Empty promises can't sway elderly voters
Campaigning for Teluk Intan by-election on Saturday is heating up as both parties turn up the ante in an effort to attract voters.
Elderly voters who have seen the development in their areas are not easily influenced by empty promises made by the candidates.
Campaigning for Teluk Intan by-election on Saturday is heating up as both parties turn up the ante in an effort to attract voters.
Elderly voters who have seen the development in their areas are not easily influenced by empty promises made by the candidates.
Four decades of voting have given them an idea of the candidate who can bring development and comfort to their lives and families.
Hajah Mutiah, 58, of Kampung Sungai Manila, said she is living in comfort and peace after enduring much hardship in the past.
She will never forget the services of elected representatives who served Teluk Intan well.
The grandmother disagreed with claims that the elders are easily infleunced by their children in Teluk Intan parliamentary by-election on May 31.
"We know how to judge what is best for us and the young. We have seen the development brought by the government, especially in rural areas," Hajah added.
Zaimah Tumiran, 68, who concurred with Hajah, hopes the young voters of Teluk Intan will not forget the contributions of the government.
"They should be grateful for the government's efforts to transform the economic and agricultural sectors for the benefit of small farmers."
'Mah has been a great help'
Zaimah said the young were quick to deny government efforts as they compared the rural areas with the rapid developments in the towns and cities.
"My son was born in the kampung and realised that without the scholarship from the government, he would not be able to study in a university.
"Without government help, he will be a farmer, just like me," added Zaimah.
Lee Meng Chan, 85, from Kampung Pasir Bedamar, said Teluk Intan voters want a representative who will listen to their problems and strive to solve them.
"Mah is sensitive and concerned with our problems. He has been a great help," Lee said.
A resident of Kampung Sungai Suli, who wanted only to be known as Ang, 61, said some voters thought it is important to choose the party and not the candidate.
They failed to realise that it is the candidate who helps to solve their problems and not the party he represented.
Mah Siew Keong of BN and Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud of DAP are involved in a straight fight for Saturday's Teluk Intan parliamentary by-election.
- Bernama
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