Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email “If this is the case, then why are we dividing Malaysians by race in the electoral roll?”.
Who is this “we”? Are they saying I’m part of the reason for having race in the electoral roll? How conveniently they try to shift the blame. They themselves had the “race” data all the time, and saying its “we” who did it!
All voters are ‘Malaysian’ and not profiled by race
By : Jason Gerald John
source
MALACCA: Voters who are registered with the Election Commission are no longer divided according to race but are listed as “Malaysian”.
Unlike in previous elections, where the EC figures for a constituency were divided into the number of voters and their racial background, the latest electoral roll, which was gazetted yesterday, only states the number of voters in a particular constituency and not their race.
A source said the move to identify voters as “Malaysian” was done to help the government create a Malaysian identity. “We are all Malaysians who are eligible to vote when we reach the age of 21. We do not see why we should divide voters by race into Malays, Chinese, Indians and “Others” in the electoral roll.
“We are all Malaysians and we should be identified as Malaysians.”
The source also said that when the country’s leaders spoke in overseas functions, they would say “Malaysian voters” elected them.
“Even Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says that the BN government was given the mandate by Malaysian voters when he addresses international forums. “If this is the case, then why are we dividing Malaysians by race in the electoral roll?”It is understood that the decision not to profile voters according to race was made by EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.
Citizens in Malaysia are accorded Malaysian status ONLY when the general election is round the corner.
After the GE their status would revert back to: 1 Malay, 2 Chinese, 3 Indian and 4 Others. Then all the promises made before the GE would be conveniently forgotten. The various ethnic races would be served their just desserts according to their classified status!
If we are a truly Malaysian nation, then classifying Malaysians according to their races should be abolished.