GE15: Confusion in voting may lead to nation’s destruction
SHAH ALAM - There is no doubt that the country's political world over the past few years has been confusing when things that were seen as impossible and never been thought of before are now a reality.
Malaysian Islamic Youth Force (ABIM) Secretary General Fazril Saleh said there were still many in the general public who were faced with political confusion due to the political scenario that never recedes with various rages and surprises.
He said confusion was a common thing in choosing two things or choosing several options, the same goes for the reality in the political world of the homeland.
He said that electoral confusion occurred due to many factors and one of it was political upheaval in the country which was uncertain or also referred to as political dynamics, which brought confusion to the public.
"Political dynamics is an uncertain and confusing thing among people to decide when they have several choices.
"The second confusing context in politics is that we want to determine which is the best option for the dominant party or the candidate factor itself. So, this also confuses the electorate.
"This is because some parties have good candidates but some of them are also among the party leaders on certain issues. It's the same with good party issues but maybe their candidates aren't good," he said.
He said this when he was a guest of the GE15 Special Edition Busters Corruption Compass show entitled 'PRU15: A reminder to voters' which was broadcasted live on all Sinar Harian digital platforms on Wednesday and hosted by Asmaliza Mansor.
Fazril said confusion also occurred among the first-time new voters who voted for Undi18 when the group was seen as still fresh about the ins and outs and political art of the country.
He said the young people of Undi18 faced confusion over the knowledge factor and have not yet been fully exposed to the true scenario of the political world of the homeland.
He said the voters were still looking for whom to follow because they had never been involved in politics before, and their registration process as electors was also automated.
Obviously, the automatic registration caused the electorate itself to not even realise that he or she had actually been listed as an elector or voter in the 15th General Election (GE15).
"If we're ready to go to the post office to submit forms as voters, then we're aware of what's being done and we want to do it too but now this is already done automatically and they don’t know if they are already eligible or already registered.
"After knowing that they were already eligible as voters, they still didn't know what to do after that. What are we going to do? Who to choose? So, there's a lot of confusion," he said.
He added that sometimes voters did not have confidence in the candidate who wanted to be elected.
Obviously, the situation occurred due to the confusion that existed as a result of receiving too much information from various parties, in addition to not knowing which is right and which is wrong.
He stressed that what was certain is that if voters made the wrong choice and choose the wrong leader, then the country would be destroyed by being led by corrupt people.
"If you choose the wrong leader, the country will be ruined. Even if you don't elect a leader (don't go out to vote), you will lead the country to be ruined by sending corrupt leadership to Parliament.
"Therefore, we as citizens should go out to vote and make the right choice of candidate. Whatever happens, choose a wise leader but never do a mistake in choosing our leaders.
"What is certain for me, it is the aspect of the candidate itself that needs to be prioritised.
“Do not choose candidates who are corrupt, practice corruption and bad morals, but instead choose those who can serve the people well," he said.
