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2009-04-02-jawah

The Borneo Post carried an election headline today – Blow to Jawah’s bid. This kind of news are expected in election and most readers would expect such a news. How much is that worth if we convert that into votes? Check the Polling Station here.

Morning coffee

2009-04-02-coffeeThe morning starts with a positive note from our candidate over at the BN corner. After not having proper meal yesterday, he is getting a good warm coffee today to start the 5th day of intensive campaign. Chocolate, bro for the energy!

Over at the PKR corner, it was a dissapointing evening for Jawah Gerang and his team yesterday. No, I don’t think it has to do with April Fool’s Day. Here are some recorded event from PKR yesterday. The sequence of event has not been cooked for the BN leaders to read.

Trekking Anwar at Batang Ai

Berikut nota yang dihantar oleh seorang penyumbang Sarawak Update dari Lubok Antu yang mengikuti pergerakan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim di Lubok Antu pada 1 April, 2009.

01 April 2009 5.00 ptg : Pudai
Anwar mahu adakan ceramah tetapi Tuai Rumah Jamit, di Kampung Pudai tidak setuju. Anwar terpaksa  berpatah balik ke pasar Lubok Antu. Kena penangan April Fool dari masyarakat Dayak beliau hari ini.

01 April 2009 6.30 mlm : Pasar Lubok Antu
Anwar serta gerombolannya cuba mengumpul orang di masjid Lubok Antu, tetapi penduduk tidak mahu hadir. Tidak sampai 50 orang yang hadir, termasuk Dominique Ng dan Jawah Gerang. Majoriti konco-konco Anwar sendiri.

01 April 2009 8.30 mlm : Kutai
Anwar pergi ke markas PKR di Kampung Kutai, Lubok Antu. Ceramah beliau cuma dihadiri oleh petugas-petugas PKR, pengikut-pengikut Anwar serta pembodek-pembodek berkereta besar yang mengharapkan peluang untuk bertanding dalam pilihanraya negeri akan datang. Kereta yang diletakkan di bahu jalan semua kereta besar yg tidak dikenali, bukan kereta penduduk tempatan. Orang-orang Kampung Kutai pun tidak datang.

Nota:
Sebuah lori milik abang kepada Jawah, Tuai Rumah Lepang anak Gerang juga sudah dilihat menanggalkan bendera PKR atas sebab-sebab yang tidak diketahui. Jawah juga tidak mendapat keizinan dari Tuai Rumah Kelinsing untuk berkempen di Kampung Sekarok.

Uchu Keling says : The three longhouses reported by Borneo Post was a BN territory. Jawah was a BN MP there before he switched camp to join PKR. Hence, it is politically correct for the Tuai Rumah to make their stand on their support.

The lorry owned by TR. Lepang is his private property and he have his rights on who to support. Blood runs thicker than water, but it doesn’t mean we share the same ideology.

Development

I know this paragraph will catch your attention because it has been so, all over this blog. PKR have not come up the stage and explain to the rakyat on HOW they will administer Batang Ai, if it comes under their administration. All the PKR have been saying is to ask the rakyat to give them a chance and vote for Jawah.

The rakyat are smart and intelligence as mentioned by PKR. Yes, they are smart and they demand answers to their questions, too.

How could we ask someone to vote for us and not knowing what will happen next. They too need to consider what would happen to them in the next two years before the next state election comes.

The rakyat do not vote blindly either to BN or PKR.

If I give you the public office, what are you going to do in your administration. Let’s go beyond the normal VOTE for CHANGE, CHANGE WE MUST battle cry.

If you can’t write it here, please blog it elsewhere and tell us. We are reading. List down what have PKR done in Perak and Selangor (to the Iban).. Give us the links and printed document to proof. Then only your campaign is solid. At the moment, we also can say its hearsay, lah!

If we vote for you, what will you do for us and how are you going to do it?

2009-04-02-mossem

2009-04-01-snap

I hope this is not an April fool headline by the Borneo Post, because it gives us a new implication on the status of Sarawak National Party (SNAP).

I met Stanley Jugol and Darrel Jugol (SNAP Youth) during the Batang Ai by-election nomination day. It was polite to say “hi” to relatives when we have the chances to meet them. Nothing was mention on this news, but I was made to understang that some SNAP CEC was in Kuala Lumpur to meet Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (who shall be Malaysia’s next Prime Minister and probably be the new Home Affairs Minister).

2009-04-01-snap-exSome questions

  • With Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s comment on the technical status of SNAP, now we know that SNAP is still a component of the Barisan Nasional (on record). Was that the reason why SNAP was never being deregistered?
  • What is SNAP CEC member, Dr. John Brian (holding the post of Vice President) doing in PKR? He is seen as PKR’s strategist in Sarawak (well, at least that was being read in his DayakBaru.com blog).
  • The media have carried headlines and news that SNAP “pulled out” from the Barisan Nasional and today we are reading that SNAP have never resigned from BN. Were the readers being fooled all these while by these politicians?
  • Will this move make an impact in Batang Ai? We know that there are still some strong supporters (the elder Ibans) of SNAP in Batang Ai.

Senior Sng denies

Former Julau MP Datuk Sng Chee Hua has denied that he has been working against the Barisan Nasional in the Batang Ai by-election.

“I am a BN man and I believe that the BN will deliver the seat,” he added in a press statement yesterday.

Well, UchuKeling.com hopes Datuk Sng pay a visit to the PRS Operations Room in Batang Ai to strengthen this claim and statement. Probably our good friends Tedwin Ngumbang and Audie Chua should also lend a hand in Batang Ai.

Electronic media war

One thing for sure – the Barisan Nasional lack people who can documented their campaign. Unlike their big brother, UMNO-nergised blogs, the BN Sarawak, while equiped with high tech digital cameras, video cameras, during the recent nomination day are good for private home viewing (printed photo album) and home videos.

So, YB YB, Datuk Datuk, Datin Datin, this good video clips, photos are all needed if you are to enter the new media. The printed mass media have limited space to show the real things. And, we, the new generation voters want to view and read the latest information on the ground, and not relying on SMS from the campaigners.

Today, the BN are trailing (or even not there yet) in term of electronic media war. If this continues to happen, then it might be too late.

Listen O-thee BN

Today’s voters do not only listen to your ceramah, but take a little more time to surf the Net, read newspapers for views and opinions before they decided on whom they will vote.

1. oBN, your projects are not well documented for the public. Yes, we heard of them, but we do not see them. The papers, development photos and videos are well kept in your office but for who? Some of us cannot attend development exhibition, but we do come back to vote.

2. Government websites are becoming redundant, full of historical facts! Either the government are so lokek, and can’t afford a dedicated webmaster in every council or district offices, or they just couldn’t be bothered about it.

3. All champions and no frontliners – 6 days more, my honest opinion to both sides: PKR have better documentation of their campaign. Better organised despite their lack of fund, logistic supports, etc. The BN relied on all the media to send out their signal to the voters. Yes, we read it. The reality on the ground is different.

2009-04-01-supp

The PRS President need to do something to tackle his own men. The rest of the component are doing their part well. SUPP even started campaigning right after nomination to secure votes from the Chinese community. Follow-ups call have been made by Harden and Yap. Their visits were well documented in the Chinese media.

It is the PRS supporters that could spoilt this happening! So, if you do not organise it well despite the advantages (well, maybe not enough funding from party supporters).

4. oBN campaign workers bawa perangai masing-masing! Nak show terror semua! This might back fire, jangan lupa ye oBN.

5. The battle is only half way and there is no need for advance credit. The votes are not in yet, so no need to say I did this and I did that. Talian belum di buka lagi, jangan buang kredit anda!

Party delivers but reps need to work on it

No doubt the oBN have delivered various projects to the rakyat, but it is not reaching the rakyat as planned. Who ever handles and are trusted to handle this project, task or work must be sincere and be hardworking.

Even Jawah had the opportunity to do so. So did the late YB Datuk. But why it didn’t happen as planned? It starts from the representative, the party workers, the Councillors, the Tuai Rumahs, etc..

The rakyat needs to review their performance as well.

Malcom Mossem Lamoh

Good luck, bro!

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