Bersih (Coalition for Free and Fair Elections) organised a ceramah on Friday night, 07-09-2007 at Jublee Hall, Bayan Baru, Penang. It was part of the nationwide programme to hold ceramah at various states.
I was one of the invited speakers representing the DAP. The other speakers were BK Ong (NGO), Zulkifli (DAP - National Vice Chairman), Dato Zarin (Keadilan Penang Chairman), Tuan Haji Mohd Sabu (PAS - National Vice Chairman).
I touched on the point on the automatic voters registration. The current voluntary voters registration has failed. For Tanjong Parliamentary seat, 20% of the voters are those in the age group of 21 to 40 years old. The other 80% are those more than 40 years old.
There are 4.9 million Malaysians who are over 21 years old but still have not registered as voters.
The Election Commission should abandon the voluntary registration system and share the same computer database with the National Registration Department.
On a related event, the Federal Reserve Unit fired live bullets to disperse a Bersih ceramah in Terengganu, last night. For further details, please check out Malaysiakini and Merdeka Review
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