Lim said aside from Kepala Batas and Balik Pulau, which saw changes in terms of location but none as to voters, there was no redelineation for Penang.
“Why was there no redelineation done for Penang? Why has Penang not benefited from the mandatory redelineation exercise by the EC?
“The EC was mandated to do this, but it has failed. It failed to carry out the job it was entrusted with.
“This is why we are objecting, because redelineation must be done, but the EC is not doing its job. This is wrong. This is what we are disputing,” he said at a press conference today.
Lim also questioned the disproportionate state seats of Air Putih and Paya Terubong, both of which are held by DAP. Lim is Air Putih assemblyman while Yeoh Soon Hin represents Paya Terubong.
Calling it unfair, Lim said his constituency had 12,752 registered voters but Paya Terubong had 41,707.
“This shows that one vote in Air Putih is of the same value as three in Paya Terubong. This is against the principle and the concept of democracy – one person, one vote, one value. It is unconstitutional.
“Even though both seats were won by DAP, it is not fair,” he said.
Lim also called out MCA president Liow Tiong Lai and Gerakan president Mah Siew Keong for not walking the talk on redelineation.
Lim said both had objected to the redelineation, but chickened out when they entered the Dewan Rakyat which passed the redelineation report on Wednesday.
The electoral boundary changes were gazetted after the report received royal assent.
The Penang government had filed for a judicial review against the EC’s decision to exclude almost all 13 parliamentary and 40 state seats from the redelineation exercise.
However, its application was rejected by both the High Court and Court of Appeal. The state’s lawyers have since put forward eight pertinent questions to be decided by the Federal Court.