5 weeks ago, we told you how the Elections and Boundaries Commission intended to postpone the re-registration exercise that's due at the beginning of July. It would hold off on that until after next year's municipal elections, and only after a re-districting exercise is held.
Well, the opposition and the social partners rejected that completely. They say that a re-registration is needed immediately because of immigration and voter fraud, and that it must come before a redistricting exercise.
Now, the Prime Minister has written a letter to NTUCB President Jacqueline explaining that the Government wants to wait on the outcome of the Senate Select Committee Inquiry before conducting a re-registration. The Government wants to see how many passports and nationalizations were given illegally, and after that, the government would seek to cancel such nationalizations and passports.
The Prime also says in his letter to President Jacqueline Willoughby that preliminary estimates from the Chief Elections Officer puts the cost of a re-registration at 20 million dollars, which the Government hasn't budgeted for in this fiscal period.
And, the PM commits that re-districting will not take place until after re-registration
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