The SunSUNGAI PETANI (March 30, 2009) : Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has urged the people not to make the three by-elections on April 7 a referendum on the new Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He said the by-elections at Bukit Gantang in Perak, Bukit Selambau in Kedah and Batang Ai in Sarawak are significant as coincidentally, they will be held soon after the transition of power.
"I like to remind voters that they are by-elections, not a referendum on Datuk Seri Najib's leadership," he told reporters after a briefing on the BN election machinery at Merbok near here today.
Muhyiddin said voters should consider the future and efforts being taken to improve policies aimed at developing the country without neglecting any race.
"We want to implement more effective social programmes fast. We begin by having a new leadership," Bernama reported him as saying.
Muhyiddin also called on the voters of Bukit Selambau to vote for BN-MIC candidate Datuk S. Ganesan if they are not satisfied with the former Pakatan Rakyat state government here.
"The voters should take heed of what has happened within the PR state government here and it is time to show displeasure over what has happened by voting for the BN," he said.
He added that Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has no clear ideology, and if its candidate S. Manikumar were to be voted as the state assemblyman, he might quit and run away from his responsiblity, like what the former assemblyman V. Arumugam did.
"Ganesan has the credentials, unlike PKR who has no commitment," he said.
Muhyiddin added that BN has prepared its machinery to campaign for Ganesan in this by-election. "This will not be easy to win, but we have certain strategies to win."
He said the machinery will focus on getting to know all voters in Bukit Selambau.
Muhyiddin said based on a field survey, 50% of the voters here want change. "This is a good sign. Now, we just need one percent to win!"
Asked to comment on the number of candidates contesting in this by-election, Muyhiddin said the number of candidates was extraordinary.
"But this will not really affect the chances for BN ," he said, adding that the independents are self-centered and do not have a clear struggle. "None of them are expected to win, it is a waste of their time."
Muhyiddin added if any of the independents are BN candidates, they would automatically have their membership terminated.
"We want to implement more effective social programmes fast. We begin by having a new leadership," Bernama reported him as saying.
Muhyiddin also called on the voters of Bukit Selambau to vote for BN-MIC candidate Datuk S. Ganesan if they are not satisfied with the former Pakatan Rakyat state government here.
"The voters should take heed of what has happened within the PR state government here and it is time to show displeasure over what has happened by voting for the BN," he said.
He added that Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has no clear ideology, and if its candidate S. Manikumar were to be voted as the state assemblyman, he might quit and run away from his responsiblity, like what the former assemblyman V. Arumugam did.
"Ganesan has the credentials, unlike PKR who has no commitment," he said.
Muhyiddin added that BN has prepared its machinery to campaign for Ganesan in this by-election. "This will not be easy to win, but we have certain strategies to win."
He said the machinery will focus on getting to know all voters in Bukit Selambau.
Muhyiddin said based on a field survey, 50% of the voters here want change. "This is a good sign. Now, we just need one percent to win!"
Asked to comment on the number of candidates contesting in this by-election, Muyhiddin said the number of candidates was extraordinary.
"But this will not really affect the chances for BN ," he said, adding that the independents are self-centered and do not have a clear struggle. "None of them are expected to win, it is a waste of their time."
Muhyiddin added if any of the independents are BN candidates, they would automatically have their membership terminated.
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