1. I am sure everyone who is concern about fair election is doing some kind of research related to Army postal votes since PR raised their concerns with regards to the upcoming by-election in Bagan Pinang. PR are making some noises because of their concern on the impact of the soldiers votes which based on the March 8th 2009 election and being a former serviceman, their concern is not without merit. Allow me to share my experience of going through 3 elections while I was serving in the Army.
2. Soldier’s votes are very important to the ruling government as we all know that their numbers are significant when they are located in high concentration areas. I am not sure how many remembered that Najib won narrowly in Pekan during the General Election that took place after Anwar was sacked from UMNO. In that year, Najib by countable number of postal votes that came from the Army and Air Force base in Batu 9 and Batu 10 Kuantan.
3. During the same GE, Dato Anuar Musa (now Tan Sri) then lost the Ketereh seat because the airman at the Gong Kedak, which is located at the border of Kelantan and Terengganu, chose to abstain from voting. The camp is unique where it is located right at the border of Kelantan and Terengganu. They live in Terengganu and they go to work by crossing the road which brings them into Kelantan. They votes goes into Anuar Musa area in Kelantan. I remember when his wife complains to me that the soldiers were ungrateful for not voting BN.
4. In Bagan Pinang, the impact is significant as the Basic Army Training center is located there. At one time there are easily few thousand recruits and soldiers in the Camp. I am not quite sure up to where the extents of the electoral boundaries are but there are many other Army training centers along the famous PD beach road. Certainly they are concern on the impact. Unfortunately their concern appears to be targeted at different matters.
5. PR is concern that the election will be rigged. They are concern about multiple votes from one person and they are also concern of being accessible to the voters during campaigning. This would be their greatest mistake. I would say they should not be concern about the election being rigged or they are not able to campaign but they should be concern with soldiers being ordered to vote BN as well as specific people will be crossing the voting papers on behalf of the recruit and soldiers.
6. During the GE when Anwar was sacked, my voting rights were denied as the voting paper was not in TUDM Subang but was in Mindef. When I went to the voting center, I was told by the adjutant that my name is not in the list under Subang but was located in Mindef. I was given a number to call.
7. I remember calling them vigorously from morning and finally getting through at about 400pm. The Corporal that answered my call confirms that my voting papers were in Mindef and he said it would be difficult for me to go to Mindef and would probably not make it on time. He told me he can help me to cross the papers. I only need to tell him whom to vote. I told him not to do anything but my gut feeling is that someone had vote BN on my behalf.
8. In Bagan Pinang, PR biggest concern should not be about campaigning among the soldiers. They should be concern about how soldiers and recruits would be forewarned and will be ordered to vote certain individuals or certain symbols. Being recruits whose young brain and mind has been thrashed, they will follow orders. They would prefer to follow orders just to get a weekend pass or to avoid being forced to march with 40kg packs on their back.
9. I am not sure how PR wants to ensure that the recruits and soldier can vote without fear or favor. They will go and cast their papers under MAFREL and agents nose but they will never be able to ensure that the soldiers are casting their votes on their own free will. If they expect any of the soldiers or recruits to change their mind based on campaign promises, I can say for sure that they are expecting a big surprise. The only way they can win is they know exactly how many soldiers are there in the camp and they need to find matching numbers among the civilians population to neutralize this numbers and then work triple hard to get the rest of the voters to vote for them. Other than that they need some serious divine intervention.
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The latest information about postal voters must be checked and verified, the magic show will happen:
1. Only 1200 soldiers are really working & staying in the PD area.
2. The master list for the last GENERAL Election is null and void.
3. Most of them were trainees: recruits, students attending courses and others on temporary duties only.
ALL HAVE BEEN POSTED OUT NOW
4. PAS must make SPR declare new list and verify each and every name.
5. Mindef can publish new postings within 30 minutes, thousands can be posted there immediately – it is a magic show event!
6. PAS must find out the names listed and checked if they are who they are…otherwise alot of hantut will appear from the Askar Melayu Graveyard.
7. Check families voting also…many have retired and left the area! WHY DO FAMILIES HAVE TO VOTE BY POST? THEY ARE NEVER INSIDE THE JUNGLES, NEITHER DO THEY GO FOR ANY DUTIES, IT IS THEIR SPOUSE ONLY, AIN’T THAT FUNNY AND A BIG JOKE! NAJIS YOU ARE DIRTY AND WORST THEN ANY p*g!
8. UMNO will cheat and create “senarai undi hantu”
9. Why vote one or two days earlier, when everybody is inside the camps?
10. No operational units involved all are schools and training centers! Big cheat !
11. Why can’t count all the votes immediately at the voting station same at the day same time after all votes have been cast?
12. Why need to keep ballots elsewhere for 2-3 days?
13. How sure the bags and votes are not changed, who is there to keep an eye on the bags for 2-3 days and 24ahrs a day?
14. If Najib is clean, proof to us that the elections are not rigged and is fair, do AWAY WITH POSTAL VOTING FOR THE POLICE AND ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES!
15. HE STAYED IN MINDEF FOR DONKEY YEARS HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO HE HAS ALL THE DONKEYS THERE WORKING FOR HIM!
16. DONKEY GENERALS WE HAVE !
VOTE FOR PAS AND VOTE BN/UMNO OUT!
Dera Dr Rafick: very enlightening, useful insights into importance of Postal votes. Just as with your CSI series on TBH’s mystery death, I assume I can reproduce both your articles, at my Blog, may even follow up with some Qs by email later for something else:) YL, Desi
I have in my possession my postal vote which came to me after the GE in 97. My only sin was that I left the service and was still considered a postal voter as I was on leave prior to my ROD. I called the press for some support to highlight this. They came, the recorded and they chickened out. Blogging was not there then. Did someone vote for me? I wonder. for sure, I concluded that the postal votes are not foolproof.
Rama,
Its a long way back……, but let the other guys who follow the forum…. comment, and see their feedbacks
rama,
1. you said you were in possession of your postal vote.if the vote is with you, how in the earth you are suggesting that someone could have voted for you.
2. at that time you said you leave the service but at on leave.that means that you are still with the force because leave doesnt mean left. maybe you still get the pay during that leave. all in all you are still very much in the postal voter list legally until the day you really left the service.
3. anyway since the year you mention 97, there are many effort done by the EC to improvise the postal voting system and procedures.
4. if you have any suggestion to make the postal voting system more tranparent or its improvision try write to EC .
rama,,
RAM !!!!! If u understand this word,,, than the problem is solved. It means to be in peace with your state of the mind.
You have 2013 coming and I am sure you voted , the party that I voted last year. Congratulations you won.
For PR to win, they will need everybody’s help. Pass the word to all your friends in Bagan Pinang. We need each and every vote to nutrealize the postal votes. Go out in full force this election and show BN that it is ‘the end’
James Kim,
Armen…..may the force be with the RIGTHEOUS!
Mengikut maklumat sahih yang saya dapat dari dalam salah satu kem di Bagan Pinang… setiap kem sudah mendapat rm5000 dari UMNO untuk hari raya ini…. dan mungkin akan duit akan ditabur lagi menjelang penamaan calon dan hari mengundi nanti….
BTW.. recruits will not vote there as they will be there for a short period – around 6 months only and my source above is already there nearly 2 years but his name is still in some other camp in east coast… (i checked this morning at SPR website)..
BUT… recruits might be used to vote for those army personnel who are not there coz they are already transferred to some camps elsewhere…
anak perelih,,
How should we overcome Money Laundaring by UMNO.
I like Sdr. Anawr’s statement “Kalau UMNO bagi wang ambil sahaja,,kemudian undi PR”.
Can we change or create a slogan of these statement , so it can become effcetive on voters.
Dr.Amrit Sekhon,
I disagree with the statement “kalau ….bagi wang ambil sahaja, kemudian undi …”
what kind of principle is this?
what kind of moral value are being instill?
OR maybe they also condone such act?
MAYBE they condone it because they has inherited it for decade.
OLD habit Die Hard.
pelangisenja,,
I thank you for the being a Man of Moral Values and reminding me of it too. The activity of Money Laundering is terrible. Even in Permatang Pasir the Motor Cyclist riders admittedly outrightly of RM30 and a full tank of Fuel, a Yellow T-shirt was all they got to create roudiness, during by-election. After that,, they are HI – STORY.
Anwar is not advocating it,,unfortunately,,,,,as u r aware it is happening. Very obviously done by BN/UMNO. It was in Manik Urai, Even in Jalan Duta Bus Station,,just b4 march 308,,when Teresa Kok caught them red handed and what more.
KNowing all this,,,,,, so what Moral Value are you reffering to,,,,, are you going to run away from that facts.
Anwar knows it is happening ,,, he is preaching it , until the people will invariabally stop taking , why,,, because BN/UMNO will have to stop giving , after being defeated every now and than.
BN/UMNO is not stopping its bad habits,,why should they anyway 12.5 Big Billions have been siphoned somewhere for some purpose (what purpose,,,faham saja,,,,it could be to give in GE13). You want to tell me Anwar does not know that.
So if u read my statement it says …….. can we change… or… create a slogan………..
Which means to say improvise on it,,,,,,,,, by taking this as a que,,,,,,,,. Don’t marah me lahhhhhh.
Dr.Amrit sekhon,
i tak marah…raya2 ni tak baik marah2.
A discussion on the dangers of flying.
mr.A was too scared to fly because of he feel it is not safe and prefer travel by train.
“that’s not true, dou you think trains are safe? asked mr.B and say that last week there was a big train wreck and hundred life lost!
Is that so? asked mr.B
” a plane fell on it ”
*people who fly look down on people who don’t fly.*
pelangisenja,,
Sebenarnya,,,pasal marah. We Malaysians are a very lucky and patient society ,,,,,,, sebab setiap bulan kita ada perayaan. So we are never angry with anybody.
Dangers are everywhere “a women delivering a child , is also at risk of dying”.
This is one more example of danger(9/11):
The prime Minister of China called President Bush , to console him after the attack on the Pentagon:
‘I’m sorry to hear about the attack. It is a very big tragedy. But in case you are missing any documents ,,,,,, from the Pentagon, we have copies of everything ,, in our Tianmen Squre Data Base IBM Computer.’
Dr.Amrit Sekhon,
The Chinese PM is farsighted….! and what are friends for if not helping when needed.!
pelangisenja,,
While Bush,,,Bushed it up…Obama is having a headache, with China, he just had to implement a trade protectionist practice against China,,,the fear is , don’t he extend it to other rogue nations as well. I m not saying China is a rogue country.
Rogue in USA’s trminology is , A Country That Does Not Practices “THE RULE OF LAW”.
Now do you see any difference in Malaysia. I do see it.
While BN messed things up in Malaysian Administration and put Mal-administration into practice,,,, PR is superbly cleaning the sheets through their COMPETANCY , TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM (CAT)
If you take a strong view of Pakatan Rakyat’s out come ,,,,,,,, the most enlightening phenomena , is the people of Selangor and Penang , at the moment are getting the feel of being the beneficiary of the state,,, that is,,, a sense of belonging.
That sense is transforming into responsibility , accountability and transparency , whose emergence is initiated by the Pakatan Rakyat Government Formulas and Actions.
Unfortunately,,at times they do have to face BN/UMNO culprits.
I see a Pro-Active Pakatan Rakyat for People, Government Emergence.
Dr Amrit sekhon,
- CAT are welcome
- SEL are not
- innitiative of being transparent has a long history but the agencies which suppose to be proficient in a way fail to serve up to the mark.
- whoever newly rules the state government will put up a show to show that they are holier than thou.
- new broom suppose to sweep well. (hopefully not under the carpet)
- if i were to get a chance of marrying a young girl after my first wife for decades chase me out,I will not bad mouth her or children,but i will live happy and peacefully to proof myself of a worthty and responsible husband.
- first policy is not to bragg because i do not know yet about my new wife whether she is better or worst than my old.
- all in all from which side it may come,I am all for proactive measures in seeing our country becoming better and better in every aspect may it be economically or politically by not “rocking the boat of peace”.
- without a peaceful environment nobody wins.mind me.
pelangisenja,,,
Change is not Catastrophic. To adapt to Changes is a Catastrophy.
Why? This is the adjustment period. In your write up , there are only 2 extremes,,,,
(a) a peaceful enviroment , so no boat rocks , but let
everything rot. Malaysia’s status is down the runks now.
(b) changes must take place but,,, not sure how.
1) You admit the agencies are performing poorly. Good.
The next thing is find the solution. Sickman takes a
panadol.
2) What SELCAT IS DOING,,,,,IS IT WRONG? You gave the
answer just now!!!!!!!!……….NO.
3) You admit to get rid of your 1st wife , for reasons known to
you. But you are scared and in doubt , not to loose the
2nd want too. Knowing that its your image , that is affected.
4) You seemed to be preparing to play the BLAME GAME,,that
is to find a scapegoat. Now,,,this is the character that BN
Gormen has developed your people into,,,blame the
opposition and pretend to be clean.
Now everything is being exposed. BN goons are creating
chaos. The beautiful thing is ,,,,, public is not buying the
crap.
You said this “without a peaceful environment nobody wins.mind me”.
And I say ” with mal-administration , like your DOs (cry babies)you will find , many files and brooms under the carpet”.
Good example
PLAGARISM IN UNIVERSITIES,
PKFZ IN PORT KLANG, AND
POSSIBLY MANY MORE THAT ARE UNDER OSA (is the carpet).
Dr. Amrit / pelangisenja,
Both of you have so much to share …it’s best we keep to the sideline.
balasi,,
Its like pelangisenja said “Dr. Rafick has not said anything about open ,,house,,,, but,, open blog yahh….man.”
Anyway it was the meeting of intelligent mind okkkkkkk……. than the uninetlligence cropped up,,,why…. U know I know lahhh.
Dr. Amrit,
At times is best to wait at the sidelines….other then getting shoved at the rear, FAHAM DR.
balasi,,
Wait on the sidelines FROM being shoved from the rear OR were you sitting on the sidelines AFTER having been shoved from the rear. kahh…..kahh…….haa….hiiiiiiii
My brother who was in the navy in 1980s told me this thing as well that many of his comrades votes during election were manipulated by pro-BN senior officials ….
i knew this a long time ago ….your explanation sort of confirms my suspicion .
Anyway BN is a sinking ship ….it’s just a matter of time …we shall do our best to spread the news
Selamat Hari Raya to all Malaysians ….!
Every eligible person has his rights to vote whoever he wishes or not to vote . Not allowing a uniformed personnel to do so is just no excuse.
A fair and transparent voting can be organised and held at any base or post. Why this has already not been implemented is a fault that can easily be corrected. PR , why wait. Insist on this postal voting for Bagan Pinang.
ak,
Very good suggestion. PR must insist on its implemation, but would these SPR r…es agree to it.
balasi/ak,,
The only PRIVILIGE and FREEDOM that is MINE UNDER THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION is ” I have the right to go out to vote or not to vote, even if I am a registered voter and the beauty is,,,,, IT IS NOT A CRIME, and THERE IS NO LAW TO CHARGE ME.
Back to army soldiers. Pity these guys. Their situation is like the bahasa proverb “hendak ditelan mati bapak , tak ditelan mati emak” or via-a-versa. Exclude airforce/navy,, these guys are renegades.
There is a demarcation division of behaviour, attitude, approach, vision, mental thinking between air force/navy and army personnals.
The recruitment, qualification requirement, varies between these air force/navy and army.
In the airforce/navy recruitment procedures,, english, science and maths,, is a very pertinent,,,,,therefore it will be very obvious city and town people , will make it to this sector.
The army is not very particular of qualification, because their recruits will be , carrying weapons and follow orders only. These army soldiers are decentralized from their minds and are tuned,,,, like a guided missel, for their bruteness and not brains.
The airforce/navy personnals are needed for their brains, so they are more creative and free thinking. This is because,,, the engineering aspects of aircraft and naval ships are the power of the force. Apparently these machines are very much serviced by other ranks and the officers depend on them. Bottomline,, interactiveness between the officers and their men, determines the outcome of behavoiurs, from the lower rank to the highest rank.
Army 90% possibally vote BN and 10 % for others.
Airforce/Navy 15% for BN and 85% for others.
We can’t allow the possibility,, of eliminating the influence of internet these days. Where news like Submarine Euro 114M commission, Sikhouy 28 news on commision and many other messages, that could influence their thinking to vote for PR.
Dr. Amrit,
After reading what you wrote…, I feel I don’t have the capacity to respond…., but mind you I feel somebody is going to come after your rear. ” BECAREFULL ”
Cheers Doc.
Hello balasi,,
I am doing service not diservive. It is called reverse pschological advertisement for interested people to join the armed forces. You know to create curiosity.
Off course on job designation,,,, they will have to search for details , in the armed forces recruitment centre.
wrong disservive
should be disservice
Dear Doc,
Thanks for the enlightenment.
Selamat Hari Raya.
God Bless you and your family.
Hi Doc,
Just a note to wish you and your family….Selamat Hari Raya…Maaf Zahir Batin. Go have a great time but don’t forget to fill this blog with your ‘rendang’ expose stories. Give us the flavour we so need to live out each day…..
Write Safe, Drive Safe….and have a safe raya on your trip home with your loved ones.
Regards.
Dr Raffick,
Thank you for the insight. As much as I have suspected it all along, it still shocks me when someone like you confirms it as true. Still, every effort will be made to win them over to PR and of course, divine help is always welcome.
Eid Mubarak to you and your family.
Hi, guys. Sorry to barge in like this. But appreciate any responses.
Is Malaysia-Today blocked ??
Opera and Firefox. No luck since 11 am. same messsage as follows:
Error!
HTTP gateway timed out
You tried to access the address http://mt.m2day.org/2008/, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page.
Make sure your Internet connection is active and check whether other applications that rely on the same connection are working
Other sites no problem.
Thanks.
Never mind. Got the answer = It’s confirmed mt.m2day.org had been blocked.
Found another way to access….thanks to “zane”, whoever you are.
An update on the blocking of malaysia today.
It is quite apparent now that malaysia today was not blocked locally but rather the server in which malaysia today was hosted had prevented access to the content. The message from the proxy server (squid) from the host server indicated that all access to the content was blocked. Why the administrator or the owner of the hosting service did that I do not know. Very likely an injuction must have been taken out to exact compliance.
Ale I believed it was blocked and this time the block is very sophisticated and comprehensive. Some of the things I had tried to by-pass the block but failed :
a. Change DNS server – failed
b. Used Mt.m2day.org actual IP. They have 2 registered. Both failed.
c. Did a search for “malaysia today” and found an alternative website. I used that and went pass – only the first page. And then it was blocked again. Someone must be sitting at the gateway. Remember malaysia already has a singular gateway that ALL ISP must route to it.
d. Used a local proxy but local proxy is either down or blocked. Failed.
e. Used an alternative proxy and I went through. And then blocked.
f. Posted a comment at susan loone’s blog and shortly after even without any proxy mt was back online.
g. Will be installing tor. I believe tor can bypass any attempt at stopping a website. Just case this jokers try again in future.
Analysis : Either mt was down, blocked or the government used selective blocking. We will never know until RPK makes a statement on this.
I thought I do a followup on this.
When Malaysia Today was been blocked I did the normal rerouting of dns server, using proxy, using anonymiser proxy and yet failed. The error message actually came from malaysia today server proxy in the US. That basically meant that the proxy protecting the server (details can be checked at : http://www.robtex.com/dns/m2day.org.html) was actually hacked or the administrator had blocked the access.
This was when dns server change, proxy change, anonymiser changed all failed. And when it came back on the use of proxy was successful. Then it failed and I changed another and it was successful. It was as if they had a monkey sitting at the terminal watching and responding – china actually used that some time back.
I had also used onion-router or tor to access malaysia today and it is a better long term solution than using anonymiser or proxy. You must remember that all these public proxies are also available to the authorities.
Tor or onion-router made it almost impossible for the authority to know the request that you are using. I just checked my ip online and it showed that I am actually surfing from germany. And this point of exit kept changing.
Tor could be used by different people with different level of expertise.
This is the website : http://www.torproject.org/easy-download.html.en
For all those with zero knowledge of computer download the following all-in-one bundle : http://www.torproject.org/torbrowser/dist/tor-im-browser-1.2.9_en-US.exe
For those with a bit of knowledge – actually not much and you only need to install. You can download from : http://www.torproject.org/dist/vidalia-bundles/vidalia-bundle-0.2.1.19-0.1.15.exe
For those who wanted to diy then download tor and privoxy proxy and play to your heart’s content. Privoxy proxy is a great local proxy to protect your machine.
Remember that if more people use tor the more secure it is. I hope a lot more people would use it in malaysia given the kind of situation we have here in malaysia. Btw. your boss also won’t be able to find out if you were surfing or what and where you were surfing
Morning Dew,,
Thank you for the info on Malaysia Today. It helped.
Doc,
I re-read your above article but you never mentioned the actual process of how soldiers vote.
Is there a roll call , with ID card checked against a verified printed name list ,ballot paper issued and marking of ballot paper in a booth ? Where is this conducted ,any specific place or just any old place ? How many election officers present ? All I know of as a civilian ,there is no ballot boxes but ballot bags. Can ballot paper be traced to the individual soldier by some number on these paper?
Soldiers do not have permanent addresses and get transfered from camp to camp quite frequently, and tranfer notices can be very short. How are these reconcile , number of soldiers with bases /camp?
You are in the best position to tell us ,being an ex-army and now ordinary citizen, the differences in voting confidentiality.
Thanks doc.
Dr Rafick,
Cartoon titled “People need BN” is on.
http://www.picktotell.blogspot.com/
i am not sure whether i am helping Umno.
Salam Aidilfitri kepada semua Muslimin & Muslimat
SELAMAT HARI RAYA.
Maaf Zahir Batin
PR has reason to be worried. Even the high command is programmed that not to vote BN is “treason”. I remember the Air Force chief in 2004 telling his men to vote BN as they “should be grateful to the govt for paying their salary!!”. I cannot believe that someone of his seniority and education cannot differentiate between the govt of the day and political parties occupying the position. Anyway he was thrashed thoroughly by other retired generals and senior officers in the press.
Kok,,
He was or must have been,,,, assured,,you know the Eurocopter Dealership or Agent. As sole supplier of spares parts ,,, and that”s BIG MONEY DUDE for him and,,,, maybe his family’s lifetime.
Why do you thing this Bureauracrates,,,, go around polishing the apples,, of these 0 cents worth BN politicians.
There is “Udang Disebalik Mee”. All the mighty projects,, top notch vacancies , are facilitated,, for these retired Top Government Bureauracrates. They will now be enjoying a deserved pension after service , as well as a new salary package as GLC Boss. GLCs are running at losses with no knwoledge of what and when the cash projection of the company will make a turnover, for the better.
All these vacancies created in GLCs,,, are bonus packages for their apple polishing days , during their public service. How
for speaking in tandem or just nodding their heads towards , Plans submitted by Private Corporation , for MEGA PROJECTS to Politicians. What this SUKs and HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS are to do is……. SETUJU. While the politicians will be minting BIG MONEY by HIGHKING COST for themselves. In the name of Nation’s Development , Infrasructure Development , Industrial Development and all the zess you hear or read in the media.
So end of the day its who soils whose hands at the expanse of PEOPLES PARLIAMENT AND PEOPLES HARD EARNED MONEY.
Agreed 101%
SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI. Maaf Zahir Batin dan Selamat Bercuti kepada semua.
balasi,,
You recall SELCAT investigation from 14 – 18 Sept 2009. The DO’s or was it,, ADO’s clerk,,what did she say,,,, of her having to approve the Aduns allocation for Rakyat within a day.
She said “ohh…hhh we were asked to come on the pretex of gotong royong to office,,, but were instead asked to complete the request by Aduns within the day”
As for Army camps, Air Force Bases or Navy personnals who are on board ships,,, out in the seas “GOTONG ROYONG TAKES PRECEDENCE. You see,,,I see,,,,you know,,,,I knowlahhhh.
Dr. Amrit,
You see I see, I know you know…., but others before did not know……, now everybody here they all know.
Thanks Ji.
balasi,,
Its my Believe and History has Proven over and over ,,,,, of these facts,,,,,,, People must be told and they must know everything , coz , they are the custodians and stake holders , of the country. If we leave it to A Group of Politicians ,,,,,, Mannnn…. can u read , see , hear the nonsense going on.
Thanks to the Rakyat of Kelanatan , FT , Selangor , Perak , Penang , Kedah and the other opposition held Constituencies , that made , dissemination of information and knowledge , of all the mal-administration and corruption , that has plundered , on our assets. Malaysia ,,,,,,, in actual fact , belongs to the Rakyat.
So,,, the handfull are getting rich , at the expanse or shall I say at the fullishness , of our voting privilage.
Its time to “hold the reigns and stop the hourse from overtaking , an empty cart”.
Dr. Rafick,
From what you have written…,its a forgone conclusion that PR must do more then just window shopping.
My brother in the air force during the late seventies / eighties use to tell me this tale ….., but I could not comprehend it then. Thanks for backrolling my memories to the past.
Selamat Hari Raya Doc. and make sure you drive carefully on your jouney balik kampong.
To all readers (Friends and foes),
SELAMAT HARI RAYA, DRIVE SAFELY & VISIT YOUR NEIGHBORS..
Dr ,
Selamat Hari Raya to you and family .
Tak da open house ke?
zackdanial,
Open house in Penang on the 24th of OCT. Must RSVP.
zackdanial,
drrafick tak buat open house kot tapi ‘open’ blog ada.
selamat hariraya adil fitri maff zahir batin.
Doc,
I am predicting a very ,very close result in this by-election, even if BN puts I.S.A. as candidate. Past results shows a trend towards opposition e.g. in 2004 majority was 4000+ to BN ,at peak of AAB’s popularity and then in 2008 majority was 2000+ to BN, reduced by half.
Surprisingly not all soldiers are programmed to vote for BN. In the last GE, 25% of the soilders voted for PAS. Which actually gives some hope to PR. They must make as much noise as possible to prevent the postal votes being rigged. Hopefully the same soldiers / recuits are still in the area.
Chinese and Indian voters are fed-up with MCA and MIC, because PKFZ scandal, Teoh Beng Hock’s and Kugan’s death in custody, parties’ leadership issues, “cow-head” demo and many ,many more issues. At least 70-80% of these voters will go for PR.
The remaining non-army Malays are 50-50. Thus the situation makes for a very interesting by-election. BN might try all their tricks and go all out to win this one. If they lose this, they lose “face” , it’s their home tuft.
It is not like KT by-election which was very close to the last GE , voters were just “correcting their mistakes”. Bagan Pinang IS the real test for BN and Najib.
Lose, and it will be like bowling pins dropping after this.
foo,
Let’s keep our fingers crossed and put more effort to convinvce the fence sitters.
Doc,
Salam Perjuangan dan Selamat Eidulfitri buat Doc dan Keluarga.
Salam.
And wishing you and family a very joyful “Selamat Hari Raya!”
Dear Doc,
Thank you for enlightening us about this very opaque postal votes.