KUCHING: To ensure Malaysia is able to form a stable government after the 15th general election (GE15), 21 million voters must make the right choice and give a clear signal as to which political coalition will be given the mandate to be in power.
Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Dr Chamil Wariya said the right choice will determine which party will be entrusted to establish the federal government.
“Choose one of the four coalitions that offer themselves an easy or comfortable majority for them to rule. It doesn’t matter if the choice is Perikatan Nasional (PN), Barisan Nasional (BN), Pakatan Harapan (PH) or Gabungan Tanah Air (GTA).
“This is because each coalition is led by political leaders who have extensive experience in governing the country. If one of the coalition political parties is given a simple majority of 112 seats or more, then political stability will exist,” he said in a statement posted in the Voice Opinion Analysis (VOA) Media Network blog on Friday.
He added that stability will be stronger if political parties in Sarawak and Sabah are involved in the establishment of the new federal government.
“However, in terms of governing the country, the main leaders of BN, PN and PH have their respective advantages and disadvantages. But the important thing is that everyone has the experience.
“The chairman of PN, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is fondly called Abah and predicts that there will be a tsunami on his side, has experience as a minister and Prime Minister.
“Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri, the BN Prime Minister candidate, who is confident that his party will get 112 seats, also has the same administrative experience.
“Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, PH chairman, was once Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Mahathir Mohamad, chairman of the GTA, has experience as Prime Minister twice.
“But GTA is not seen as a threat to BN, PN and PH to establish a federal government in GE15,” he said.
Therefore, Malaysians must choose a coalition of political parties that can take Malaysia to a higher level.
“And give them enough seats to establish the federal government after GE15, alone or in coalition.
“The power is in your hands. If not, political instability will continue to hit the country and the one not benefiting will be the voters themselves,” he stressed.
There are about 21 million eligible voters with a total of 1,393,549 voters aged 18 to 20 across the country who will vote for the first time.
Based on the age statistics of the Electoral Register updated until October 9, a total of 86,914 voters are aged 90 and over.
For the age range of 21 to 29 years, there are 4,614,429 eligible voters.
Meanwhile, there are 11,354,094 people aged 30 to 59 and 3,724,652 senior voters.
As for state breakdown, Selangor recorded the highest number of voters which is 3,677,848 followed by Johor 2,616,575 with voters and Sarawak 1,943,074 with voters.
