Electoral watchdog Bersih is now calling for the government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate alleged misconduct by former Election Commission commissioners.

This came after a tribunal to investigate and remove the six EC officials last week found that the matter has become academic since they have already resigned.

Bersih chairperson Thomas Fann, in a press conference in Petaling Jaya on Friday, said that the decision sent a message that public officials can get away scot-free by resigning before they can be investigated.