a bit of sms lingo there. hey, save 10 letters, you know, and we all know heading should not be too long. well, in pure england, the heading is…..
‘why you should not put an X to the dacing when voting‘ during the election.

oops. dacing is not in england. well, dacing means ‘the scale’, i.e. the symbol of barisan nasional (BN), the caretaker ruling coalition.

ok, so why? well here are the reasons:

get najib, mongol missing
get judges, truth missing
get khir toyo, temples missing
get lingam tape, memory missing
get samy, shares missing
get zianuddin, info missing
get nazri, truth missing
get khairy, samseng missing
get hishamuddin, hang tuah keris missing
get soi lek, viagra missing
get ka ting - do nothing
get badawi, he’s sleeping!
undi dacing, dapat cacing!!

so what? so……

(note: the poem above was forwarded to me via sms)

… you know, so that the famous son-in-law (SIL) can win?

check the IC nos. of the following from SPR’s electoral checklist and see for yourself.

890211050014 @ 1307762

961022505236 @ A7023350

971219750079 @ 0902843

991230710156 @ 2024648

991025740081 @ 0216550

all these voters over 100 years old are under the rembau constituency where khairy is contesting!

the march issue of the catholic asian news (CANews) focus on the election. don’t forget to buy a copy to read! articles that are available online are:

editorial: vote for the common good

vatican: the participation of catholics in political life

anil netto: the propaganda machine

terrence netto:  polls a prequel to realingments

election day check-list

and lots of other interesting articles (eg. an interview with dr kua kia soong on ‘the racial card’ in the issue, so remember to grab one when you are in church.

of course, the very foremost useful and important site is, which everyone should know by now, the site for checking your voting status. i had the link with an icon on my sidebar right in top. anyway the link is:
checking voter’s registration

election commission (SPR)

undi info

malaysia votes

election media monitors

guide for first time voters

yeah. sg. siput. where samy velu is contesting. ain’t no surprise eh?

we get to see:
1.  the police disturbing the opposition (PSM)
2.  the majlis perbandaran kuala kangasar(city council) favouring MIC

dr jeyakumar, the candidate from parti sosialis malaysia (PSM), who is contesting against samy velu, was giving his frist ceramah where over 1000 people were present.

according to PSM’s website, the police AND the light force team barged into the ceramah while it was halfway on and force them to stop.

why? what was wrong with holding a ceramah at their own place? it it illegal? why did the police had to intrude? order from someone? hmm….

yeah, though i always cried ’say no to BN’, i’m being fair here not to display only the manifesto of the opposition but of BN too. read and see for yourself.
(taken from malaysiakini - including photos)
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Barisan Nasional (BN)

Security, peace, prosperity

The ruling Barisan Nasional is going all out to woo voters this time round, complete with a spanking new election website and an unconventional manifesto.

Drums were beating when top BN leaders entered the hall to a rousing applause from 500 party supporters who packed the Putra World Trade Centre auditorium in Kuala Lumpur.

… yes, the training session  was a success, despite starting late and behind time, and being a bit disorganised (apology to the attendees!).

the turnout was tremendous. about 100 80 persons turned up! and i think about 50 committed to be observers on polling day. hurray! watch out jelutong, tanjung, bukit gelugor - you’ll be seeing MAFREL observers around.

tuan syed ibrahim, MAFREL’s vice chairman (picture) started off with topics on ‘observation framework onf 12th malaysia general election (MGE 12)’ which covers:
- MAFREL: introduction, objectives and activities
- election in malaysia: problems and challenges
- election observation mission and assignment of MGE 12
- target constituencies, criteria and observation methodology

then he also covered the election dynamics and observation issues.

first we have the message from our bishop (catholic), now we have a workshop, talk and forum from the catholic church.

the workshop
tomorrow, 24 feb. at 2.00pm MAFREL’s training workshop for election observers at the pusat keuskupan katolik, penang

the talk
topic: the upcoming election: issues, process and context
speaker:  dr francis loh, aliran secretary and USM prof. of politics.
date/time:  29 feb, 8.00pm
venue:  church of the immaculate conception, penang

the forum
topic:  election 2008: issues to ponder before voting
speakers:  mr p. ramakrishnan, aliran president; assoc. prof. zaharom nain from USM and ms loh cheng kooi from women’s centre for change (WCC)
date/time:  2nd March, 7.30pm
venue:  cathedral of the holy spirit

as the election is something all should be concerned of, it is open to all interested. come one, come all.

vote according to your conscience! me? this banner (which i’m going to put up now and then) said it all. (also notice the permanent banner below my blog header?)

in the meantime, have you notice that this news - CONCERNED ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS, MALAYSIAN CHURCHES STEP INTO  POLTICIAL SPHERHE - appeared in two international media but not in our local media?

from the canadian press
from the international herald tribune

1.
 the christian federation of malaysia (CFM) has launched a ‘vote wisely’ campaign on 14 feb. and began distributing leaflets.

the heading of the leaflet says:

christians! be responsible and good citizens
pray for the general election! cast your votes!

for further reading, see bob’s blog, where you can also download the leaflet in four languages (in .pdf format). take a look. it’s short and sweet and to the point.

2.
on 21 feb. CFM issued a longer message. in the cover letter that goes with the message, it says:

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UPDATED:  urgent! calling volunteers for the mainland (penang).

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 1 FEB.

please refer to this post,   MAFREL is calling for volunteers as observers to monitor the election. for those in penang, please contact me at lucial at gmail dot com.  poor response for those in mainland, so please sign up for the mainland training.

if you do not wish to commit yourself to be a volunteer, you are still welcome to hear and learn about the election. click on this post to learn more about the training/briefing session and topics to be covered.