PETALING JAYA: The Bersih tribunal report on the irregularities reported during the 13th general election will only be released next year because the panalists have too much information to process.
The panel completed its session on Sept 22 and promised to deliver its report within three months but had not done so.
Bersih chairman Maria Chin Abdullah said the non-governmental organisation (NGO) would only know in January when the report would be completed.
The NGO, which champions free and fair elections, established a tribunal to investigate the alleged irregularities that occurred during the polls.
Maria said the panelists needed time because there was too much information to process.
“It will take time. A lot of issues were brought up and there are lot of documents and witness statements to be processed,” she said.
The panel was chaired by Yash Pal Ghai, an expert in constitutional law from Kenya. Other international panel members included Ramlan Surbakti, former deputy chairman of the Indonesian Election Commission and Kraisak Choonhavan, president of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus.
Local panelists included a former diplomatic officer from the Foreign Affairs Ministry Azzat Kamaludin, former University Malaya associate professor Mavis Puthucheary and Council of Churches of Malaysia secretary general Rev Hermen Shastri.
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