Today, hard copies of both The People’s Voice and The People’s Declaration were despatched to all the component parties of BN as well as to DAP, PAS, PKR and PSM.
Those parties with their headquarters in the Klang Valley had these despatched by hand whilst those in Sabah and Sarawak were despatched by courier.
However, given the long holidays and the possibility that the offices may be closed over the next few days, soft copies of the same will also be sent by e-mail later today to enable the same to be accessed away from the office.
The accompanying letter, after introducing the 2 documents and explaining the nature of their contents, concluded as follows :
‘Adalah diharapkan pihak tuan akan meneliti isikandungan kedua-dua dokumen ini, menyampaikannya kepada pucuk pimpinan parti serta ahli-ahli parti dan terutama sekali calon-calon yang akan bertanding di pilihanraya yang akan datang.
Adalah juga diharapkan bahawa pihak tuan sudi dalam masa yang terdekat untuk maklumkan rakyat samaada pucuk pimpinan parti tuan setuju dengan hasrat dan aspirasi rakyat seperti terkandung di dalam kedua-dua dokumen tersebut dan setuju untuk menerima yang sama sebagai manifesto parti tuan untuk pilihanraya yang akan datang.’
People, if you haven’t yet read these documents, please do so.
If you have, and you feel that it resonates with your own hopes and aspirations for this country, please heed Raja Petra’s call to present this ‘to whoever it is who may be contesting in your constituency, be they ruling party or opposition party, and tell these candidates that this is how we wish our country to be run when the new government is formed, whichever government it may be.
Ask the candidates and the political parties they represent to adopt this as their election pledge and promise to the voters. Better still, ask them to agree that this will be the backbone or foundation of their Election Manifesto, which must be irrevocable and which must be implemented within 12 months of the new government taking office’
February 6, 2008 at 6:19 pm
A new opposition led govt. is needed – at least we can see how thay will perform later, as for the ruling party winning again – we already know what’s going to happen. What had happened before will happen again – even more as there is no cohesiveness in the ruling party. People with little power are implementing their own wills. Schools with fanatic people in charge imposing their religious beliefs on students against their wills,customs – confiscating bibles (thought only commies in China do that), confiscating Christian books in bookstores, demolishing of churches (on private orang asli land), Hindu temples. As for top judges, see what Lingam can do.
Will Society be running wild for the next 5 years.
What next -
just society,
We can change all this.
It calls for some courage, self-belief and a huge dose of trust in the Almighty.
February 6, 2008 at 9:31 pm
DIFFERENT IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER,
BUT BETTER IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT!
…So why not try a Different Government?
…The Time For CHANGE has arrived!
…Time for a BETTER has also arrived!
…Enough is Enough… JUST DO IT!
…Yes!.. WE CAN!!
February 7, 2008 at 10:34 pm
I expect pre-elections campaigning to start soon. I intend to attend ceramah or whatever other meeting called by the candidates, both BN and Opposition, in my State and Parliamentary constituencies (Bachang and Bukit Katil) in order to ask whether they have read these documents.
If they say they have not, I will hand over copies to them and let them know that I will ask again at the next ceramah whether they have read them. If they claim to already have read the documents, I will ask if they intend to adopt the stated principles and guidelines.
If I get the opportunity, I will try to publicly go through the documents with them item by item so that all present can get a feel for what they constitute. If I can get to go through even one or two items, a message would have got across.
Of course, I expect that they will give political answers. It’s hard to kick old habits.
But the knowledge that such declarations exist would have reached a wider audience. Maybe it will make a difference.
February 12, 2008 at 4:14 pm
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February 12, 2008 at 5:16 pm
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