Kit Siang: Polls delay will favour Pakatan Rakyat
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 – Lim Kit Siang today said delays in the general elections will favour Pakatan Rakyat (PR), giving the opposition more time to “debunk lies” by the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN).
The elections must be called within a year, but uncertainty over its date has resulted in a guessing game.
“Time is on Pakatan Rakyat’s side – as any further delay in elections will only provide more time... to debunk the Umno/BN campaign of lies, falsehoods and demonisation,” said the DAP parliamentary leader (picture) in a speech in Kuching.
He also singled out the “greatest lie” in the three-year Najib administration that “Bersih 3.0 itu Kotor,” referring to the title of a documentary aired on state-run television which he claims is “very biased” and intended to “poison the minds of viewers about Bersih 3.0.”
He said that the strong show of the people’s support during the Bersih 3.0 rally had shaken the prime minister’s confidence that “June would be the best timing... to call general elections.”
The opposition stalwart said those living in rural areas “depend on the mainstream media for information” and would be “easy victims of the Umno/BN campaign of lies and demonisation, particularly about the Bersih 3.0 rally.”
But he said that delays in polls would give “more time for the urban Malay youths to return to the kampongs to tell... the truth of what happened on April 28”.
“And when the truth about Bersih 3.0 are fully understood by the Malaysian voters in the rural areas, then the country will be ready for far-reaching changes in the next general elections,” he added.
The Ipoh Timor MP said that Datuk Seri Najib Razak had realised “that although he may have secured high personal polls, his personal popularity could not be translated into high voting support for Umno and Barisan Nasional.”
However, the prime minister had earlier this month brushed off speculation that the Bersih sit-in protest on April 28 would delay the polls date, saying “we will decide on the basis of how the people view the government.”
Lim also said “there has been a very systematic and concerted attempt by those in power to demonise Bersih 3.0... as an anti-national conspiracy including an attempted coup d’etat to topple the government – a wild and most irresponsible allegation by the prime minister himself.”
By Ida Lim
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Rasanya Perdana Menteri kita akan membuat keputusan membubarkan parlimen bila masa yang sesuai.
BalasPadamKita tunggulah pengumuman rasmi daripada kerajaan pusat mengenai tarikh sebenar PRU-13.
BalasPadamPRU akan diadakan apabila masa benar2 sesuai dan semua telah bersedia.
BalasPadamRakyat kena bijak menilai setiap apa yang disebarkan melalui media massa, media elektronik atau dari mulut mana2 pemimpin politik.
BalasPadamrakyat kena bijak membuat pilihan semasa PRU nnti.
PadamPRU masih dalam igauan masih kerana tidak pasti bila PRU akan diadakan ini kerana tidak ada khabar mengenai perkara ini.
BalasPadamKerajaan akan menentukan yang terbaik nanti bila pilihanraya akan dilaksanakan.
BalasPadamdulu masa ada ura2 kononnya kerajaan persekutuan mahu pilihanraya diawalkan, pemimpin2 Pakatan juga yang cakap mereka tidak mahu mengadakan pilihanraya umum serentak dengan kerajaan persekutuan..
BalasPadamPrime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said public confidence in the Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership at the federal and state levels is growing because the coalition fulfills its pledges according to its capability.
BalasPadamHe said the people realised that the BN was not a government that liked to play politics that was populist in nature nor made promises that were unrealistic.
BalasPadamBN are capable of doing what has been promised, thus will implement them as the government.
BalasPadamHe said the promises were proven through the various aid given to the people such as the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M), the existence of the 1Malaysia People’s Shop (KR1M) and the 1Malaysia People’s Menu, the granting of subsidies in the various sectors such as petrol subsidy.
BalasPadamIn addition, Najib also hinted that he would announce a ‘windfall’ for the settler community soon as well as several other incentives for the people.
BalasPadam“The quantum I will not disclose yet, when the time comes I will make the announcement. Let there be a little suspense,” he said.
BalasPadamHowever, he said there were quarters that tried to deny the efforts of the government in helping the people.
BalasPadamHe said the BN government constantly strived for the prosperity of the people and ‘did not know how to spin’.
BalasPadam“That is their (opposition’s) politics, always spinning, everything (that we do) is wrong. What we are doing for the people, they want to destroy,” he said.
BalasPadamHe said that under the BN government since the country’s independence, a son of a fisherman had succeeded to become a menteri besar to lead a state.
BalasPadamNajib also expressed his commitment to continue to work hard as the prime minister for the sake of the people.
BalasPadam“I have told my wife that my days are getting longer and my nights shorter. But it is alright for the sake of the people,” he added.
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