Improving disclosure for election costs

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Recently, we came to know the full cost of the Sabah state election - RM130 million - which was released in a written parliamentary reply earlier this year. This written parliamentary reply warrants an important discussion about the election expenditure. Elections are costly affairs and due to an attempted political coup in Sabah amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the Malaysian government had to expend RM130 million for one state election. In this article, we will examine the rationale behind election costs and how the country’s election expenditure can be improved.Fortunately, in this written parliamentary reply, the brief itemised expenditure of the Sabah state election was displayed. Out of the RM130 million, around RM69 million was spent on rentals and around RM39 million was spent on “professional services, other acquired services and hospitality”. In Tindak Malaysia’s existin…