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Voting Day

March 8th, 2008
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UPDATES:

12.25PM: This is the end of the 12th Malaysian General Election coverage. A turning point in our country. Maybe Malaysia is getting its independence again after 50 years? All Hail Malaysia 2.0!

4.40AM: UNPRECEDENTED 14 INDIANS will be in Parliment! 9 out of 28 MIC candidates won. Two results still unknown – N43 Permas and N24 Semenyih. » Read more: Voting Day

Happy Voting

March 7th, 2008
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After a long campaign period of 13 days, things come to an end tonight, and tomorrow, many of us will walk the talk and do our duty. I’ll be voting first, then followed by Then, since we are due to cast vote in two different parliment seats. » Read more: Happy Voting

PM cautions indian and chinese voters

March 7th, 2008
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If I’m not mistaken, the ruling party can nominate anyone to be a senator for example, give the person a ministerial position and put the in the cabinet. Our ex education minister was one such case. Our second finance minister’s also one. Thus, if MCA, Gerakan, MIC all lose, then those ministerial positions can be given to appointed representatives, unless UMNO want to use this as an excuse to grab all the posts. » Read more: PM cautions indian and chinese voters

Poll result on need for strong opposition

March 7th, 2008
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The result of the poll: Is a strong opposition in parliment and state assemblies important to ensure check and balance?

Yes (96%, 176 Votes)

No (2%, 3 Votes)

No Idea what you are asking! (2%, 3 Votes)

Not bothered since I’m not even registered to vote (1%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 183

Even though 96% said yes, this survey is limited to Internet users, and especially those who are Indians (blog focuses on Indian community issues). Average age is between 22 and 50.

http://poobalan.com/blog/pollsarchive/

Christian voters enter the equation

March 3rd, 2008
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One religion which cuts across racial boundaries to a certain extent is Christianity. Indians, Chinese, east malaysians, foreigners – all can be Christians. Thus when the churches start to “advise” their voters, the equation becomes a bit more complicated. If typical stereotyping says Chinese just want better business environment, the introduction of religion brings forth issues like church approval, bible confistication, interference with religion etc. » Read more: Christian voters enter the equation