Wan Azizah decided to give up her parliamentary seat for her husband, the infamous Anwar Ibrahim who is at the moment involved in a sodomy case. They had to hold a by-election to determine the winner for the Permatang Pauh candidacy.
Barisan National selected a chubby, friendly man, Ariff Shah Omar Shah who speaks fluent Mandarin and Hokkien, as their candidate. He sure could win the hearts of the Chinese voters.
Again the exodus of people ‘balik kampong’ to vote. For those who want to vote but did not have the financial capacity to go home to do the rightful thing as a voter, Ariff Shah had allegedly eased their burden by subsidizing a little monetary offering of between RM50.00 to RM500.00 for each voter. This goodwill gesture should be recognized as traveling expenses and not as an obligation to gain a vote for him.
With 47,410 voters, the major roads leading to the Permatang Pauh district without doubt experienced heavy traffic flow. Thanks to the presence of the traffic police, voters had a smooth and stressless journey home. Road blockades monitoring the motorists’ movement helped to ease unnecessarily traffic chokes. No hogging on the fast lanes or speeding on the emergency lanes for those hurrying home to cross their voting sheets.
As for us in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, we enjoyed a carefree journey to work.
Barisan National selected a chubby, friendly man, Ariff Shah Omar Shah who speaks fluent Mandarin and Hokkien, as their candidate. He sure could win the hearts of the Chinese voters.
Again the exodus of people ‘balik kampong’ to vote. For those who want to vote but did not have the financial capacity to go home to do the rightful thing as a voter, Ariff Shah had allegedly eased their burden by subsidizing a little monetary offering of between RM50.00 to RM500.00 for each voter. This goodwill gesture should be recognized as traveling expenses and not as an obligation to gain a vote for him.
With 47,410 voters, the major roads leading to the Permatang Pauh district without doubt experienced heavy traffic flow. Thanks to the presence of the traffic police, voters had a smooth and stressless journey home. Road blockades monitoring the motorists’ movement helped to ease unnecessarily traffic chokes. No hogging on the fast lanes or speeding on the emergency lanes for those hurrying home to cross their voting sheets.
As for us in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, we enjoyed a carefree journey to work.
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