Situation Hopeless But Not Serious
How can we forget the infamous “Timah Whisky” issue which was raging for a few weeks? It was urgent enough to warrant debates in parliament and eventually this SNAFU had a happy ending for the manufacturers and retailers. “Brand recall” was stupendous and sales increased multiple-folds. With the digital era in our midst isn’t it sheer common sense that we rely on good education/guidance and good behaviours rather than “moral policing” and even more prohibitions and punishments? Governments or political leaderships knowing best is completely passé.
When the exercise is completed there will be an increase of 5.8 million eligible voters or nearly 40 percent more added to the current 15.8 million. In GE15 we should have a new total of 21.1 million voters as announced by Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi, minister in the Prime Minister’s Department . Meanwhile how much can we expect Undi18 and automatic voter registration to help square matters somewhat? Many are depending on the youth idealism zeal to effect changes. But we are also warned to expect that even greater over-representation can happen because more youths are registered within locations that offer more jobs and careers.