HULU SELANGOR: As polling day approaches for the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election, Perikatan Nasional youth has claimed there are efforts to discourage Malay and Indian voters from casting their ballots.
The movement did not specify any incident but said voters should lodge police reports if any group tried to keep them from voting by persuasion, obstruction or threats.
“We urge voters to immediately lodge police reports over actions that infringe your constitutional rights,” read a joint statement by PAS Youth vice-chief Muhammad Hanif Jamaluddin, Selangor PAS Youth chief Mohamed Sukri Omar, and Perikatan Youth machinery director Hilman Idham.
“Perikatan Youth strongly criticises efforts and strategies of some groups that are trying to manipulate KKB voters, particularly the Malays, to avoid going out to fulfil their duties as voters on May 11,” they added in the statement on Thursday (May 9).
At the same time, the movement also urged KKB voters, especially the youths, to come out in droves and vote on Saturday.
“Let’s be together with the wind of change that is in KKB for the future and benefit of everyone,” the statement added.
Perikatan Youth also reminded the electorate that voting is a right enshrined in the Federal Constitution.
“It is our responsibility as a legitimate citizen to vote for a representative to carry the voice of the people and the grassroots to the state assembly or Parliament," the statement read.
The by-election will see a four-cornered fight involving Pakatan Harapan’s Pang Sock Tao, Perikatan’s Khairul Azhari Saut, Parti Rakyat Malaysia’s Hafizah Zainudin, and Independent Nyau Ke Xin.
