COMMENT | Politicians are elected to represent the interests of the people.

Yet, I can feel the frustration on the ground, especially with the Christian grassroots. A number of issues are, in fact, merely technical in nature, yet they are not solved once and for all.

The only time when a solution appears to be at hand is when we are in the lead-up to a general election. It sometimes looks like we are being held ransom.

It is time that the Christian community realises the power of their votes. If some of these issues are not resolved immediately, the incumbents can kiss our votes goodbye, be it at the federal or state level.

We know that for the Indian community, the problem of stateless children has been a longstanding issue.

In one or two cases that I read about, the children are clearly born in this country; yet it is so difficult to get them an identity card.

With the millions of illegals we have in the country, what is wrong with registering a few thousand of these children who are born in Malaysia, and who will likely live in the country for the rest of their lives? Give them an identity card so that they can live a normal life.

As someone pointed out, there is no need for the MIC, for example, to be involved in getting these children registered especially when the general election is around the corner. Let the National Registration Department and the families rectify the problem themselves.

Identity card woes

Likewise, for the Christian community, it is the change of religion on their identity cards, especially those who have been mistakenly registered as Muslims...