Anwar wants EC to explain irregularities in election process

PETALING JAYA: Parti Keadilan Rakyat ( PKR) de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim maintained allegations that the 13th general election was fraudulent and demanded the Election Commission ( EC) to explain the irregularities.

He reiterated that there were foreign workers phantom voters who voted in this election and the indelible ink that could be washed out.

He made this claims at a press conference at 12.30am at a hotel here about 15 minutes before EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof announced that the Barisan Nasional ( BN) had obtained the simple majority to form the federal government.

“My decision stands. I don’t think it is fair to expect me to make a decision primarily based on an election that we consider fraudulent,” he said when asked whether he conceded defeat.

“The EC must provide full explanation on the alleged irregularities through out the voting process,” he said.

Also present were PKR president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar, PAS secretarygeneral Datuk Mustafa Ali and DAP vice-chairman Tan Kok Wai. — Bernama