We don’t need low voter turnout to win, says MIC man


JOHOR BARU: Holding the general election during the monsoon was not a ploy to force low voter turnout and the Opposition should stop harping on the issue, says MIC vice-president Datuk M. Asojan (pic).He said Barisan Nasional did not need a low voter turnout to win.

“The Prime Minister decided to dissolve Parliament as his government was not stable, especially after 12 of his own Cabinet ministers decided to send a letter to the King behind his back,” he said in an interview.

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