PRK MERLIMAU : KETUA PEMUDA JASIN MENDAPAT KEPUASAN PERIBADI

Pengundi muda (bawah 40 tahun) yang merupakan 37% daripada jumlah pengundi seramai 10,679 orang telah yakin semula terhadap BN sebagaimana yang dibuktikan melalui saluran 3 atau 4 – semuanya menang! Undi terbesar yang diperoleh oleh calon BN di kalangan saluran 4 ialah Merlimau Pasir = 225. Sebahagian besar kejayaan ini bolehlah diattributekan kepada keberkesanan Unit Cyber, PMM yang menjadikan PRK ini sebagai ‘reality’ program latihannya. KEPUTUSAN SALURAN 2,3 DAN 4 MENGIKUT SALURAN. MERLIMAU PASIR SALURAN 3: BN 327 PAS 110 ROSAK 2 MAJORITI 217 JUMLAH 467 SALURAN 4: BN 340 PAS 115 ROSAK 3 MAJORITI 225 JUMLAH 458 AYER MERBAU SALURAN 2 :BN 298 PAS 109 ROSAK 1 MAJORITI 189 JUMLAH 408 MERLIMAU UTARA SALURAN 1: BN 328 PAS 110 ROSAK 10 MAJORITI 218 JUMLAH 448 CHINCHIN SALURAN 3 : BN 291 PAS 135 ROSAK 9 MAJORITI 156 JUMLAH 435 SALURAN 4 : BN 291 PAS 127 ROSAK 5 MAJORITI 164 JUMLAH 423 JASIN LALANG SALURAN 2 : BN 256 PAS 48 ROSAK 3 MAJORITI 208 JUMLAH 307 PERMATANG SERAI SALURAN 3 : BN 305 PAS 126 ROSAK 5 MAJORITI 179 JUMLAH 436 SALURAN 4 : BN 313 PAS 112 ROSAK 2 MAJORITI 201 JUMLAH 487 PENGKALAN SAMAK SALURAN 3 : BN 283 PAS 185 ROSAK 6 MAJORITI 98 JUMLAH 474 SALURAN 4 : BN 338 PAS 127 ROSAK 2 MAJORITI 211 JUMLAH 477 JUMLAH KESELURUHAN: BN – 5,962 PAS – 2,319 BN MENANG MAJORITI 3,643

Pas in a quandary over Malay vote loss

2011/03/10 By Zubaidah Abu Bakar zubaidah@nst.com.my Share | Barisan Nasional and Pas supporters were out in force on polling day in Merlimau last week. — NST picture by Rosdan Wahid Pas is rejecting claims of declining support among the Malay electorate but the party’s actions do not reflect such confidence, writes ZUBAIDAH ABU BAKAR THE talk in Umno is that it has regained the Malay support, with recent by-election results bolstering that conclusion. In the opposite camp, Pas leaders claim its traditional Malay supporters have remained loyal. They say it is the fence-sitters who have switched to Umno. Political watchers familiar with Malay politics have mixed views on whether Umno is gaining Malay support at the expense of Pas. To these outsiders, the issue is whether those who voted for Umno candidates in recent by-elections were returning votes, that is, from Umno members and supporters who voted for the opposition in 2008 as a mark of protest. Their argument is based on the fact that recent by-elections, with the exception of Merlimau, were in rural constituencies where support has always been for the ruling Barisan Nasional, the coalition that Umno leads. "Umno candidates winning a series of by-elections in Malay-majority constituencies showed that support for Umno has increased," said Umno information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan. Ahmad said the Felda vote remained solidly with Umno. In Tenang, Felda voters from three settlements contributed 63 per cent of the majority garnered by the Umno candidate; votes from Kerdau's three Felda settlements contributed 40 per cent of Umno's winning majority. "Pas is making all sorts of claims but the party won only an extra two votes in Jengka 25, from 41 votes in 2008 to 43 in the recent by-election," said the deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department. But for Pas' Datuk Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah to say that Umno is enjoying an increase in Malay support based on its by-election performances is misleading. "It is a coincidence that these by-elections -- in Manik Urai, Galas, Tenang and Kerdau -- with the exception of Merlimau, were in rural constituencies where the majority of voters are traditional Umno supporters. "Voters there are less exposed to information from alternative sources, they depend largely on radio and television. In fact, Pas support has always been weakest in the Felda settlements where the majority of Malay voters are concentrated," said the party's deputy election director. Assoc Prof Shaharuddin Baharuddin does not believe it is safe for Umno to celebrate yet. The political analyst at Universiti Teknologi Mara said while support for Umno in certain areas was increasing, detailed analysis of past by-election results did not point to declining support for the party's main rival. "Support for Pas is intact because the party has hardcore followers in Kerdau and in Merlimau. In both areas, it is the fence-sitters and Umno supporters who rejected the party in the last general election who had returned to Umno's fold. "Umno retained Tenang with a bigger majority but Pas actually lost fewer than 200 votes. Those were definitely not the votes of Pas' traditional supporters," he said. Nevertheless, Umno's string of by-election victories is causing jitters in Pas. There is genuine fear in the party that it may lose more Malay support if it remains in league with the secular DAP and multiracial Parti Keadilan Rakyat. Pas, despite rejecting claims that the party is losing support from the Malay electorate, held a National Race Empowerment Convention last month, which was seen as an attempt to attract Malay support. Pas leaders, including spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, tried to convince the Malays that they had not been sidelined at the convention, which was aimed at silencing critics who had denounced the party for aligning itself with DAP. In July last year, the Kelantan menteri besar of 20 years called on the party faithful attending the annual muktamar (assembly) to focus on increasing Malay support. Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang made a similar call in November. A Malay group, Teras Pengupayaan Melayu (Teras), had emphasised at last month's Pas convention that Pas would not gain the trust and support of Malays if it still did not understand their economic woes and find solutions to them. Teras chairman Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid said Pas was still unable to gain maximum support from its core constituency and warned the party that it could not guarantee Malays their rights if it overlooked the economic problems faced by the community in the country. Prof Datuk Mohamed Mustafa Ishak, head of the politics, security and international affairs cluster of the National Council of Professors, said Pas was at a crossroads. While the party risks a split in the loose opposition coalition should it attempt to champion the Malays, it also risks a continuing erosion of Malay support should it remain loyal to DAP and PKR. Pas has given too much credence to the assumption that the 2008 "political tsunami" had wiped out ethnic politics in Malaysia. It has not and will not go away easily. Ethnicity is still a foundation of Malaysian politics. "One should not underestimate the power of ethnicity as most parties, including the so-called non-ethnic parties like DAP and PKR, depend on ethnic politics to survive. Pas basically is a Malay-based party," Mustafa said. Pas leaders may prefer to brush aside concerns about the purported fall in Malay support for it. But the party is desperate enough about winning Malay votes that the Pas-led Kelantan government recently banned the sale of lottery tickets, a move that upset the DAP and other Chinese-majority parties. Read more: Pas in a quandary over Malay vote loss http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/18pases/Article/#ixzz1GFIr3kxY

PASCA PRK MERLIMAU : BN berjaya tarik undi sokongan muda

BN berjaya tarik undi sokongan muda 2011/03/10 TAHNIAH kepada Barisan Nasional (BN) dan UMNO atas kemenangan dalam beberapa siri pilihan raya kecil. Terbaru, kemenangan di Merlimau dan Kerdau menunjukkan trend sokongan kembali memihak kepada BN. Paling penting statistik menunjukkan kemenangan dengan majoriti besar itu diraih atas kejayaan mendapatkan undi pengundi muda. Namun, jika berasakan diri sudah berada dalam zon selesa, itu satu kesalahan besar buat BN dan UMNO. Sejak tsunami politik melanda pilihan raya umum 2008, tidak dinafikan kerajaan pimpinan Datuk Seri Najib Razak sudah bekerja keras menguruskan negara dengan cara terbaik. Meneruskan subsidi pada beberapa hal kritikal di samping mengingatkan rakyat supaya mengubah gaya hidup yang tidak sihat adalah gaya kepemimpinan yang realistik dan bertanggungjawab. Pihak pembangkang pula sering mengeluarkan kenyataan popular yang sedap didengar tetapi beracun. Kita kini berdepan dengan cabaran global, pemimpin dan rakyat harus menggembleng tenaga dalam mengharunginya. Bagaimanapun, BN perlu menyedari masih banyak yang harus diusahakan bagi memulihkan keyakinan rakyat. Jangan lalai dan terbuai mimpi, teruskan usaha. Ketika berlakunya pertandingan sengit dalam pilihan raya kecil antara kerajaan dan pembangkang, golongan muda sebenarnya sentiasa melihat, mendengar dan menganalisis. Oleh itu, pemimpin dan ahli BN buat yang betul, bercakap yang benar, bijaksana dalam membuat keputusan. Insya-Allah, hasilnya akan lebih positif. Ingat, pemuda dan pemudi golongan terbesar menentukan masa depan negara. Sama ada kita sedar atau tidak mereka sentiasa mengikuti perkembangan politik semasa dan undi mereka bakal memberi impak kepada landskap politik negara pada masa depan. RIZAL ABD RAHMAN, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Nik Aziz kena terima ketentuan Allah

KOTA BHARU 8 Mac – Tuduhan Mursyidul Am Pas, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz bahawa UMNO menggunakan jentera kerajaan dalam pilihan raya kecil Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Merlimau dan Kerdau diibaratkan sebagai ‘tepuk dulang paku serpih, mengata orang dia yang lebih’. Ketua Pembangkang Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Kelantan, Datuk Md. Alwi Che Ahmad berkata, pemimpin Pas itu perlu cermin diri sendiri terlebih dahulu sebelum membuat sebarang tuduhan. Ini kerana kata beliau, Nik Abdul Aziz turut menggunakan jentera kerajaan negeri ketika Pas Kelantan menghadapi pilihan raya kecil. Tegas beliau, Nik Abdul Aziz sepatutnya belajar menerima kekalahan kerana ia adalah adat pertandingan, bukannya mengeluarkan tuduhan-tuduhan liar seperti itu. “Tanya dia, dia guna kereta rasmi tak, dia guna penerangan negeri tak, dia guna Exco-Exco dia tak masa pilihan raya kecil (DUN Manek Urai dan DUN Galas). “Dia kena tanya diri sendiri dulu sebelum mengata orang. Kerajaan mempertahankan diri. Kita kenalah guna apa sahaja yang kita ada sama seperti dia, cuma kalau salah dan melanggar peraturan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) ada untuk bertindak,” katanya ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Young Generation Now Keen To Support BN

0Share JASIN, Feb 27 – The young generation are now more inclined to support the Barisan Nasional (BN) government which understands and fulfills their needs, said Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek. He said these young people perceived Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak’s leadership as one that gave them much inspiration. “Looking at the results of the last general election in 2008, among the reasons for the defeat of the BN (in certain states and seats) was the lack of support from the young voters,” he told reporters after attending a gathering with youth leaders and the promotion of the National Youth Day 2011 at Merlimau Pasir, near here last night. Ahmad Shabery said the young generation had realised that the opposition pact comprising PAS, the DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) led by old people did not suit their needs. He believed the young voters in the Merlimau state constituency would support BN in the by-election on March 6. “More so because the BN candidate, Roslan Ahmad, 44, was a former youth activist who would certainly have a good understanding of the needs of the young generation. To me, there is no major issue, so there is no reason why the young generation should not be with the BN,” he said, adding that 39 per cent of the voters in the Merlimau state constituency were aged between 21 and 40. Roslan, is facing the PAS candidate, Yuhaizad Abullah, 38, in the by-election for the Merlimau state seat which fell vacant following the death of incumbent Assemblyman Datuk Mohamad Hidhir Abu Hassan, 54, from the BN on Jan 20.

Macam sambut hari raya’

AYER MERBAU - Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Merlimau diibaratkan sebagai ‘hari raya’ buat sebahagian besar penduduk di situ, terutama pengundi. Pengundi, Maznah Mbam, berkata, selepas kali terakhir situasi sama berlaku pada Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU), kira-kira tiga tahun lalu, pengundi mula bersemangat untuk menunaikan tanggungjawab mereka. Malah, katanya, dia bangun sewal jam 4 pagi berbanding kebiasaannya untuk melaksanakan tanggungjawab itu di pusat undian dekat Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Cina Jasin Lalang, di sini. “PRK ini memang berbeza berbanding PRU dan begitu meriah seakan-akan seperti menyambut hari raya. Ianya merupakan pengalaman manis biarpun terasa penat, namun seronok sangat hari ini sebab pagi-pagi lagi saya sudah bangun untuk menunaikan tanggungjawab sebagai seorang pengundi,” katanya ketika ditemui Sinar Harian selepas membuang undi, semalam. Bagi Lim Lam Seng, semangatnya begitu berkobar-kobar untuk keluar mengundi sejak seminggu lalu sehingga sanggup membeli dan mengenakan pakaian baru semalam. “Peluang seperti ini bukan mudah untuk ditemui dan seharusnya direbut penduduk kawasan ini. “Saya memang tak sabar nak mengundi ditambah pula dengan suasana yang meriah seperti berada di pesta,” katanya yang mengharapkan pemimpin yang pilih turun padang menyelesaikan masalah di kawasanya. JKKK Ayer Merbau, Zakaria Abd Hamid, berkata, masa mengundi inilah dinantikan pengundi. “Seumur hidup saya inilah pertama kali adanya PRK di Merlimau dan memang banyak perbezaan dengan PRU kerana suasana berubah wajah. “Apa saya harapkan pemimpin yang menang dapat menjalankan tanggungjawabnya dan meneruskan serta menunaikan janjinya,” katanya.