KUCHING, Oct 18: Bandar Kuching incumbent Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen wants United Malays National Organisation (Umno) to look in the mirror after the latter said youths will support Umno or the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition since they do not like liars or party-hoppers.
Dr Yii who is Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (DAPSY) national chief said Malaysian youths will vote for the good of the country including rejecting political parties whose leaders are “proven to be involved in grand corruption and abuse of power, on top of forcing an early election during the monsoon season”.
This came following Free Malaysia Today’s (FMT) report on Umno Supreme Council member Isham Jalil’s remark yesterday who said that young voters will reject the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalitions which, he said, are made up of “liars” and “party-hoppers”, respectively.
“I would like to remind him and Umno/BN to maybe look in the mirror, as they are the cause of many of the systemic and institutional problems in our country, on top of them empowering and endorsing frogs into position of power during the Sheraton move.
“UMNO/BN have constantly harped on unfulfilled promises in 22 months when they themselves have broken and failed in so many of their promises over the past 60 years.
“When in fact, even in 22 months, PH put in place many important institutional reforms and good governance policy which was recognised internationally including a massive improvement in our ‘Corruption Perception Index’, ‘Freedom of Media Index’, ‘Democratic Index’ and many more.
“That would have set the foundation for a stronger and cleaner Malaysia which is important to attract investments and induce investors confidence in our governance,” he said in a statement today.
He further said that if PH is given a full term of five years, much more could have been done to correct the mismanagement caused by BN and that PH will set the country in the right direction.
“At the end of the day, youths are looking for good policies to give them economic and environmental security, equitable education, and more importantly, policies to prepare them for jobs of the future.
“And all those and the fundamentals of good governance is the core of what PH is fighting for,” he emphasised. — DayakDaily
