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Return home to vote in the six states on Aug 12
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4, 2023: Malaysians abroad and out of the six states - return home to exercise your constitutional right and duty for your country on Aug 12.
Go back to your home states to make a right decision on your ballots for your and your future generations.
If not, perhaps you may only be able to return to a Taliban-like state dominated by PAS (devoid of any socio-economic record) in the Muhyiddin “I Am Malay First” Yassin Perikatan Nasional (PN).
The Anwar Ibrahim Unity Government - comprising DAP, PKR, Umno, Amanah and the Sarawak-Sabah block - needs political stability to carry on with healing Malaysia’s economy which is saddled with a RM1.5 trillion national debt , no thanks to previous federal governments and their leaders, especially the racist Dr Mahathir Mohamad who governed Malaysia for a total of 26 years.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on why all law-abiding peace-loving Malaysians must return home to vote:
MALAYSIA
‘DAP must plan against low voter turnout, future of country at stake’
As state polls approach, party veteran Charles Santiago warns of political fatigue, possible bad weather
Updated 1 hour ago · Published on 04 Aug 2023 6:58PM
Voters lining up to cast their ballots during last year’s state polls in Johor. – ALIF OMAR/The Vibes file pic, August 4, 2023
BY Ian McIntyre
GEORGE TOWN – Selangor DAP veteran Charles Santiago has called on the party to undertake more voter engagement efforts and to redouble its social media outreach following concerns that the voter turnout may be lower than expected.
Santiago said that there are now fears among political insiders that the turnout may be below what was seen in the last general election, which was around 82%.
“We need a high turnout to ensure that the seats won by Pakatan Harapan (PH)-Barisan Nasional (BN) in the past can be defended well. We understand that many urbanised voters may be suffering from political fatigue,” said Santiago in an interview.
It is understandable as the country had to endure four prime ministers in five years as well as a change in federal government thrice while dealing with an economic downturn, inflation and Covid-19, not to mention political overdose.
Penang, Kedah, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Kelantan and Terengganu will hold their respective state elections on August 12 with early voting on August 8.
Charles Santiago, a former MP for Klang, says that DAP together with the allies like PKR and Barisan Nasional’s Umno need to conceive a strategy to woo voters to the polling stations. – SAIRIEN NAFIS/The Vibes file pic, August 4, 2023
Santiago, a former MP for Klang, said that DAP together with the allies like PKR and BN’s Umno need to conceive a strategy to woo voters to the polling stations.
He said that the future of the country is at stake if seats are predominantly lost to forces advocating extremism and racial ideologies.
“We cannot allow the politics of hatred to take root in the country. The fundamental aspect of the country has always been moderation,” he said.
He also urged PH-BN to prepare sufficiently for possible rough weather, including heavy rain on polling day, while also cautioning about the possibility of high humidity.
“The hot weather may also deter voters from coming out in strong numbers,” he said.
Meanwhile, it is learnt that the Cantopop star Jackie Cheung’s concerts in Kuala Lumpur on the weekend of the elections may turn off young to middle-aged Chinese voters from voting although the event may be in the evening.
Bringing voters back to hometowns
Meanwhile, Penang DAP secretary Lim Hui Ying said that the party was informed about some nongovernmental organisations wanting to help transport young voters from the Klang Valley to their hometown in Penang or even Kedah to exercise their right to vote.
Lim echoed what Santiago is advocating, saying that there is a need to reach out to more voters to stress the need for them to come out and vote in full force.
“It is their democratic right, and they should fulfil their duties,” she said.
In another development, the Kedah chapter of the Malaysian Association of Hotels chairman Eugene Alan Dass urged hoteliers to offer room rate incentives to lure outstation voters to come home and vote while also boosting domestic tourism.
Dass said that this is not about taking sides, but about supporting voters in exercising their democratic rights.
He also urged travel trade attractions to offer incentives so that travelling voters can also take a short break while casting their votes. – The Vibes, August 4, 2023
Thursday, 22 June 2023
Good luck PN and Malaysians
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Good luck PN and Malaysians
KUALA LUMPUR, June 22, 2023: Good luck to both Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Malaysians in the coming elections in the six states - Penang, Selangor, Kedah, Negri Sembilan, Kelantan and Terengganu.
But get set for Taliban-like rule by PN should it win to rule all six states as Malaysia will also be set for a Taliban-like federal government in the next general election (GE) or GE16.
This is because the state elections is seen as a referendum on the Anwar Ibrahim-led Unity Government (UG).
Should the UG (comprising 19 political parties led by Pakatan Harapan, Umno, Sabah and Sarawak) perform badly, it will be seen as Malaysians’ rejection of UG.
And the Taliban-like PAS has been allocated the lion’s share of the number of seats by PN, its chairman Muhyiddin Yassin announced today.
Muhyiddin said PN would be contesting 245 state seats, 83 seats for Bersatu which he leads, PAS (126) and Gerakan (36).
This can only mean PAS is likely to be dominant in the governments, and perhaps the next federal government in the next GE.
Unlike in the UG, the dominant party is Anwar’s multi-racial Pakatan Harapan (PH) which assures that the interest and welfare of all all Malaysians are guarded to maintain national unity and harmony for continuous socio-economic growth and heal the country’s more than RM1.5 trillion national debt.
And the debt was ramped up by previous federal governments and their prime ministers
No News Is Bad News reproduces below The Star report on Muhyiddin’s polls announcement:
State polls: Perikatan to contest 245 seats, PAS gets lion’s share
Thursday, 22 Jun 2023
8:04 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional will contest 245 seats in the six state elections.
Perikatan chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the coalition had agreed to allocate 83 seats for Bersatu, PAS (126) and Gerakan (36).
“The seat allocation has been finalised. The announcement of the seat distribution will be done at the state level to prepare our respective machineries,” he said at a press conference at Perikatan’s headquarters here on Thursday (June 22).
Muhyiddin added that the respective component party leaders at the state level will decide on the criteria for the candidates that will contest in the state elections.
He also said that Perikatan would contest 36 seats in Kedah followed by 45 seats in Kelantan, 32 allocated in Terengganu, 40 in Penang, 56 in Selangor and 36 seats in Negri Sembilan.
“The number of new seats with no incumbents contested under Perikatan are 64 seats by Bersatu, Pas 50 seats and Gerakan 36 seats.
“The no incumbent means any seats that belonged to other parties that are not under Perikatan,” he said.
Earlier, Perikatan component parties had a meeting on the distribution of seats for Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu state elections.
The state elections will likely be held in August as the five states have announced dissolution dates - Kelantan on June 22, Selangor on June 23, Kedah and Penang on June 28 and Negri Sembilan on June 30.
Terengganu is expected to announce the dissolution of its legislative assembly soon. - The Star
Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Malaysia or ‘Taliban Afganistan’ - your choice
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Malaysians in six states go to the polls on Aug 12, 2023 to decide their and country’s fate.
Malaysia or ‘Taliban Afganistan’ - your choice
KUALA LUMPUR, July 5, 2023: After Malaysians returned a hung 222-seat Parliament in the 15th General Election (GE15) in November 2022, it was a close shave to having a Taliban-like Government for Malaysia.
If Malaysians are not jolted by their GE15 disunity in the ballots, then Malaysia is doomed to fall into the hands of the PAS and Perikatan Nasional (PN) racial and religious bigots.
Malaysians have the evolving Umno, Sarawak and Sabah to thank for coming to their senses and face reality for the future of rakyat dan negara (people and country), uniting to support
Anwar Ibrahim as the 10th prime minister, as advised by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King).
And the Election Commission (EC) in Putrajaya today (July 5, 2023) set Aug 12, 2023 as the D-Day for Malaysians in the six states.
The online New Straits Times has reported EC chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh announcing July 29 as the nomination day and Aug 12 as the polling day.
So, on Aug 12 Malaysians in the six states are again going to the polls to elect state governments in the six states.
How Malaysians deliver their ballots will determine their political sense and reality - to have Malaysia progress harmoniously as a united nation for socio-economic growth or turn the clock back and become the “Afghanistan of South-east Asia”.
Registered voters therefore will decide the direction of politics for their future and generations to come.
A wrong choice will be a grave mistake, a price too much to pay for their folly - Taliban-like governments in multi-racial Malaysia.
Free Malaysia Today’s columnist Nehru Sathiamorthy described the Taliban-like PAS as a one-trick pony. It has no economic plan, no vision for the future, no international connections, no fresh ideas, and no solutions to the pressing problems of our times.
The only thing PAS has is the racial and religious card, and like a one-hit wonder, it is going to milk the song for all it is worth – at full volume, ad nauseam.
Malaysians are, therefore reminded that they have a more than RM1.5 trillion national debt to service, and that the priority of politicians, elected representatives and lawmakers is to heal the nation’s economy.
That can only be realised with political stability amid an environment of national unity conducive for nurturing socio-economic development with the sky as the limit.
And the outcome of the elections will be seen a a referendum on the Anwar Ibrahim-led National Unity, thus an indication of political stability and the fate of Malaysians and the governments they elect.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below another view by a columnist:
PAS: a one trick pony, a one-hit wonder
There is method to what many Malaysians see as madness.
11 Jun 2023, 8:30am
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang recently claimed in a Facebook post that the Malays were being “openly conned”, and that non-Malays and non-Muslims were the “biggest plunderers”. He later upped the ante by openly threatening the safety of non-Muslims in the country.
Prior to that, in Parliament, a PAS MP openly asked the health minister to declare the LGBTQ condition a mental illness.
Not to be left out, Kedah menteri besar Sanusi Nor brazenly claimed Penang for Kedah.
The pezzonovante of PAS might look mad to the ordinary man but I dare say, there is a method to their madness.
Sanusi and Hadi are not really targeting the non-Malays and non-Muslims. They are in fact training their guns on their true target – Umno.
In the last general election (GE15), Barisan Nasional (BN) received around 20% of the votes, the lion’s share of which came from Umno Malays.
Many of those Umno Malays are currently at a loss. After all the stunts Ahmad Zahid Hamidi pulled during GE15 and at the party elections, an ever-increasing number among them are distancing themselves from Umno.
A large chunk may abstain from casting their ballot, while others are likely to register a protest vote in favour of Perikatan Nasional (PN).
To win over their vote for PN, PAS simply needs to create a perception that the party will uphold Islam and the rights and interests of the Malays, something they say Umno is in no position to do, given its alliance with PH, and especially the DAP.
By attacking non-Muslims and non-Malays, PAS is simply hoping to draw a strong reaction from PH, especially DAP, knowing such a reaction will likely hurt the sentiments of the Malay Muslims.
Umno will have to watch quietly from the sidelines knowing it cannot react because of its ties with PH in the unity government. Its silence will likely drive more Malays to PN.
PAS is a one-trick pony. It has no economic plan, no vision for the future, no international connections, no fresh ideas, and no solutions to the pressing problems of our times.
The only thing it has is the racial and religious card, and like a one-hit wonder, it is going to milk the song for all it is worth – at full volume, ad nauseam.
Without a doubt, the Umno Malays are the swing vote in the upcoming six state elections. It can either cripple the Green Wave and make the unity government more secure or deliver to PN the overwhelming mandate of the Malays.
PAS knows this and knows how it intends to go about securing that vote. Does Umno know what to do to counter PAS? Does Zahid? Does DAP? Does Anwar? - FMT
State polls: Bukit Aman to monitor social media for provocations, seditious comments
Friday, 16 Jun 2023
2:35 PM MYT
Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director Comm Datuk Seri Hazani Ghazali. — KAMARUL ARIFFIN /The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman will monitor for any provocation and seditious comments on social media during the state elections, says Comm Datuk Seri Hazani Ghazali.
The Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director said action would be taken against any individual who insulted or touched upon issues pertaining to royalty, religion and race (3R).
"We will monitor the (political) cyber war and 3R issues on social media during the coming elections in six states.
"Social media users are reminded to not go overboard when voicing their views or making any comment. I believe Malaysians are responsible enough," he said in an interview on Friday (June 16).
Comm Hazani said the police, through the CID, would also conduct Ops Cantas to collect actionable intelligence and take action against any party who tries to cause trouble during the elections.
"The Ops Cantas is similar to the ones conducted during the last general election.
"The police will also work with the Election Commission (EC) to ensure the campaign and voting processes run smoothly in accordance with the law," he said.
Police officers and personnel from other state contingents will also assist during the election, he said.
"We are always committed to ensuring safety and security throughout the state elections," he said.
The coming state elections involved six states - Selangor, Penang, Negri Sembilan, Terengganu, Kedah and Kelantan.
It was reported that the police have identified 190 hotspots in the six states involved in the coming state elections.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani had said Selangor had the highest number of hotspots, with 70, followed by Terengganu (66), Kedah (20), Negri Sembilan (16), Kelantan (16) and Penang (two).
These locations are classified as hotspots as they have the potential to trigger provocations that could affect public order.
To ensure the smooth running of the state elections, the police have launched a special operation, dubbed Op PRN 6N, which will focus on aspects of voter security, polling stations and vote counting locations.
Acryl Sani said 93,833 Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) and Malaysian Armed Forces personnel will be involved in the early voting in the six states. - The Star
Terengganu sultan calls for clean campaigns at state polls
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin says political parties contesting the state elections should avoid politics of hate, including personal attacks.
Bernama - 18 Jun 2023, 11:00pm
The Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, said the people should return to lives of harmony and mutual respect after the elections. (Bernama pic)
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, has reminded parties contesting the coming state elections to run clean campaigns and to conduct themselves in an exemplary manner.
The sultan said the politics of hate, including personal attacks and insults, should be avoided to ensure that the unity of the ummah remained strong.
“I hope there’s nothing that oversteps boundaries, like personal attacks and such in Terengganu during the state elections,” he said at an investiture ceremony of those awarded honours on his 61st official birthday today.
He said the people should return to lives of harmony and mutual respect after the elections.
On the state economy, the sultan said the state government should strengthen tourism. He said Terengganu had the longest coastline of beaches in Malaysia, with the potential for recreational vehicle parks being set up in Kampung Mangkuk, Setiu and Pulau Kekabu, Marang.
“The government also needs to step up community-based tourism to boost the income of the local community,” he said.
He called for efforts to monitor the island areas to ensure that they remain free of pollution. The government should tighten enforcement regulations and standard procedures to discipline those in the tourism industry, he said.
Don’t play up sensitive issues, Selangor ruler tells candidates
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah reminds those contesting and their supporters not to resort to slander.
Bernama - 19 Jun 2023, 6:24pm
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah at a ceremony marking the dissolution of the Selangor state assembly. On the right is menteri besar Amirudin Shari. (Bernama pic)
KLANG: Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has reminded candidates and their supporters in the coming state election not to play up issues touching on religion, race and sensitive matters which can destroy harmony and unity among the people.
The sultan said all campaigns should be conducted in an ethical and responsible manner in accordance with the election regulations and related laws.
“Candidates and their supporters are reminded not to resort to slander and pitting one party against another during campaigns to avoid creating disunity among the people,” he said at a ceremony marking the dissolution of the state assembly at Balai Dewan Diraja, Istana Alam Shah here today.
He said the ceremony had been brought forward to today because he and Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin would be leaving tomorrow to perform the haj and were expected to return on July 4.
“Therefore, in exercising the power conferred on me under Clause (2) Article 70 of the Constitution of the Selangor Government 1959, and after discussing with and receiving a request for dissolution of the state assembly from the menteri besar, I have consented to signing the proclamation of dissolution of the Selangor state assembly today and it will be effective on Friday, June 23,” he said.
Sultan Sharafuddin hoped that all quarters would pray for Allah to facilitate their pilgrimage and that they would obtain “mabrur” (the best) during the haj.
With the royal consent, the state assembly will be dissolved just two days before the expiry of its term on June 25.
Apart from Selangor, five other states – Penang, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Terengganu and Kelantan – will hold their state elections, expected either in July or August.
The sultan also said he would leave for London on July 28 for treatment and prostate surgery.
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