BN has in fact failed badly to win with greater popular votes. BN wins poll in Sarawak but Pakatan Opposition Front has denied BN 2/3 of the popular votes; down by 8% from 63% to 55%. The Change has begun!
BN leaders have made racist remarks that Chinese voters have not supported the government. This is an unfair statement and a racist remark as the "urban voters" have supported the ideology for change in government since the reformation strategy by BN government has failed to produce much positive results. It should be categorized as "urban voters" and cannot racially pin-pointed to the Chinese because the low 55% of the total votes does not come from the urban only.
Judging from the low percentage of 55% of the overall votes, not only the urban voters have swung towards the Opposition but the rural voters have started to tilt towards the Opposition too. This is the scenario which BN govt cannot deny but have to look into it positively and re-evaluate the unfair and unjust policies which YB George Chan had admitted is one of the causes of SUPP defeat in the recent State Election.
Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir made a racist remark on the Chinese voters rather than categorized as urban voters versus rural voters who are still under the spell of poverty and still depend heavily on pro-govt TV news for brain-washing them. If the Opposition could have the mass-media and the fair game of the field, BN will lost more terribly and less than 55% of the total votes.
"Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad has accused DAP, which won 12 of the 15 seats it contested in Sarawak, of spreading its racist disease to the State. In a blog posting, the 84-year-old statesman said Saturday's state election results clearly showed that the Chinese in Sarawak rejected multi-racialism. "I congratulate DAP for bringing its racist politics to Sarawak. Before this, all races cooperated well with each other for the good of Sarawak. "Perhaps SUPP is at fault but others in BN also committed many wrong things. But the rejection is almost entirely by the Chinese community," he added.
With due respect Dr Mahathir Mohamad was not on the ground in Sarawak to witness the fraud and bullies committed by BN campaign machinery. The swing of votes came from both the urban voters and rural voters whose Native Customary Rights land have been robbed by the State government. The natural resources in the State is near depletion and soil erosion into the Rejang River has caused rampant flash floods in Sibu town and low-lying areas.
It cannot be denied that rural voters have swung to the Opposition lest the 12 urban and semi-urban seats could not contribute to 45% of the total votes supported by the People. In order to have 2/3 overall support from the voters, you need to achieve 67% of the total votes cast by the People of Sarawak from the 71 constituencies. Instead of pointing the blame on the Chinese voters why not re-look at the unfair and unjust policies which BN lawmakers have passed? Even SUPP Chairman George Chan had revealed the root cause as "unfair and unjust government policies". Why not blame on these unfair policies???
The urban voters have given SUPP over 30 years to represent the People and we have voiced out our frustration over Al-Kitab-Allah issue which needs a permanent solution to it and not quick-fit by 10-point proposal which has not even addressed the root cause of the issue coming from the Arabic word "Allah" which the Christians have used it centuries before the coming of Isalm to mean merely a title for "God" who has the personal Name called Yahweh (YHWH). Yet why the court's case agains the Roman Catholic Church in Malaysia is not settled yet???
Why the rural voters are still under the spell of poverty??? These rural voters have remained poor so that they rely on Federal govt aid and financial support. So the rural voters are desperate to find some source of extra incomes for the family. Every 5 year when comes the State Election, the BN leaders are willing to offer "money-for-vote" in order to remain in power. This is the real scenario of Sarawak politics. Poverty is the "master" who causes the rural folks to rely on Federal govt for financial aid.
The question is why Sarawak leaders have agreed to contribute 95% of the revenue to the Federal govt and only retain 5% for the development projects and not the other way of retaining 95% for the developments in the State. This again is because the Federal govt has "cheated" on the immature Sarawakian leaders who could be offered personal benefits at the expenses of the people who trusted them. Could BN govt develop fair and just policies on 50%-50% power-sharing basis??? Do not ever make racist remark on the Chinese alone because the root cause is not the Chinese but the BN govt who has instigated the Chinese to react with their votes.
The very purpose of democracy is to allow the People to express the wishes of the People by casting the ballots. Now the urban voters have "spoken" through their votes with "one-heart" and you begin to condemn the urban voters for this and that. I would say that BN leaders and ex-PM Mahathir are not so bright people who want to promote a real 1Malaysia but merely a slogan for show off - "hot air" only. The democratic rights of the People cannot be hidden from the eyes of the BN govt by apple-polishing State Assembly men and women. Voting is the democratic rights of the People and the People's rights cannot be punished for voicing their grievances. You cannot ignore the root cause of the displeasure and frustrations of the urban voters who have brains and courage to vote with "one-heart" in order to send a loud and clear message to BN govt that the People's wishes have been neglected.
How could you ex-PM misinterpret the outcome of Sarawak poll as the works of DAP from West Malaysia??? Why are you ignoring the PM and DPM who came to Sarawak like Santa Claus using Federal funds and vehicles for this campaign against the Opposition??? With due respect, ex-PM Mahathir has made a racist remark on the Chinese who have given a good feedback from the votes. Do you still want to ignore the wishes of the urban voters??? Wait and see the result for the coming Federal election in 2012 and you will know what the People really want!
BN leaders have made racist remarks that Chinese voters have not supported the government. This is an unfair statement and a racist remark as the "urban voters" have supported the ideology for change in government since the reformation strategy by BN government has failed to produce much positive results. It should be categorized as "urban voters" and cannot racially pin-pointed to the Chinese because the low 55% of the total votes does not come from the urban only.
Judging from the low percentage of 55% of the overall votes, not only the urban voters have swung towards the Opposition but the rural voters have started to tilt towards the Opposition too. This is the scenario which BN govt cannot deny but have to look into it positively and re-evaluate the unfair and unjust policies which YB George Chan had admitted is one of the causes of SUPP defeat in the recent State Election.
Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir made a racist remark on the Chinese voters rather than categorized as urban voters versus rural voters who are still under the spell of poverty and still depend heavily on pro-govt TV news for brain-washing them. If the Opposition could have the mass-media and the fair game of the field, BN will lost more terribly and less than 55% of the total votes.
"Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad has accused DAP, which won 12 of the 15 seats it contested in Sarawak, of spreading its racist disease to the State. In a blog posting, the 84-year-old statesman said Saturday's state election results clearly showed that the Chinese in Sarawak rejected multi-racialism. "I congratulate DAP for bringing its racist politics to Sarawak. Before this, all races cooperated well with each other for the good of Sarawak. "Perhaps SUPP is at fault but others in BN also committed many wrong things. But the rejection is almost entirely by the Chinese community," he added.
With due respect Dr Mahathir Mohamad was not on the ground in Sarawak to witness the fraud and bullies committed by BN campaign machinery. The swing of votes came from both the urban voters and rural voters whose Native Customary Rights land have been robbed by the State government. The natural resources in the State is near depletion and soil erosion into the Rejang River has caused rampant flash floods in Sibu town and low-lying areas.
It cannot be denied that rural voters have swung to the Opposition lest the 12 urban and semi-urban seats could not contribute to 45% of the total votes supported by the People. In order to have 2/3 overall support from the voters, you need to achieve 67% of the total votes cast by the People of Sarawak from the 71 constituencies. Instead of pointing the blame on the Chinese voters why not re-look at the unfair and unjust policies which BN lawmakers have passed? Even SUPP Chairman George Chan had revealed the root cause as "unfair and unjust government policies". Why not blame on these unfair policies???
The urban voters have given SUPP over 30 years to represent the People and we have voiced out our frustration over Al-Kitab-Allah issue which needs a permanent solution to it and not quick-fit by 10-point proposal which has not even addressed the root cause of the issue coming from the Arabic word "Allah" which the Christians have used it centuries before the coming of Isalm to mean merely a title for "God" who has the personal Name called Yahweh (YHWH). Yet why the court's case agains the Roman Catholic Church in Malaysia is not settled yet???
Why the rural voters are still under the spell of poverty??? These rural voters have remained poor so that they rely on Federal govt aid and financial support. So the rural voters are desperate to find some source of extra incomes for the family. Every 5 year when comes the State Election, the BN leaders are willing to offer "money-for-vote" in order to remain in power. This is the real scenario of Sarawak politics. Poverty is the "master" who causes the rural folks to rely on Federal govt for financial aid.
The question is why Sarawak leaders have agreed to contribute 95% of the revenue to the Federal govt and only retain 5% for the development projects and not the other way of retaining 95% for the developments in the State. This again is because the Federal govt has "cheated" on the immature Sarawakian leaders who could be offered personal benefits at the expenses of the people who trusted them. Could BN govt develop fair and just policies on 50%-50% power-sharing basis??? Do not ever make racist remark on the Chinese alone because the root cause is not the Chinese but the BN govt who has instigated the Chinese to react with their votes.
The very purpose of democracy is to allow the People to express the wishes of the People by casting the ballots. Now the urban voters have "spoken" through their votes with "one-heart" and you begin to condemn the urban voters for this and that. I would say that BN leaders and ex-PM Mahathir are not so bright people who want to promote a real 1Malaysia but merely a slogan for show off - "hot air" only. The democratic rights of the People cannot be hidden from the eyes of the BN govt by apple-polishing State Assembly men and women. Voting is the democratic rights of the People and the People's rights cannot be punished for voicing their grievances. You cannot ignore the root cause of the displeasure and frustrations of the urban voters who have brains and courage to vote with "one-heart" in order to send a loud and clear message to BN govt that the People's wishes have been neglected.
How could you ex-PM misinterpret the outcome of Sarawak poll as the works of DAP from West Malaysia??? Why are you ignoring the PM and DPM who came to Sarawak like Santa Claus using Federal funds and vehicles for this campaign against the Opposition??? With due respect, ex-PM Mahathir has made a racist remark on the Chinese who have given a good feedback from the votes. Do you still want to ignore the wishes of the urban voters??? Wait and see the result for the coming Federal election in 2012 and you will know what the People really want!
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