FORMER PKR HEAD FOR PAPAR WANTS A REMATCH IN A FAIRER ELECTION

By Ezra Haganez
PAPAR: Former PKR Divisional Head for Papar, Sylvester Balon Mujim, wanted the Party to nullify the party poll's results for the Division  held yesterday and hold a fresh poll, a fairer and a more organised polling.

He claimed the Papar polling yesterday, in which he lost to lawyer Datuk James Ghani, was marred with various discrepancies.

"It was one of the worst-organised and dirtiest elections held. I am filing official complaint to the Party Election Committee and i hope they will reconvene and hold a fresh polls for Papar," he said in a statement here today.



James polled 223 votes to defeat incumbent Sylvester who chalked in 165 votes, and Husin Lamsin who garnered only 50 votes.

According to Sylvester, the monitoring team assigned by party headquarters to monitor and run the polling, had failed miserably to ensure a democratic voting by allowing aides of his opponents a free hand in assisting members to mark ballot papers.

"There were other incidents in the meeting which even i as the incumbent head was denied a say to correct things. Ballot papers were being brought outside at whims and the whole voting process was a chaos.

"The voting process itself was carried out even before the meeting proper was held. Ballot papers were handed to people approaching the counter without really scrutinising their names on the party membership rolls," he alleged.

Sylvester also claimed that his opponent involved himself in money politics at yesterday poll. "I have members to testify on this," he said.

Sylvester was one of the 12 members from Sabah who were recently disciplined for their involvement in the aborted attempt to register a PKR-breakaway Parti Cinta Sabah (PCS).