Kuala Terengganu (KT) Parliamentary by-election on 17/1/09 was won by PAS with a higher majority. This is a slap on the face of....ehh..ee not
Abudullah, but
Najib!
Abdullah flew off to Gulf states for "
makan angin" visit in the afternoon of the polling day.
Despite of the concentration of high fire power of
Barisan National machinery, millions of Ringgit pumped in- from both the Government and
BN, this is a failed
buy-election for the
BN.
As always,
BN applied the usual formula: money, stick, money, threat, money and more money. It is an outdated formula.
The Chinese which consists of about 11% of the voters in this constituency, voted smartly by voting the
BN (60%) for their own good. However, they do not reflect the general sentiments of the Chinese population at large. It is the Malays that voted against the
BN a.k.a
UMNO. A strong message that
UMNO would not take it for granted, any more.
Some interesting facts appeared in many blogs on this
buy-election:
1. The Returning officer of this by-election resigned few days before polling. Mat
Razali Kassim who is also the
Datuk Bandar of
Kuala Terengganu, was accused of campaigning for the
BN, He threatened council staff to vote for the
BN.
2. Many big dinner hosted by component parties. An 80-tables dinner hosted by
Gerakan is one of them.
3. Money spent lavishly to garner vote. Certain party went to the markets, bought a papaya (or other item), paid RM200.00..."keep the change". Many media reporters also given cash in envelope.
Blatant money politic.
4. The Oppositions advised the voters: take the
BN money, vote for PAS. Words had it that the voter must use their mobile phone to capture the image of the ballot paper where a cross has been marked in favour of the
BN candidate before he/she can collect the RM1,000 cash reward.
5.
Umno has come up with raffles to draw the crowd. Lucky draw prizes include motorcycles and big TVs.
6. The most ministers, heads of political parties, members of Parliament (especially from Oppositions), police personnel (6500) by-election of recent time.
Listen to the voice of the people, the voice of change. Same old monkeys, same old peanuts, same old tactics, same old tricks, same old ways are useless today. The ending is definitely no more the same.
The
DPM Najib today warned
BN leaders (including himself) to change to be in tune with the wishes of the people, failing which ‘punishment awaits in the next general election'.
He is worry. Thinking of himself switching place with
Anwar Ibrahim as the new Opposition leader after the next General Election is a frightening scenario but a real
possibility!
Najib must be having frequent nightmare after 117 KT failed
buy-election.
17/1/09 瓜拉登加楼区国会议席补选，回教党以更高的多数票，打败国阵而获胜。这无形中是在。。喔哦。。不是阿都拉，是纳吉的脸上，刮了个耳光！阿都拉在投票当天的下午，已飞往海湾国家“吃风”访问。
国阵在这次补选中，集中了最猛烈的参选火力，还投入了数以千万计的钞票（来自政府及国阵），还是不能赢了这场补（
钱之）选。
一如以往，国阵引用了惯用的手段：钱，木棒，钱，恐吓，钱，再加多钱。但这已是一个过时的方程式，现在已经不管用了。
华人在这个选区，只占登记选民的大约十一巴仙，但他们却很精明的投给国阵，为了他们本身利益，至少留下一个后路，但他们并不能代表全国的华人的心声。事实上，是马来人不支持国阵，或更准确的说，是反对巫统。这是一个很强大讯息，巫统绝不会再忽视了。
这里有几个在部落格里找到的有趣事实：
1. 这次补选的选举官 Mat
Razali Kassim，本身也是瓜拉登加楼的市长，在投票日前三天，突然辞职。他被反对党指责为国阵助选。他滥用市长地位，恐吓市议会员工，必须支持国阵。
2. 许多免费的大型宴会招待选民。民政党的80席的宴会是其中之一项。
3. 大派金钱。一个政党的人员，到菜市场购买一粒木瓜（或其他物品），掏出 200 元，吩咐档主，不必找了。新闻从业员也收到钞票。目中无人的金钱政治。
4. 反对党劝告选民，照拿国阵的钞票，但选票投给回教党。为此，消息传出，选民必须用电话照相机，拍下他们的选票，的确是在国阵天枰旁打叉，才能够领到马币一千元。（等于一张票一千元）
5. 巫统举办幸运抽奖，奖品丰富，包括摩托单车和电视机。
6. 这个补选，最多部长 、政党领袖 、国会议员（尤其是反对党），警察（6500人）的参与。
是时候好好的聆听人民的声音，要改变的声音。同样的老猴子，同样的花生，同样的花招，同样的伎俩 、同样的方法，都不管用了。故事的结局，当然是不一样了！
今天新闻报导，副首相纳吉警告国阵的领袖（包括他自己）必须改变，了解人民的心声和意愿，不然“在下一次大选，惩罚将会等待我们”
他当然害怕。想到在下一届大选过后，他将和安华对换角色，成为反对党领袖，是个非常可怕，但确是有可能的局面。
我想，纳吉在117 瓜登失败的补（钱之）选过后，常常会有噩梦。
Fr.George（left) with Fr. William (2nd right), Fr.Mitchel (right) and
Fr. William led the grace before meal 威廉神父作饭前祷
Some of the wellwishers. Alex, 2nd from left and a RCIA graduate, with wife Christine (center)
