‘ABIDE BY REDELINEATION RULING’

Federal Court’s decision based on law, Constitution, says Zahid

ALL parties should abide by the Federal Court’s latest ruling pertaining to the redelineation exercise by the Election Commission (EC).

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also home minister, said all quarters, especially political parties, should accept the decision, which was reached based on the country’s law and Constitution.

“We should abide by the ruling and follow-up measures should be taken by EC.

“The government will abide by any ruling made by the court,” Zahid said at the soft launch of the International Exhibition on National Security Asia 2018 yesterday.

Present were Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and Deputy Home Ministers Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed and Datuk Masir Kujat.

The Federal Court on Monday held that EC recommendations for a redelineation exercise in parliamentary and state constituencies were not amenable to judicial review.

Chief Justice Tun Md Raus Sharif, who chaired a three-man bench, said the EC’s action, in its redelineation exercise, did not bind parties and, as such, was not amenable to judicial review.

He said this in his decision to dismiss applications from two DAP members of parliament from Perak and seven voters from Melaka to get leave of the Federal Court to appeal against the appellate court’s decisions, which did not rule in favour of them with regard to their judicial review.