Understand why elections matter


Finishing touch: Election Commission staff making final preparations during the Johor state election at SMK Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah, a polling station in Pagoh, in this file picture.

GROWING up in a kampung in Muar, Johor, elections have always been a boring affair for me. What do you expect when every election, the opposition stood no chance at all? Back then, the elections were about the sail boat (kapal layar) and scales (dacing) logo which belonged to Parti Perikatan and later Barisan Nasional.

Umno has never lost the state seat where I was born, Sungai Balang Besar. Not even during the 14th General Election in 2018 and the recent state election.

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