EC chief has failed the rakyat

The much ‘debated’ 13th general election came and went but what remains is the mystery behind the Election Commission’s insistent lies that the indelible ink used during the GE was ‘permanent’.
In fact EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof was so confident that the indelible ink, aimed at preventing double voting and which came at a cost of RM6 million would work perfectly.
However, PKR’s Tian Chua’s successful attempts at removing the indelible ink via hand sanitisers got Ahmad Aziz’s goat.
The indelible ink was being used for the first time ever in the country’s 13th general election following pressure from electoral reform groups to improve transparency within the system.
In fact, reports that the indelible ink was not so indelible surfaced in the Internet not long after policemen, soldiers and their spouses had cast their votes in early voting.
Still, the EC chief has all along been refuting claims that the indelible ink was a sham. But now, in a surprising about-turn, Abdul Aziz admits that the indelible ink failed to live up to its name.
However, the failure of the indelible ink to work as expected is not what bothers him. Abdul Aziz is instead disappointed with reports that the ink could be washed off easily.
“If people ask me now, what is the saddest thing in my life, I would answer: ‘indelible ink’,” was what he said in an interview with Malay daily, Sinar Harian.
What a tragedy that Abdul Aziz is missing the forest for the trees.
It is also perplexing to see the EC head dismissing the rakyat’s concern over the controversy surrounding the much talked about indelible ink.
Abdul Aziz keeps reiterating that the ink was in fact indelible and that the commission had tested the indelible ink several times prior to the May 5, 2013 general election.
So what went wrong then?
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