He was responding to PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, who urged MACC to come up with clear guidelines of what constituted bribery in an election.

Azam said the Do’s and Don’ts during elections are already set out under the Election Offences Act 1954.

“This Act has been in force since 1954, not 2014 or 2023. This means that it has been in existence since before Merdeka.

“So we have no intention of introducing any (new) guidelines because we already have a law to govern this matter,” he told a press conference at the MACC headquarters today.

He urged all parties, including the election candidates and their agents, to understand and comply with the Act.

“The Act is very clear. Candidates and their agents must comply (with it) and understand the offences set out under it,” he said.

At a ceramah last night, Tuan Ibrahim said while he was not questioning MACC, there was a need for the agency to come up with a list of Do’s and Don’ts.

He said there was a need for some consistency as to what political parties could do while on the campaign trail.

On Friday, deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, in announcing grants for youths in Terengganu, urged them to vote for the “blue and red wave” in the state elections.

He also said the amount allocated may be increased depending on the results of the Aug 12 polls.

Yesterday, Azam said the announcement was above board, adding that “if the allocations were approved by the federal government, then there is no element of bribery”.