Chitchat Najib To Win GE 2018! John Tan Congratulates Najib On Behalf Of All Samsters!

[JohnTan]

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's parliament has passed a controversial proposal put forward by Prime Minister Najib Razak to redraw electoral boundaries after 129 voted for and 80 voted against it on Wednesday (Mar 28).

The opposition and other critics said the proposed electoral boundaries would give Najib's ruling BN coalition, which is facing arguably its toughest polls since independence over 60 years ago, an easy win by putting large numbers of opposition-leaning voters into fewer seats and dividing constituencies along racial lines.

The Bill's introduction was delayed by about an hour after opposition lawmakers objected.

Things got heated with one veteran opposition, Lim Kit Siang, kicked out even before the debates began.

He was allowed to return eventually, but Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Othman later raised a motion to suspend him from Parliament for six months.

The plan was drawn up by the Election Commission (EC) and the government said it is free from political interference.

"The government did not disturb or influence the EC in their work, and respects decisions made by EC in the interest of the people and the country," Najib told Parliament as he tabled the report.

He added that it was time redelineation was carried out after three polls using the old election maps.

LARGE OPPOSITION SEATS

Parliamentarians were given 10 minutes each to argue for or against the content of the reports.

Five opposition MPs argued that the distribution of voters across seats was not even. The redrawing of boundaries means that some large pro-opposition constituencies have more than 100,000 voters, while some pro-government seats are much smaller.

For instance, in Selangor, the biggest parliamentary constituency would be Damansara - held by the opposition - with 150,439 voters, while the smallest one would be Sabak Bernam - held by BN - at 37,126.

The country's richest state and one of the few controlled by the opposition will see voter demographics change in 18 of its 22 parliamentary seats.

Johor, where the ruling coalition is expected to face a tough battle, will see changes to 19 of its 26 parliamentary seats.

Electoral boundaries were last changed in 2003, under the leadership of then-premier Mahathir Mohamad. He, too, was accused of manipulating the process in favour of the ruling coalition, which has held power since independence in 1957.

Mahathir, 92, who led Malaysia for 22 years, is now running as the opposition's candidate for prime minister against Najib.

A general election must be held by August, but Najib is widely expected to call elections in a matter of days, Reuters reported. The proposal will not change the number of parliamentary or state seats.

RIOT POLICE

Earlier on Wednesday, hundreds of pro-democracy activists and opposition party leaders marched to parliament carrying banners and placards.

Security was heightened at parliament's main gate, which was blocked by riot police, some armed with teargas guns.

"We totally do not agree with the (EC) report. This is the biggest cheating to ever happen," said Maria Chin Abdullah, the former chairwoman of civil society group, Bersih.

"They want to bulldoze the report that contradicts the constitution, ignores the rule of law and manipulates the electoral rolls," she said.

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[chonburifc]

555 "redraw electoral boundaries"......how come this sounds so familiar har?

 

[greedy and cunning]

familiar because you living in a cuntry that shifts the people around
every 5 years ,
not physically , but with the stroke of a pen.

 

[winnipegjets]

How exciting to see possible bloodshed in our neighbourhood after the GE. Is SAF ready to protect sinkapore?

 

[steffychun]

How exciting to see possible bloodshed in our neighbourhood after the GE. Is SAF ready to protect sinkapore?

Why don't you sign up then

 

[JohnTan]

familiar because you living in a cuntry that shifts the people around
every 5 years ,
not physically , but with the stroke of a pen.

You are lucky to stay in Singapore, where there is hardly any gerrymandering.

Most of the SMCs and GRCs are roughly of the same population size. In fact, the smallest wards tend to be oppies, such as Hougang and Potong Pasir. PAP SMCs are usually bigger. So oppies have to win over fewer sinkies to secure the ward.

PAP also does not carve out wards base on race or religion unlike UMNO.

 

[greedy and cunning]

PAP also does not carve out wards on race or religion unlike UMNO.

the Privilege to Plunder parti don't have to do tis ,
they solved that problem donkey years ago with the introduction
of Ethnic Integration Policy and SPR Quota , in the guise of
To promote racial integration and harmony.
The policy aims to prevent the formation of racial enclaves by
ensuring a balanced ethnic mix among the various ethnic communities
living in public housing estates.
that's the sly way to con the silly 70% .

 

[steffychun]

Najib never try GRCs? Very popular here.

 

[syed putra]

the Privilege to Plunder parti don't have to do tis ,
they solved that problem donkey years ago with the introduction
of Ethnic Integration Policy and SPR Quota , in the guise of
To promote racial integration and harmony.
The policy aims to prevent the formation of racial enclaves by
ensuring a balanced ethnic mix among the various ethnic communities
living in public housing estates.
that's the sly way to con the silly 70% .

Actually, this was done to deny malays from having any constituency where they are majority.

 

[ballsoffire]

Najib finally learnt the trick!

 

[JohnTan]

Actually, this was done to deny malays from having any constituency where they are majority.

If the m&ds form the majority, will they be applying pressure to turn that ward into some sharia ward like kelantan and aceh? That may serve as some sort of base to spread intolerant and loser ideology.