Month: March 2008
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How will we vote?
The influence of Temperament “Yet his temperament really gives him a stronger bias than any of his more strictly objective premises.” William James IF the last article gave you some insights into the characteristics of each of the four Temperaments – Stabilisers, Improvisers, Theorists and Catalysts – and the kind of Temperament some of our…
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A Subang Jaya Ceramah
By Christopher John “I FEEL like Obama!” exclaimed DAP’s Teng Chang Khim, speaking at a ceramah in USJ 12 in Subang Jaya on Saturday, March 1. He added, “I thought I was great. I thought I could attract 4,000 to 5,000 people, but now I know that I am not that great. Now I regret.…
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Mafrel, Bersih protest EC decision on indelible ink
By Jacqueline Ann Surin jacquelinesurin@malaysiavotes.com KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel) chairman Abd Malek Hussin and several other coordinators have withdrawn as Election Commission (EC)-accredited polls observers, to protest the EC’s sudden decision to scrap the use of indelible ink in the March 8 polls. “In order to defend the principle of…
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Redeeming Malaysian elections
By Lim Hong Hai Malaysia has held regular elections since independence. This is no mean achievement. But elections not only have to be regularly held. They also have to be “free and fair” if they are to effectively structure and civilize political contestation and to confer legitimacy on government by the victorious party. Malaysian elections…
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An electric ceramah in TTDI
By Fahmi Fadzil SUNDAYS are always tough – you don’t really want to overwork yourself because it’s your last off day, but you also don’t want to miss out on the action wherever it may be: the pasars (markets), the malls, and this being election season, the weekend ceramahs (political rallies). And the ceramah in…
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The university of politics
By Danny Lim dannylim@malaysiavotes.com KOTA BHARU: “If you read S.H. Alattas, he wrote, ‘When you talk about Kelantan, Kelantan is a politic university’ (sic),” says Farhan Yusof, one of a quartet of locals who just happened to sit at my table at an open-air warung for tea in Berek 12, Kota Bharu . On the…
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In search of the MCA ceramah in Ipoh
By Cindy Tham cindytham@malaysiavotes.com IPOH: For a city that is famous for its tauge (beansprouts), kuey teow noodles and chicken rice, the street where perhaps the two most popular restaurants that serve them are located is undoubtedly a good place to reach a captive audience. By dusk, the dinner crowd begins filling the tables that…
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The Education of Nurul Izzah
By Danny Lim dannylim@malaysiavotes.com On the Monday after nomination on Feb 24, Nurul Izzah Anwar’s campaign for the Lembah Pantai parliamentary seat kicked off with a pasar malam visit at Kampung Kerinchi, followed by a ceramah at a Parti Keadilan Rakyat [PKR] pondok by the road side. It was not the most strategic of ceramah…
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Obstacles to Voting from Abroad
By Hwa Yue-Yi AFTER nine months of vacation – two of which were packed with goodbyes – I was raring to leave for college last August. But amid the high-strung euphoria, the timing of my departure for the US bothered me: it was scarcely a year since I’d learnt to adore rendang, and four months…