NOT A SINGLE PARTY HELPED TO REGISTER NEW VOTERS IN S'WAK, SAYS EC.

(From Bernama The Malaysian National News Agency)

KUCHING, Sept 4 (Bernama) -- Not a single political party in Sarawak has so far come forward to help in the registration of new voters and this has resulted in a very small number of people registering as new voters, Election Commission Secretary Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said today.

Since the year-round voter registration system was introduced two months ago, only 2,400 of the 224,000 people eligible to be registered as voters have done so till todate, he said.

This was in direct contrast to Peninsular Malaysia where political parties were busy registering their members and those eligible to vote as …