The de facto leader of PKR today exposed opposition claims of how the Election Commission (EC) was conducting “massive fraud” in manipulating the electoral roll.

NONE “I shall prove it and give a specific example,” assured Anwar Ibrahim ( right ) at a press conference in the lobby of Parliament.

He then furnished reporters with a printout of an EC voter search to show how a voter with her name and IC number already registered in Pulai, Johor, was  re-registered as a new voter in Pekan, Pahang.

“This is how they do it. If they had entered the same data, the computer will reject it. So they added a slash (/) after the IC number in the new registration,” he claimed, holding up the printout.

The additional character, Anwar explained, made it appear to the computer that this was a new and different record, despite the voter being the same person.

This, he claimed, is how the EC, in collusion with Umno, registers a voter multiple times in many constituencies to weigh the electoral dice in the BN's favour.

“I am sure it was under instructions and Umno is aware. I am sure they say that the EC has a duty to safeguard the Malays,” claimed Anwar.

He added that this was another stain on the credibility of the commission.

“Who believes the EC nowadays? They have a parliamentary select committee on electoral reform is because no one trusts them,” he said.

However, even the PSC is not able to haul up the commission towards reform, said Anwar, since the core issues of cleaning up the electoral roll remain unsolved.

Today’s expose is another in a series of assaults that the opposition has targeted on the EC and the problematic electoral roll of late.

The opposition is upping its tempo amid expectations that the 13th general election will be held around June, and over fears that the electoral jig may be rigged against it.

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