KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia cannot allow the Elections Commission’s (EC) redelineation report to be debated as court cases against it are still pending, DAP MPs said today.

At the sidelines of the Dewan Rakyat sitting, Beruas MP Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham, Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming, and Klang MP Charles Santiago said the debates would be subjudice if allowed to go on.

The MPs said the EC has also yet to investigate 107 notices of objection filed by Selangor voters against its second proposal made in mid-January.

On March 21 over 10,000 Selangor voters filed a lawsuit through 107 representatives to ask the courts to compel the EC to hear their objections and to cancel the latter’s redelineation report that was submitted to the prime minister.

Chan Tsu Chong, an outreach officer with Bersih 2.0 that is spearheading the lawsuit, confirmed that the 107 representatives were not called by the EC to voice their objections in the second round of enquiries in the state.

“It will be a violation of the Federal Constitution if the redelineation report is not withdrawn,” said Ngeh.

Charles said the constitution is clear that EC can only submit the report to the Prime Minister after the investigations are completed.

Both Selangor and Penang have ongoing cases in relation to the validity of the redelineation report in the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court.

“The courts must be allowed to make a decision before the report becomes a valid document, which is then submitted to the Prime Minister,” he said.

Charles said the redelineation proposal has to be withdrawn until all notices of objection and legal challenges against the exercise are decided by the courts.

He added that Pandikar himself had made a ruling in the August House last year that Parliament could not debate cases that are pending in court.

The EC’s redelineation proposal is expected to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat this week.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi recently said the proposal will be debated and passed and subsequently gazetted upon receiving royal assent.

The motion would not be brought to Dewan Negara.

A simple majority of 111 votes is needed to pass the proposal as there are currently 220 lawmakers.

He said after that the Parliament will be dissolved and the EC will announce the nomination and polling dates.

The Dewan Rakyat has 222 parliamentarians but two – Jelebu MP Datuk Zainudin Ismail and Paya Besar MP Datuk Abdul Manan Ismail – died recently.