WHY BN MUST NOT GET A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY AGAIN

IT IS POLLING DAY TOMORROW, GIVE BN THE BOOT

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It outlines why the greatest effort of all Malaysian voters is needed just to deny BN its 2/3 majority.

It would be almost a miracle to achieve this goal, nevertheless, everyone should vote to try to achieve this miracle and deny BN a 2/3 majority.

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HERE ARE THE REASONS WHY THE VOTERS SHOULD NOT GIVE BARISAN NASIONAL (BN) A 2/3 MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT

1. BN lost their 2/3 majority only once, in 1969, but for a very brief period.

2. Since 1957, BN has amended the constitution 690 times solely to propagate its power.

(By comparison, USA which is more 200 years old has only amended its constitution 27 times; while Singapore amended its constitution only 4 times.)

3. BN's ability to amend the constitution as and when it likes (and thereby make unjust and unfair constitutional changes) must be stopped. The only way to achieve this is to deny them a 2/3 majority in Parliament.

Here are some statistics from the 2004 election:

1. UMNO received 35.9% of the popular votes but had 110 parliamentary seats or 50% of all parliamentary seats.

2. In total, BN received 63.8% of the popular votes but had 199 parliamentary seats or 91% of all parliamentary seats.

3. The opposition received 36.2% of the popular votes but had only 20 parliamentary seats or 9% of all parliamentary seats.

Why?

Because of gerrymandering (check the dictionary: it means interfering with an election, by, for example, dividing voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections) , or having unfair election rules.
The election rules are stacked against the opposition.
No matter what happens, the opposition may never be able to win the next election.
BUT WHATEVER THE ODDS, THE VOTERS MUST NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT VIA THE BALLOT BOX.

The decision-making power process within the last cabinet, was like this:

1.. UMNO not only controlled the parliament via Barisan Nasional, it also allocated itself 24 cabinet positions which equates to 71% of all cabinet positions.
2. MCA had 5 cabinet positions or 15% of the cabinet positions.
3. MIC had 1 cabinet position or 3 % of the cabinet positions.
4. Gerakan had 1 cabinet position or 3% of the cabinet positions.
5. Other component parties held 3 cabinet positions or 8% of the cabinet positions.

One should take note that although UMNO controlled only 50% of all parliamentary seats, it controlled 71% of all the decision making processes within the cabinet.

Many marginalization issues or unfair election practices are the result of legislation passed, or amended by the BN government, (lead and totally controlled by UMNO), and which is completely unchecked in the BN dominated Parliament.

Under the BN party whip system, the majority component party within BN dictate the rules of the game. Other BN component parties like MCA, Gerakan or MIC cannot vote against whatever UMNO decides, even if they wanted to.

5. Best of all for BN is the fact that even if the opposition won 50% the seats it contested, the opposition parties may still not be able to form the next government.

Why?

Because gerrymandering (of the present election borders) has ensured that even if BN were to win 50% of the popular votes in the upcoming election, it will still control 2/3 of parliament.

As an example, in 2004 BN took 64% of the popular votes but ended up controlling 91% of parliament. (see table below)

It is easy to see why if they win only 50% of the popular votes in the next election they will once again be able to dictate and hold absolute power in the parliament. Do your maths … and do your part… for our children and our future! The target has to be high, so vote for change of government.

POPULAR VOTE STATISTICS 1959 to 2004

Then there is also the possibility of voting irregularities, such a multiple voting, phantom voters, ballot box stuffing, vote tampering, ballot paper frauds, etc., etc., etc.

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Question: WHO TO VOTE FOR?

Answer: ANY OPPOSITION PARTY

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