13th General Election : Favouring Events

Elections is when the citizens voice their rights in the form of vote. The voting influence by many occurred and occurring events. Lets see the significant events which took place in the country since last few years which can favor or against the competing political party in upcoming 13 general election.

Events Favor Ruling Coalition(UMNA, MCA, MIC, etc)

• Sodomy case on opposition leader(image damage)
• Inappropriate act video release
  
• Oppositions Fail to take over Putrajaya(by Sep 2010) as mention
  
• Perak take over by BN, betrayed opposition MPs. Rakyat will loose trust on oppostion MPs
  
• Felda bankruptcy issue, unable be proven by opposition
  
• Big hit of 1Malaysia slogan among rakyat, especially among low income, Mid-above age group, veterans.
• Dato Seri Najib's ability to handle bumiputra's an non-bumiputra's sensitivity and interest related issue.
• Introduction of 1Malaysia grocery and restorens, re-branding plan under 1Malaysia fund
• Significant fund allocation for non-malay school development and renewal
  
• Approve grand to build 8 new tamil primary schools nationwide.
  
• Handle oil price increase issue diligently. Removal of government subsidy, introduction of oil price floating base on market price + partial goverbment subsidy.
• Frequent Propaganda clash within opposition coalition ( DAP Vs PAS )
• More transparent, and streamlined government scholarship award for student after SPM.
• Key opposition leader resign/sack due to clash with party leadership, example in PAS
• Government incentives : RM500 rebate, family below RM 3k, book voucher for collage students,etc.

Events Favour Opposition Coalition(Keadilan, DAP, PAS, etc)

• Dato Seri Anwar release from all of his law suits
• Data Seri Anwar's natural energetic speech to attract voters emotional attention
• Increasing number of fresh/new voters PRO REFORMASI
• Controversial racial book in Secondary SPM Bahasa Melayu syllabus
• Keadilan & PAS MPs turn to independent MPs in Perak, until, oppositions loose the state to ruling coalition(BN)
• Political secretary killed in Anti-corruption office
• Water rebate in Selangor
• Senior citizen kebajikan in Selangor
• Ex-Selangor MB Khir's corruption case
• Rakyat's believe they need to be provided with cheap oil and sugar
• Increasing demand of non-malays for more interest
• Kepala Lembu incident in Shah Alam
• Strong presence and influence of opposition leader in New media(facebook, websites, Blogs)

Public's memory is short. By now , many Malaysians already forgot most of the incident mentioned above. If they still remember and the impact to their society and nation, definitely the above events going to make the upcoming Malaysia's 13th general election very interesting.