YOURSAY ‘An accidental heroine she may be but she is a righteous woman simply voicing the feelings of the silent majority.’

Demonising Ambiga could cost BN Indian votes

your say RealSoldier: MIC vice-president M Saravanan said Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevaasan is an ordinary person but has been turned into an extraordinary person by unwise government actions. What nonsense! Ambiga is extraordinary and an award winner! Saravanan is very, very ordinary!

Abasir: Ambiga Sreenevaasan represents and speaks for all fair-minded Malaysians and not only Indians. Many unthinking Malaysians indoctrinated by race-obsessed scoundrels for over 50 years will only see her as an Indian and not as a true Malaysian patriot. As for the media whores, we'll see them singing a different tune when the regime falls.

Sa Tombs: The PPP has quickly forgotten how the present chief minister of Malacca, when invited as a guest, abused his hosts to the extent that delegates walked out. Ambiga is an honest lady and has the full support of the Malaysian people - both Malays and non-Malays.

An accidental heroine she may be but she is a righteous woman who is just voicing the feelings of the silent majority.

Look how the government departments, and in particular the Official Receivers Office in Kuala Lumpur, work. It is enough to put off any investor. Manned by 35 women who do not know the function of a receiver /liquidator and make you go up and down to their office because of the usual excuses - file missing, officer at meeting, officer on maternity leave, etc.

I wonder what would happen if that person dies? This is the state of affairs in this office and we want all these deadwood cleaned out.

Anonymous #58437020: After 55 years, leadership has finally found itself in the person of Ambiga. Ambiga, Malaysians are behind you. If they fine you RM350,000, Malaysians will just mail money to an account, and within a few hours, we should be able to pay off the fine to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). This should not be a barrier to the belief in a new Malaysia, which will come into power soon.

Vgeorgemy: This article might be a trap to minimise the national importance or iconic status granted by the younger generation to Ambiga. For the younger generation, the leadership transcends race and gender. The Umno right wing just wants to say to their constituents that she is only an Indian, so don’t give any importance to her. In this regard the writer is able to convince some of us.

The Umno right wing always ensures that the majority of Malaysian Indians live in abysmal poverty so that they can be easily used as pawns in their game.

Paul Tino: I have never been interested to take a picture with any politician or celebrities for whatever reasons. However, if I could stand beside Ambiga and take a snap with her, I will be the proudest man in the world.

Bdnhg21423: Casting Ambiga as an Indian champion is a carefully orchestrated BN move to alienate her from the rest of Malaysians and neutralise her iconic image.

Anonymous #90800716: Agree with ‘Bdnhg21423’. Ambiga is fighting for all Malaysians. Every Malaysian understands that. She has united all Malaysians regardless of race and religion, a feat BN could not achieve these past 50 years.

Petestop: BN does not need the Indian votes, nor the Chinese vote for that matter. They only need the Perkasa vote. So, let's show them come the 13th general election (GE13).

Cry Malaysia: The name Ambiga means 'mother; good woman; compassionate'.

Straight Forward:

Demonising Ambiga has to date made a huge number of people from all walks of life take pity on this brave heroine. More votes from BN to Pakatan will be done under auto transfer.

Trublumalaysian:

If there ever was, the one most myopic decision made by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein was the salient fact of demonising Bersih and Ambiga. Their sheer arrogance could never see the wisdom of engaging Bersih positively.

Anak JB: Not only this. Giving Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng a mock funeral by Perkasa left a sour note with the Chinese community, be it for or against the government. Perkasa is seen to be endorsed by Umno, with former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad heading it as an adviser. This has lost them a lot of Chinese votes.

ThinkTank:

We thank the mainstream media for spinning all the stories that are giving more and more votes to Pakatan. Keep on doing that and I would like to say a thanks a million. Remember, there is karma and definitely BN’s actions will backfire.

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