PH deputy president and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said the opposition coalition’s components were all ears to hear inputs from all quarters.
He said he was confident that with the youths’ “wish list” reflected in the manifesto they would be compelled go to the voting booth come election day which must be held by August 24.
For almost three weeks now, the hashtag #UndiRosak, has been the virtual platform for debate on social media, especially Twitter, over whether people should spoil their votes as a form of protest against the country’s current political situation, with some even suggesting that they boycott the election altogether.
“We are drafting our manifesto as we speak and we would welcome all suggestions, proposals or thoughts on national matters that need reform… especially for the youth.,” Lim said.
“We are listening, we want to know your wish list for a better Malaysia,” the Penang chief minister told FMT. He did not elaborate on the specific details of the manifesto.
He added that the draft of the manifesto would be reviewed and finalised by the PH presidential council.
He was responding to a call by Penang Institute’s political studies programme head Wong Chin Huat for PH to have a “strong vision” on what it intended to do if it took power after GE14.
Wong told a forum today that people had lost motivation to go out to vote and this might only increase the likelihood of fraud and gerrymandering.
He said a “positive push” was needed, rather than a “warning” on the danger of not voting.
Wong said PH could not keep harping on having reforms only when there is change of federal government.
On Jan 23, Wong had cautioned the opposition that BN could win GE14 with a two-third majority if the voter turnout was less than 70%.
The next day, Suaram adviser Kua Kia Soong wrote that PH leaders had consistently failed to tell the nation how their proposed reforms were any different from those of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN).
Analyst: Two-thirds victory for BN if voter turnout below 70%