[ENGLISH VERSION BELOW] Berdasarkan perkembangan terkini, kami kumpulan dan individu yang menandatangani kenyataan ini ingin membuat gesaan berikut:
Parlimen ke-15 harus berkhidmat sehingga tamat penggalnya pada 18 Disember 2027, melainkan berlaku kehilangan kepercayaan Parlimen, demi merealisasikan sebanyak mungkin reformasi yang diperlukan bagi Malaysia memperdalami demokrasi dan menambahbaik tata kelola.
Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim harus menganjurkan sidang kemuncak pemimpin rentas parti yang dianggotai oleh semua parti kerajaan dan pembangkang yang berperwakilan di Parlimen bagi merangka agenda bersama bagi baki penggal Parlimen ke-15, dengan kredit atas kejayaan merealisasikan reformasi-reformasi ini dikongsi bersama merentas parti dan ahli parlimen, yang merangkumi:
Pindaan perlembagaan untuk memisahkan peranan peguam negara dan pendakwa raya
Pindaan perlembagaan untuk menetapkan had tempoh perkhidmatan perdana menteri kepada maksimum 10 tahun
Akta Ombudsman;
Akta Kebebasan Maklumat;
Akta parlimen bagi menyediakan peruntukan pembangunan kawasan parlimen secara mandatori dan saksama kepada semua AP tanpa mengira fahaman politik, dengan ketelusan dan kebertanggungjawaban yang maksimum
Pengemaskinian Akta Kesalahan Pilihanraya 1954 (Election Offences Act) untuk mempertingkatkan keyakinan orang awam terhadap proses pilihanraya sebelum pilihanraya umum akan datang
Penambahbaikan dan perluasan sistem undi pos atau mekanisme undi tidak hadir (absentee voting) yang lain bagi pengundi luar negara dan semua pengundi awam luar negeri
Perluasan dan pengukuhan jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa parlimen bagi memastikan bahawa:
setiap kementerian dipantau secara berkesan oleh jawatankuasa tetap atau jawatankuasa khas
setiap ahli parlimen barisan belakang kerajaan atau pembangkang (bukan menteri) mendapat peluang berkhidmat dalam jawatankuasa parlimen
setiap jawatankuasa menerima sokongan pentadbiran, kewangan dan penyelidikan yang mencukupi untuk menjalankan tugas mereka
Proses penggubalan dan penyemakan belanjawan yang lebih terinstitusi
Saluran yang berkesan untuk rang undang-undang ahli persendirian (private members’ bills) dibentangkan, dibahaskan, dan diluluskan.
Semua gabungan dan parti – terutamanya pihak yang bercita-cita untuk memimpin dan menyertai kerajaan persekutuan akan datang – harus menyokong reformasi di atas yang bakal memberi manfaat kepada mana-mana kerajaan masa hadapan serta mewujudkan medan persaingan yang adil untuk semua. Ketua Pembangkang Parlimen Hamzah Zainudin boleh mengungkapkan agenda reformasi institusi bagi pihak pembangkang rasmi untuk baki penggal parlimen.
PKR dan DAP harus merakamkan tekad mereka, dalam kongres atau persidangan pada 15-16 Ogos, untuk memarakan pelaksanaan reformasi yang diperlukan bagi melayan semua parti pembangkang secara adil, serta memastikan persaingan pelbagai parti yang sihat demi mengelakkan pemulihan sistem dominasi satu parti seperti sebelum tahun 2018.
Kesemua 13 negeri harus menggubal undang-undang bagi mewajibkan peruntukan pembangunan kawasan (constituency development funds) secara mandatori dan saksama kepada semua ahli dewan undangan negeri (Adun) tanpa mengira parti, dengan ketelusan dan kebertanggungjawaban yang maksimum.
Sistem pilihan raya first-past-the-post – yang telah menyebabkan keresahan besar dalam kalangan rakyat Malaysia, khususnya umat Melayu-Islam berhubung kebimbangan kehilangan kuasa dan kepentingan, serta telah dicemari oleh persempadanan tidak sekata (malapportionment) dan persempadanan berat sebelah (gerrymandering) yang keterlaluan sehingga mengurangkan perwakilan pengundi bandar dan anak muda – harus diubah suai di peringkat negeri dengan memperkenalkan Adun senegeri (statewide) berasaskan mandat demokratik ala sistem perwakilan berkadar senarai parti (party list proportional representation) – berbeza dengan Adun lantikan di Sabah, Pahang, Johor, dan Melaka, atau Terengganu – melalui pakej ciri-ciri berikut:
Mandat pilihan raya dan perwakilan berkadar: Kerusi senegeri akan diagihkan kepada gabungan atau parti berdasarkan peratusan undi mereka dalam pilihan raya negeri. Gabungan atau parti mesti mengumumkan calon-calon bagi kerusi-kerusi senegeri ini mengikut susunan keutamaan tetap, supaya pengundi boleh mempertimbangkan calon-calon ini semasa mengundi Adun kawasan mereka
Kuota gender dan demografi lain: Kuota harus diperkenalkan dalam senarai calon gabungan atau parti bagi memastikan atau meningkatkan perwakilan wanita, belia, suku Orang Asli atau Orang Asal yang kecil bilangan, dan etnik lain yang difikirkan perlu
Jawatankuasa pilihan (select committees): Adun-Adun senegeri ini tidak berkhidmat untuk kawasan geografi tertentu, sebaliknya mewakili sektor berasaskan isu atau pemegang taruh di seluruh negeri, dengan aspirasi yang harus disalurkan ke dalam penggubalan undang-undang, dasar, belanjawan dan semakan kerajaan melalui lebih banyak jawatankuasa pilihan di dewan undangan negeri
Kerajaan persekutuan dan kerajaan-kerajaan negeri harus membuat pengumuman awal secara bertanggungjawab mengenai tarikh cadangan pembubaran awal jika tidak berhasrat berkhidmat hingga tamat. Ini adalah bagi memudahkan urusan para pengundi dan semua pihak yang terlibat dalam pilihan raya – seperti Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya, anggota polis, penjawat awam, sekolah, parti politik, mahupun pengendali sektor swasta dalam bidang pengangkutan, perhotelan, makanan dan minuman, percetakan dan sebagainya.
Parliament should stay for full term to realise reforms
In view of the latest developments, we the undersigned groups and individuals would like to make the following calls:
Parliament should serve its full term until 18 December 2027, barring a loss of confidence, to realise as many necessary reforms as possible for Malaysia to deepen democracy and improve good governance.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim should convene a cross-party leader summit of all government and opposition parties represented in Parliament to lay down a common agenda for the remaining term of parliament, with the credit of realising these reforms to be shared across parties and MPs, which should include:
A constitutional amendment to introduce the separation of attorney general and public prosecutor
A constitutional amendment to impose a 10-year tenure limit for prime ministers
The Ombudsman Act
The Freedom of Information Act
A parliamentary act to provide for mandatory and equitable constituency development funds for all parliamentarians regardless of party affiliation, with maximum transparency and accountability
The uupdating of the Election Offences Act 1954 to enhance public confidence in the electoral process before the next general election
Improvement and expansion of postal voting or other means of absentee voting for overseas and all out-of-state civilian voters
Expansion and strengthening of parliamentary committees to ensure that
Every ministry is effectively covered by a permanent or standing or special committee
every private MP gets the chance to serve in a parliamentary committee
each committee gets adequate administrative, financial and research support to carry out their task
A more institutionalised process of budget formulation and scrutiny
An effective avenue for private members’ bills to be tabled, debated and passed
All coalitions and parties – especially those aspiring to lead and join the next federal government – should support the above reforms, which would benefit any future government and lay down a level playing field for all parties. Parliamentary Opposition Leader Hamzah Zainuddin can lay down the official opposition’s agenda of institutional reforms for the remaining term of parliament.
PKR and the DAP should resolve in their upcoming congress or conference on 15-16 August to push through reforms that are necessary to treat all opposition parties fairly, ensure healthy multiparty competition to avoid the restoration of the pre-2018 one-party dominance system.
All the 13 states should enact laws for mandatory and equitable constituency development funds for all state assembly members, regardless of party affiliation, with maximum transparency and accountability.
The first-past-the-post electoral system, which has caused great distress to ordinary people, especially the ethnic Malay Muslims over the fear of losing power and interest and which has been marred by excessive malapportionment and gerrymandering that under-represents urban and young voters, should be tweaked at the state level by introducing list-proportional representation-style democratically mandated statewide state assembly members – unlike the appointed state assembly members in Sabah, Pahang, Johor and Malacca, or those in Terengganu – with these features in a package:
Electoral mandate and proportionality – the statewide seats will be allocated to coalitions/parties based on their vote shares in state elections, and coalitions or parties must announce their candidates for these statewide seats in a fixed order of priority, so that voters can consider these candidates when voting for their constituency state assembly member
Gender and other demographic quotas – demographic quotas should be introduced on coalitions or parties’ candidate lists to ensure or improve the representation of women, youth, small Indigenous groups and other ethnic groups deemed necessary
Selective committees – statewide assembly members serve not geographical constituencies but issue-based sectors or stakeholders whose concerns should be channelled into lawmaking, policymaking, budgeting and government scrutiny through more select committees in the state assemblies
The federal and state governments should responsibly pre-announce their preferred dates of early dissolution, if they do not intend to serve full term. This would make life easy for both voters and all stakeholders in the elections – the Electoral Commission, the police, civil servants, schools, political parties and even private sector operators in transport, hospitality, food and beverage, and printing.
Adrian Pereira, executive director, North South Initiative
Andrew Khoo, advocate & solicitor
Charles Santiago, former Klang MP
Dashran Yohan, journalist
Gandipan Nantha Gopalan, activist
Ho Yock Lin, former president, All Women’s Action Society (Awam)
Ivy N Josiah, former president and executive director, Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO)
Jerald Joseph, former commissioner, Suhakam
Karen Lai Yu Lee, activist
Mohan Samy, director, Daya Nurani Sdn Bhd
Mohansundarram Arumuthu, chairman, Persatuan India Malaysia Bersepadu
Muhammad Ajwad Khairul Azli, student, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Ngeow Chow Ying, advocate & solicitor
Robert Nicholas Hii, lead, governance and leadership cluster, CSO Platform for Reform
Saaidah Athman, retiree, public sector
Sevan Doraisamy, activist
Sidneswaran Paramaswaran
Siti Z Kasim, advocate & solicitor
Suguna Papachan, teacher
Tan Bun Teet, chairman, Save Malaysia Stop Lynas
Thomas Fann, former chairperson, Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih)
Dr Tricia Yeoh, political science and public policy analyst
Prof Wong Chin Huat, political scientist
Prof Zaharom Nain (Aliran/Gerak)
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