your votes should be sacred as well as secret

yep, that was what the bishop of penang (rt rev sebastian francis) said in his election message to the catholic community in the diocese of penang (northern area). 

i had posted his message in my facebook yesterday and i guess i should put it up on my blog too. the following pic-com (picture commentary) show extract from his message, done by martin jalleh. you can read the bishop's f ull message at the penang diocese website.

in the meantime, please also read the message from the christian federation of malaysia (CFM), other languages can be found here.   

the malaysian consultative council buddhism, christianity, hindusism, sikhism (MCCBCHST) of  also came out with a statement for the general election.