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manifesto from BN and DAP

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)———————————— Barisan Nasional (BN) Security, peace, prosperity The ruling Barisan Nasional is going all out …

MAFREL training session a success

… 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, …

christian messages on the election/voting

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 …

volunteers required for election watch

STICKY POST – please scroll down for new posts. 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 …

phantom voters at army camp

er… actually the heading should be ‘phantom voters at abandoned army camp’. on tuesday, 19 feb, several MAFREL volunteers, including me, had a brief press conference right in front of the abandoned army camp in jalan sultan ahmad shah (just next to citibank). the picture you see here, shows us, …

observers training in penang mainland

MAFREL’s penang training session for election observers received good response so far. however, the  response for the mainland is not very encouraging. hence, i’m now publcising it to let more people know. all those penangites staying in the mainland, time to do something! be an election observer! The MAFREL’s FREE  …

look what 50yrs of 2/3 got you! (part II)

continuing part II of singam’s excellent article which i posted here. We live in a country that has not seen any real change of government since its inception 50 years ago.  understand change of government. Their fear of change is real and should not be trivialised. Proposals  of too much …

look what 50yrs of 2/3 got you!

found this excellent piece by SV singam (who might be a long lost friend from those sangkancil/beritamalaysia days) in haris’s blog. —————————————————————– The ruling coalition has enjoyed an almost unbroken 50 years of 2/3 majority in parliament. The only time  this overwhelming majority was lost was in 1969. Immediately, the …

independent bodies to keep an eyes on things

taken from NST, notice that this article first started by mentioning MAFREL as one of the independent bodies monitoring the election. with this, i would like to remind all those in penang of MAFREL’s training session for observers. at the mainland, it will be on 23 feb, while at the …