April 3rd
Parliament dissolved.
April 9th
Election Commission announcement of two important dates.
Nomination date set on 20.4.13
Date of election set on 5.5.13
April 14th.
The scene at Bidor taken on the way back to KL.
April 18th.
Registrar of Societies did not recognise DAP CEC base on complains of party election irregularities held last year end. This came just two days before nomination day and is deemed as a sabotage by the government.
April 19th
DAP joint announcement with their PKR partners. DAP will contest under PAS banner in Peninsula and PKR in East Malaysia.Move was endorsed by supporters as seen all over the social media. Overnight, PAS logo was the rave with the public. The moon has rocket in it and hornbill of various pose. The hornbill is the symbol of Ubah, the catchword for change.
April 20th
Nomination day. The hot seats were filled with supporters from both sides at the nomination centers.Unthinkable happened. See pictures pelow at nomination day.
Chinese embracing PAS logo openly.
The coalition of PK, PAS and DAP in unison.
Malays have no qualms identifying with DAP's rocket.
April 26th.
Stephen called me from China. He was a bit worried about what he read, to him, he sees trouble brewing. I assured him this is not going to be a repeat of May 13th, 1969. Yes there are politicians trying to create the spark to riot, but there a lot more people seeing through the hidden agenda. The people from all races can see what the desperate politician is trying to do, win at all cost. I am confident that if trouble surface, there are enough sensible people to snuff it out. I have more confident with the people than with the politicians!
April 28th.
A ceramah at Sri Damansara constituency organised by PKR. It was held at Jalan Tanjung 13/1 in front of a row of shops just before Grand Union Convenience Store. The turnout was fantastic, the crowds were there by 8.00pm, despite the rain in late afternoon. It was still drizzling a bit when the ceramah started. The notable speakers were Hannah Yeah ( DAP ), Tian Chua, Elizabeth Wong, Sivarasa R all of PKR. They spoke until just past midnight and it rained in between, but the crowed all stayed until the end.
The crowed already gathered there by 8.00pm.
The crowed grew as the night progress.
View from the shops.
Hannah Yeoh took the stage at about 11.00pm
Elll Wong is the representative for this constituency.
Tian Chua lends his support.
It was just past midnight by the time Parlimentarian Sivarasa gave his speech.
The crowed stayed even when the rain came.
The ceramah clog up Jalan Perdana with cars parked by the roadside.
May 2nd.
The street scene at Bentong.
BN candidate for Bentong.
Lunch with DAP candidate for N7 Tras, Choong Siew Onn.
at Kuala Lipis.
another scene at Kuala Lipis.
May 3rd
Barisan "presence" in Sri Damansara
The incumbents.
PKR's territory.
May 5th
The queue at Saluran 6 at Sek Rendah Tmn. Megah, PJ.
Valen, my camera person.
Inching my way in the line, after some 30 minutes.
Happy to be by the door and next in turn.
Verifying my particulars. All correct.
Collecting my ballot paper and having my finger inked.
After casting my vote.
The ink on the finger that indicates that I've voted.
Leaving after the vote.
Yes, I accompanied my dad to the voting center.
PJ Utara is represented by Tony Pua in Parliament, an Oxford Grad in Politics and Economics and has done a lot in the last terms in uncovering a lot of government corrupt practices. Yeo Bee Yin is standing for the Damansara Utama state seat. She has a Master in Advance Chemical Engineering from Cambridge and is from my hometown. I do not really know who the other candidates contesting in PJ Utara were and what credentials they posses.It's therefore a no secret who I will root for. For me, Tony and Yeo are the real deal.
In the afternoon, it was all over the social media with images and video of Bangladeshi coming in to vote bearing Malaysian ID. Some were stopped by the rakyat, but a lot were escorted into the voting centers by the uniform personnel despite objection from the people. These people came by busloads, all Banglas. How blatant can you get.
In the evening, when the counting is underway, there are still interference by the authorities. One notable one is the Lembah Pantai constituency. The popular Nurul won by a majority of about 1,800. A recount was asked for and in the midst, vans accompanied by FRUs were trying to bring in more ballot boxes. The people power came to the fore and block the vans from entering. Tear gas were fired on them to no avail. An hour later, Nurul was declared the winner. This is the victory for the people in preventing a fraud.
As at 12.55 pm, the EC announced over TV that the ruling government have won 112 parliament seats out of 222 seats. The opposition won 58 seats. This simply means BN is the first past the post and earn the right to form the next government. This also means that PKR's ambition of taking over the government is not happening. The only avenue left is challenging the EC of numerous fraud committed during this election.
Posted by TKH on 5.5.13.
In the afternoon, it was all over the social media with images and video of Bangladeshi coming in to vote bearing Malaysian ID. Some were stopped by the rakyat, but a lot were escorted into the voting centers by the uniform personnel despite objection from the people. These people came by busloads, all Banglas. How blatant can you get.
In the evening, when the counting is underway, there are still interference by the authorities. One notable one is the Lembah Pantai constituency. The popular Nurul won by a majority of about 1,800. A recount was asked for and in the midst, vans accompanied by FRUs were trying to bring in more ballot boxes. The people power came to the fore and block the vans from entering. Tear gas were fired on them to no avail. An hour later, Nurul was declared the winner. This is the victory for the people in preventing a fraud.
As at 12.55 pm, the EC announced over TV that the ruling government have won 112 parliament seats out of 222 seats. The opposition won 58 seats. This simply means BN is the first past the post and earn the right to form the next government. This also means that PKR's ambition of taking over the government is not happening. The only avenue left is challenging the EC of numerous fraud committed during this election.
Posted by TKH on 5.5.13.
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