Voters are the boss says group
KUALA LUMPUR: A new Malaysian Chinese group has called on the country's 10 million odd voters to reject political parties or politicians who threaten voters.
In a three-page declaration ahead of a possible snap election, it yesterday
urged the people to insist on their rights and dignity.
``Whichever party you may support, this message has to be communicated
to the political parties and politicians loud and clear = `People are the
boss.'
``Politicians re-elected should remember that the people do not owe them any favours but instead they owe the people favours.''
The declaration also hit out at threats there would not be any development for constituencies which voted for the opposition.
``These utterances not only mirror arrogance on the part of the politicians but also ignorance of the people,'' it added.
In the past, members of the ruling coalition have called for people to be grateful for the decades of prosperity and stability it had brought since Malaysia gained independence in 1957.
Wong Chin Huat, organiser of the awareness campaign, said the declaration was a political statement but that it was non-partisan.
There was a need to exercise their political rights and not to be ``brainwashed and bullied into subservient'', he said. - AFP
Sign declaration here.