Thank you N. 42 Meluan voters
Written by: Dr. John Brian Anthony
I am sorry
I would like to apologize to N42 Meluan voters for having failed to win the Meluan seat for you. I asked for forgiveness and we must look towards the future and work hard for “Berubahlah”.
Election is over and we are back to writing political analysis and the meaning of political event. DayakBaru has done well to share information with the voters and many went to the ground to give support. Even those in the civil service did their part to communicate the message for change. Thank you for a job well done.
My only regret is the Government decision to block DayakBaru blog during the campaigning period. this is not democratic and it goes to show that BN Government is not fair to the people in Malaysia. This government action is not acceptable and their controlling of free flow of information is against democratic rights of the Malaysian people.
Thank you Meluan Voters
First of all I would like to thank all the 7900 voters who cast their vote in Meluan. BN gathered 4615 votes and PKR got 2973 giving a majority of 1642. In 2006 PKR got 440 votes and today the 2973 votes is a large improvement of 500%. That is achieved through 3 months on intensive work.
The BN majority was reduced from 3007 in 2006 to 1642 in 2011. That by itself is a big achievement. For those voters who voted for PKR my special thank to you.
Polling Station Result
PKR won handsomely in Bekatan and Balut and lost in Julau, Rayah, Meluan and Engkamup and Entabai.
I would like to say that the result is a fair representation of what the voters want. The voters has made their choice based on their particular objective and agenda.
The reasons for defeat
I cannot say that money is the only factor that influence voters as I did not pay a single cent to any voters but yet I won in Bekatan and Balut. My failure is PKR organizational weaknesses, the election team and much more, I am the main contributor to the lost due to my own weakness and fault.
I failed to get most of the message across and even failed to convince the voters of how important the issues of land ownership, good governance, poverty, religious freedom and welfare for all aging people are. These issues were too general and I lack the specific issues pertinent to each particular polling district.
I also failed to organize the election team properly due to a variety of factors. We lack depth and experience in managing the campaign strategy and implementation and our net work with the voters were thin. Meaning, as an Opposition party we have much to do. And that mean we have hope when the matter could be addressed in future.
Thank you and well done PKR N42, Meluan election team
With such loyal hard work from supporters, the result could have been worst. Despite the odd, PKR prevailed as a serious alternative in Meluan. We will build that upward from today. After all ROME was not built in a day.
Conclusion
Our message was not understood by Meluan voters. The CDs and Radio Free Sarawak was helpful but the bread and butter issue was paramount.Most of all, the Dayak wanted to be with BN for social security reason. The time for “berubah” is coming slowly but surely.
For those from N42 Meluan I seriously urged you to look for a suitable candidate for 2016 election. A Form 5 qualification for your Wakil Rakyat is way too low to be effective at all level of YBs work. You can do much better then that.
To YB Wong ak Judat, Syabas and Congratulation to you. Work hard for the people of Meluan as they do have high expectation.
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