JOHOR POLLS | Muda today urged Johor voters who are residing in Singapore to cast their votes in the upcoming Johor state election despite their frustration of what had been happening with Malaysia's politics of late.
In an open letter, Muda co-founder Lim Wei Jiet said he knew that many Johoreans in Singapore had been asking themselves why they should bother taking part in the election after seeing their mandate in the 2018 general election betrayed by some representatives that they voted into office.
"I know how it feels, I truly do.
"But I also know that this is what the corrupt immoral politicians behind the Sheraton Move want to achieve. Make no mistake: their goal then was not only to take over Putrajaya. Their main goal was to break the spirit of ordinary Malaysians – to make me, you and all of us lose faith in the system. To not bother with voting. To not hold them accountable. To let them remain in power so they can loot & abuse their powers unchecked.
"So, whilst we can remain disappointed, we must never give in to the corrupt. We must never lose hope that change can be achieved. There is an idiom in Chinese, which aptly states: despite repeated defeats, one must continue to swim upstream," Lim said.
He was referring to the 2020 political coup dubbed as Sheraton Move, which saw the fall of the Pakatan Harapan federal government that was elected in Malaysia's 14th general election in 2018. The coup then led to the fall of many Harapan-led state governments.
More snap polls soon if Umno wins
According to Lim, the votes of Johor voters are important in that they would not only determine the fate of the southern state but also have an impact on other states and the country as a whole.
He claimed that if Umno wins the Johor state election, more snap polls would be triggered in other states to create momentum to push for the dissolution of Parliament and pave the way for a general election.
"The outcome which may result in corruption charges being dropped against high-profile figures.
"If there’s any state which can stop Umno’s path of destruction, it will be Johor. A Johor which I have always known to be moderate, progressive, forward-looking and which celebrates differences between races.
"Therefore, your vote means a lot. Every one of them. If every one of the roughly 200,000 Johoreans in Singapore vote, it has a huge impact on the outcome of many state seats in Johor," he said.
The Johor state election was triggered when the state legislative assembly was dissolved last month. The Election Commission has decided that the nomination day will be held this Feb 26, which marks the beginning of the election's campaign period.
Polling day has been set on March 12. - Mkini
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