with Parliament.

In a statement Friday (May 17), its chairman William Leong Jee Keen, who is also Selayang MP, said the PSSC stands ready to convene a meeting to review the candidates to be considered for the position of EC chair.

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