The formation of the protem committee for a MAFREL society represented an official departure from the past practice of running MAFREL from a small circle of directors (only 3 at the time of this report) who are associated to the MAFREL Sdn Bhd. From now on (actually Feb 22nd) MAFREL will be run by the MAFEL Protem Committee consisting of 6 Excos from different states(Selangor, Penang, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu,Pahang), Exco members from the rest of the attendants of the inaugural meeting of the Protem-Committee, Coordinators of a number of Technical Committees and others to be appointed into the committee. The Committee will meet at 2 months interval, to be headed by Tuan Syed Ibrahim, also the Acting Chairman of the MAFREL Sdn bhd. Mafrel Sdn Bhd will continue to perhaps become an arm of MAFREL society.
The meeting discuss about the membership of the new society where the prevailing opinions were to expand the membership of MAFREL the society to all states of the country. In order to maximise the participation of observers MAFREL will invite all other NGOs interested in election observation to form a national working group on election observation so as to achieve the highest possible participation of observers such as achieved in our regional neighbors. In these countries over 100 000 citizens from all walks of life and numerous civil society groups are mobilised to ensure free and fair elections.
There will be a number of technical committees set up to increase MAFREL’s capacities eg in nationally standardised training, voters’ education, fundraising, conducting exit polls, registering MAFREL the society etc.
In line with the decentralisation of MAFREL the initiative to hold election observation mission will be left in the hands of the state coordinators, who can call upon assistance from the Regional MAFREL and MAFREL HQ.
Ong BK
Sir,
I want to join MAFREL as a committe from Sabah.
Thanks
Isn’t that Habsah seated on the extreme left of the pix?
I thought she has left Mafrel when she joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat(PKR) and became a key figure within the party?
Isn’t Mafrel supposed to be non-partisian and a clash of interest in her case?
Hasnah is not in the official line-up of the Mafrel protem committee.
Ong BK
This has better be clarified. She can be an ordinary member of some sort. Supporting, yes! All the political parties in the Country should support MAFREL but sticking your fingers in the day to day and directly influencing operations is a N0 NO!
It may be a good idea for MAREL to consider turning BERHAD not Sdn Bhd, to have “paying” members and owners/subscribers/shareholders. That would be greater participation and generally very informative and educational – learning to self-govern in an effort to promote good national governance and government in every Election!!!
Something important to look into!
I agree with Salak’s on “BERHAD”.
Once MAFREL the society is registered(under ROS), why do you need Mafrel Sdn Berhad which I think defeats the purpose?
To Salak,
Since Mafrel is set to become a society under ROS Mafrel can charge membership fee -and if the membership is nation wide and substantial this can be a significant source of `independent’ income. Mafrel pro-tem committee has also set up a fundraising working committee to look into other sources of income. Your suggestions and contributions are welcome to advance Malaysian democracy!
To Jong,
Mafrel Sdn Bhd will no longer play any decision making role from the meeting onwards. It will continue to handle previous financial transactions, until a total handover can be done.
democracy4now,
Thank you for your clarification. That looks fine.
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