PUTRAJAYA: The registration of political parties, election funding mechanisms and revamp of the Election Commission (EC) are among the areas being reviewed by the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC).

Its chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman said the committee was studying if it should take away the authority from the Registrar of Societies (RoS) to register political parties and if the country should move away from the first-past-the-post voting system.

In a press conference on Wednesday (Aug 29), he presented 15 points on the reform agenda that would be studied by the committee for two years.

Abdul Rashid, who was a former Election Commission (EC) chairman, said the ERC would have 18 members selected from the relevant organisations.

Other members in the committee include National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) chairman Wan Saiful Wan Jan and Institut Darul Ehsan's deputy chairman Datuk Prof Redzuan Othman, with more being approached to join, including political activist Dr Wong Chin Huat.

On Aug 16, the Prime Minister's Office announced that the ERC was set up to review election laws and systems in Malaysia.