Vote for wisdom in GE15, says Saravanan

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PUTRAJAYA: Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan had a rapt audience when he spoke on the coming 15th General Election (GE15).

Saying that GE15 should be called "in one or two months' time", he hoped voters would vote for "B".

Explaining further, he told attendees at the ministry's excellent service awards presentation here on Tuesday (Aug 2) that the "B" stood for "bijaksana" or wisdom.

"I am urging you to make wise choices in the next general election. If before this, people said (only) one party has administered the country, the post-GE14 period saw all parties given that chance.

"So the people can evaluate which among the parties has the people’s interests and well-being in their DNA," he said.

At a press conference later, Saravanan downplayed his statement that the national polls would be held in a month or two, saying that GE15 can be called at any time.

"What is important is that if we want to achieve our aspiration to become a developed country by 2030, political stability is of the utmost importance," he added.

Saravanan, who is also MIC deputy president, said his party was expected to contest in the same seats it did in 2018, "but our president is open to discussion".

"The MIC leadership is open to discuss (seats) with other Barisan Nasional component parties for the good of the coalition in the general election," he added.

In GE14, MIC contested in nine parliamentary seats and 18 state seats.