PAS wants retired servicemen removed from postal voter list

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — PAS claimed today that there are only 1,200 servicemen who are registered postal voters in the Bagan Pinang state constituency in Negeri Sembilan.

The rest of the 4,604 postal voters are actually retired servicemen, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) party claimed.

PAS is now demanding the Election Commission (EC) disallow retired servicemen from voting in next week’s by-election.

Postal votes have become a major point of contention in the campaign because of the high proportion of such voters in this state constituency.

Such voters are a traditional vote bank for Barisan Nasional (BN), and coupled with a popular candidate in Tan Sri Isa Samad, Umno is expected to win the by-election.

PAS secretary general Datuk Mustafa Ali said today many of the servicemen who are postal voters are retired and no longer live in the constituency. - + selanjutnya

PAS wants retired servicemen removed from postal voter list