Voter intimidation, threats and blackmail
'The Malacca CM is holding voters to ransom. EC chief, you may not know election laws too well, but this is an obvious crime being committed.'
Malacca CM: Help will come only if BN wins
Multi Racial: Malacca Chief Minister Ali Rustam was found guilty by his own party and as a result of that he was disqualify from contesting in the deputy president position.
In spite of that, Najib and his party retain him as chief minister. This speaks for itself what kind of person and party Ali Rustam and Umno is. As for MCA, MIC and the other BN components, they are merely ‘yes, yes, yes, master' parties.
Dood: This is a shameless, blatant act of bribery and a subtle threat. Yet, in 1Malaysia, semuanya (all) OK.
What can we expect too when the people who are supposed to investigate things like this say that they are no experts ? One wonders too if Umno/BN thinks government funds are synonymous with Umno/BN money. Our tax money can't even be used to better the constituency we live in.
Lim Chong Leong: This is outright voter intimidation from the highest level. This is blackmail. The Malacca CM is holding voters to ransom. Election Commission (EC) chief, you may not know election laws too well, but this is an obvious crime being committed.
Voters, please take action and vote these corrupt pirates and thieves out of power and throw them in jail.
Black Mamba: "We pave the roads every year in the beginning of the year if they don't want to use the roads, they can go through the bushes," he added.
This is an arrogant remark by an incumbent chief minister. When they had held power for a long period of time this is how they will retort to the masses.
Md Imraz Muhammed Ikhbal: Our leaders are merely public servants to the rakyat and they are to serve us in the best of manner for a salary.
A government is elected by the people to run their country and manage its resources, and it is for this sole reason that we pay taxes to serve as government's revenue which is to be utilised to develop and administrate our nation for the betterment of its people.
The resources at the government's disposal are therefore held in trust for a specific purpose, not to be abused by those entrusted to manage them and certainly not to be used as ransom against those who oppose their appointment as government.
The simple analogy to this idiosyncracy is a case where your own Indonesian maid tells you that she will open the gate to allow you to enter your own house and permit you to take food from your own fridge only if you agree to continue to employ her for another five years.
Such is the level of arrogance of a government who has been consumed by corruption for far too long because the gullible rakyat allow them to be.
Ksn: If this is not clear intimidation and bribery coming from the CM, what is? Do MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) and the EC need reports before taking action?
The CM was as reported speaking to a mainly Chinese group. Are the Chinese going to sell their votes and their dignity to Umno? Or as has been alleged, are they going to sell their daughters much like their votes as recorded in ‘Interlok'?
Meanwhile what are the ‘pariah' Indians going to do? Are the Malays and Muslims who talk so much about justice and compassion stand by and continue to allow Umno to mislead and abuse them and others?
Is it not time - overdue if you ask me - for the three communities to come together and teach Umno a lesson starting now before it is too late for Malaysia's redemption?
MCA denies helping mysterious 1M'sia NGO
Jiminy Qrikert: It looks like the Chinese can be bought after all. Some with RM100. Others with a ‘cub-chai' or TV set.
MCA must think the rakyat are stupid to believe this 1Malaysia NGO has nothing to do with them. All this confirms is that the war chest for BN come GE13 will definitely have to be very huge, greater than ever before at the rate they are throwing money.
BN will be totally mistaken if they think all these efforts to buy support now will negate any need later to repeat it at GE 13. The people are wiser now and the price will be higher for GE13.
And we shall see if the rakyat are still as willing to sell their children's future.
Anonymous_4135: As a Chinese, I'm so ashamed that it only cost RM100 and some goodies to sell their votes. It may be very lucrative deal to get laptops, LCD TVs, motorcycles and promises, but blame yourself when your next generation suffer.
You get what you deserve when the next generation piss and curse on your grave.
Compass: The BN government thrives on corruption. Don't expect it to curb it.
Black Mamba: Anyone who had follow Dr Mahathir Mohamad political career would know deep down he is a coward.
The reason he has been propping up fundamentalism Islam and racism is he fear the day Pakatan Rakyat walked into Putrajaya. He'll be charged together with his cronies and family members for all the corrupted misdeeds.
By harping on to his two rhetorical slogans he hopes to perpetuate Umno rule where his stakes will be safe. His fear is so real he had to rewrite history to ensure his corrupt policies lives on.
Ghkok: Just ignore him. I don't even bother to listen to what he says. I don't understand why people keep on listening to him. If this goes on, then the problem is not him, it's all the people who keep listening to the rubbish that comes from his mouth.
Swipenter: If my memory is not failing me, I remember him saying that how history judge him is immaterial to him. But we all know that he is infamous for doublespeak.
Docs: For some reason, reading this article on Dr M reminds me of a quote from the movie Forrest Gump which I must say describes Dr M rather well at this part of his political career. "Stupid is as stupid does".
This statement makes no sense but I guess Dr M makes no sense either.
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