Tuesday 17 January 2012

BERSIH 2.0 Launches JOM 100 for 100% Voter Turnout at GE-13

BERSIH 2.0 Launches JOM 100 for
100% Voter Turnout at GE-13
Press Statement: 17 January 2011

From left: Liau Kok Fah (BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee Member), Datuk A. Samad Said (BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee Co-Chairperson), Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan (BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee Co-Chairperson) and Andrew Khoo (BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee Member.
In the 2008 general election, 8.16 million voters exercised their right to vote for their representatives to Parliament.  This figure was about 76% out of the total  number of registered voters in 2008  of 10.7 million. However, nearly 5 million Malaysians eligible to vote were unable to do so as they had not registered. Based on these figures, approximately 7 million eligible voters did not vote during the previous general election!

BERSIH 2.0 would like to announce our latest campaign – JOM 100, a campaign targeting for 100% voter turnout in the upcoming 13thGeneral Election (GE-13).


Why 100% voter turnout?

1.      100% voter turnout strengthens democracy

Citizens of Malaysia must take charge of our country by firstly participating in electing the leaders of our nation. Citizens have the right to demand that government decisions be made to reflect the people’ needs. Citizens also have the responsibility of holding government accountable for its decisions. It is us, the people, who must reclaim our rights to re-shape the future of our country and the future of the next generation of Malaysians. Therefore, it is imperative for all eligible voters to vote come GE-13.

2. 100% voter turnout will mitigate electoral fraud and poor delineation of constituencies

In the past year, countless exposés of electoral fraud by civil society organisations, concerned citizens and political parties have placed the pressure on the Election Commission (EC) to take immediate and stern action to eradicate electoral fraud. Instead of a reduction of fraud, more allegations of electoral fraud have surfaced. The EC has acted slowly in dealing with electoral fraud.

In the past few decades, constituency redelineation exercises have been manipulated to ensure certain constituencies will be easily won by the ruling coalition. The EC has stated that it will not conduct a redelineation exercise before GE-13. Any reform involving delineation of constituencies will only take place after GE-13.

Therefore, the only way to reduce the impact of electoral fraud and poorly delineated constituencies  on  the results of elections is to ensure high voter turnout.

3.      100% voter turnout to support electoral reform

BERSIH 2.0 calls on all citizens of Malaysia who believe that our electoral system needs to be reformed to actively rally your friends, family and community to come out to vote or to register to vote. A high voter turnout will send a signal to the winner of the GE-13, regardless of their political affiliations, that voters of Malaysia want the next government to institute democratic reforms immediately, including a thorough reform of the electoral system.


Based on the reasons above, BERSIH 2.0’s JOM 100 campaign is to actively call on all citizens of Malaysia to take their voice to the ballot box. For this campaign, we will be having nationwide programmes to bring this message to all citizens of Malaysia. The programmes will begin after Chinese New Year.

BERSIH 2.0 is also concerned with the lack of commitment on the part of the EC to enfranchise Malaysians living abroad and Malaysians who live a considerable distance away from their constituencies such as Sabahans and Sarawakians living in peninsular Malaysia and vice versa. These groups of voters have long been deprived of their right to vote as absent voters as defined under the Federal Constitution. The EC must immediately institute the necessary changes to enfranchise these groups of absent voters to ensure they will be able to vote in the GE-13.

BERSIH 2.0 calls on all concerned citizens to support the JOM 100 campaign by taking the opportunity of the Chinese New Year festivities to encourage friends and family to vote in GE-13 or to register to vote immediately. The future of this country is the responsibility of every citizen and we must rise to the occasion when our democratic rights are being taken from us.

Announcement of new Steering Committee members
Two new members of the BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee,
Datuk A. Samad Said (Left) and Ahmad Shukri Abdul Razab(Right)

BERSIH 2.0 would also like to take this opportunity to announce and welcome two new members of the BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee who are Datuk A. Samad Said and Ahmad Shukri Abdul Razab. Datuk A. Samad Said or more popularly known as Pak Samad is no stranger to the BERSIH 2.0 movement. Pak Samad is a National Laureate who has been actively championing various causes including the right to mother-tongue language and more recently, democratic rights. In the lead up to the BERSIH 2.0 rally, Pak Samad became a key figure in speaking up to defend the democratic rights of all Malaysians. Due to this, Pak Samad has been invited to join the Steering Committee as Co-Chairperson together with current Chairperson Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan.

Ahmad Shukri Abdul Razab is a student activist and President of Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM). Ahmad Shukri has been vocal in empowering students to reclaim their rights to academic freedom and speaking out against injustices. The NGO endorsees of 3BERSIH 2.0 nominated Ahmad Shukri to provide a space for increasing participation of youths in campaigning for electoral reform and democratic rights.

As Malaysia moves closer towards GE-13, the BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee and NGO endorsees express our on-going commitment towards securing reforms of the electoral system.

Salam BERSIH 2.0!
Jom mengundi!

Steering Committee
Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH 2.0)

The Steering Committee of BERSIH 2.0 comprises:
Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan (Co-Chairperson), Datuk A. Samad Said (Co-Chairperson), Ahmad Shukri Abdul Razab, Andrew Khoo, Arul Prakkash, Arumugam K., Dr Farouk Musa, Liau Kok Fah, Maria Chin Abdullah, Richard Y W Yeoh, Dr Subramaniam Pillay, Dato’ Dr Toh Kin Woon, Dr Wong Chin Huat, Dato’ Yeo Yang Poh and Zaid Kamaruddin.

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工委会议决:将徐袖珉除名

人民之友工委会2020年9月27日常月会议针对徐袖珉(英文名: See Siew Min)半年多以来胡闹的问题,议决如下:

鉴于徐袖珉长期以来顽固推行她的“颜色革命”理念和“舔美仇华”思想,蓄意扰乱人民之友一贯以来的“反对霸权主义,反对种族主义”政治立场,阴谋分化甚至瓦解人民之友推动真正民主改革的思想阵地,人民之友工委会经过长时间的考察和验证,在2020年9月27日会议议决;为了明确人民之友创立以来的政治立场以及贯彻人民之友现阶段以及今后的政治主张,必须将徐袖珉从工委会名单上除名,并在人民之友部落格发出通告,以绝后患。

2020年9月27日发布



[ 漫画新解 ]
新冠病毒疫情下的马来西亚
舔美精神患者的状态

年轻一辈人民之友有感而作


注:这“漫画新解”是反映一名自诩“智慧高人一等”而且“精于民主理论”的老姐又再突发奇想地运用她所学会的一丁点“颜色革命”理论和伎俩来征服人民之友队伍里的学弟学妹们的心理状态——她在10多年前曾在队伍里因时时表现自己是超群精英,事事都要别人服从她的意愿而人人“惊而远之”,她因此而被挤出队伍近10年之久。

她在三年前被一名年长工委推介,重新加入人民之友队伍。可是,就在今年年初她又再故态复萌,尤其是在3月以来,不断利用部落格的贴文,任意扭曲而胡说八道。起初,还以“不同意见者”的姿态出现,以博取一些不明就里的队友对她的同情和支持,后来,她发现了她的欺骗伎俩无法得逞之后,索性撤下了假面具,对人民之友一贯的“反对霸权主义、反对种族主义”的政治立场,发出歇斯底里的叫嚣,而暴露她设想人民之友“改旗易帜”的真面目!

尤其是在新冠病毒疫情(COVID-19)课题上,她公然猖狂跟人民之友的政治立场对着干,指责人民之友服务于中国文宣或大中华,是 “中国海外统治部”、“中华小红卫兵”等等等等。她甚至通过强硬粗暴手段擅自把我们的WhatsApp群组名称“Sahabat Rakyat Malaysia”改为“吐槽美国样衰俱乐部”这样的无耻行动也做得出来。她的这种种露骨的表现足以说明了她是一名赤裸裸的“反中仇华”份子。

其实,在我们年轻队友看来,这名嘲讽我们“浪费了20年青春”[人民之友成立至今近20年(2001-9-9迄今)]并想要“拯救我们年轻工委”的这位“徐大姐”,她的思想依然停留在20年前的上个世纪。她初始或许是不自觉接受了“西方民主”和“颜色革命”思想的培养,而如今却是自觉地为维护美国的全球霸权统治而与反对美国霸权支配全球的中国人民和全世界各国(包括马来西亚)人民为敌。她是那么狂妄自大,却是多么幼稚可笑啊!

她所说的“你们浪费了20年青春”正好送回给她和她的跟班,让他们把她的这句话吞到自己的肚子里去!


[ 漫画新解 ]
新冠病毒疫情下的马来西亚
"公知"及其跟班的精神面貌

注:这“漫画新解”是与<人民之友>4月24日转贴的美国政客叫嚣“围剿中国”煽动颠覆各国民间和组织 >(原标题为<当心!爱国队伍里混进了这些奸细……>)这篇文章有关联的。这篇文章作者沈逸所说的“已被欧美政治认同洗脑的‘精神欧美人’”正是马来西亚“公知”及其跟班的精神面貌的另一种写照!




[ 漫画新解 ]
新冠病毒疫情下的马来西亚
"舔美"狗狗的角色

编辑 / 来源:人民之友 / 网络图库

注:这“漫画新解”是与《察网》4月22日刊林爱玥专栏文章<公知与鲁迅之间 隔着整整一个中国 >这篇文章有关联的,这是由于这篇文章所述说的中国公知,很明显是跟这组漫画所描绘的马来西亚的“舔美”狗狗,有着孪生兄弟姐妹的亲密关系。

欲知其中详情,敬请点击、阅读上述文章内容,再理解、品味以下漫画的含义。这篇文章和漫画贴出后,引起激烈反响,有人竟然对号入座,暴跳如雷且发出恐吓,众多读者纷纷叫好且鼓励加油。编辑部特此接受一名网友建议:在显著的布告栏内贴出,方便网友搜索、浏览,以扩大宣传教育效果。谢谢关注!谢谢鼓励!












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