Bersih calls for new EC oversight body

The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) has called on the government to amend the Parliament Standing Orders and set up a new Parliamentary Standing Committee on Election Matters as an oversight body to the Election Commission (EC).

Bersih 2.0 steering committee members said the establishment of the standing committee is particularly important now to deal with organising elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic, including at least two pending state elections and three by-elections...