People Capable Of Comparing Wisely BN Manifesto With Opposition's

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the people should be able to judge and compare wisely the Barisan Nasional (BN) manifesto with the opposition's.

He said the BN manifesto containing promises by the ruling coalition should be viewed seriously as it explained clearly and in detail what BN would do if given another to govern the country for the next five years.

"Surely the people are wise enough to compare the two manifestos, BN's and the opposition's. Which can be believed and fulfilled?" he said when launching the Batu parliamentary constituency's BN election machinery's 'command centre', here, Sunday.

Muhyiddin said the people generally understood that only BN would be able to fulfil its promises in the coming years.

"When the BN chairman (Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak) outlined in detail our plans for the people of this country, now the responsibility is ours as leaders and members of the BN component parties (to explain to the people the manifesto to make them understand)," he said.

Yesterday, Najib launched the BN manifesto for the 13th general election which outlined 17 main areas, with all aspects touching on the future of the people and nation to be looked into if BN was given another mandate to helm the nation.

Meanwhile, Muhyiddin who is BN deputy chairman, urged all the coalition's component party members to work together to wrest back the parliamentary and state seats lost in the last general election.

He said although public support for BN appeared to have increased over the last three years, the general election this time could not be viewed as easy because of the bigger challenges.

"One of the challenges is to translate that support into votes in the upcoming elections," he said.

Muhyiddin who is also the Federal Territory BN chairman, believed BN would be able to recapture the Batu seat. Hence, he urged the component party leaders and members to go to the ground to meet the voters to understand their problems.

He said for BN, no seat should be taken lightly or as unimportant.

Muhyiddin also said that voters in the Batu parliamentary constituency needed to appraise the performance and attitude of its MP, Tian Chua who had been making insensitive and irresponsible statements.

In the last general election in 2008, Tian Chua from Parti Keadilan Rakyat, defeated Gerakan's Lim Si Pin with a 9,455-vote majority.