In Rantings By MM
Marina Mahathir
Folks, I am off to the world's biggest democracy today (which, by the way, my American friends, is India and not the US) so have not had time to peruse the nomination lists and comment. But some quick observations.
Malaysiakini reported that there were all sorts of attempts by candidates Ifrom all parties to disqualify their opponents, including objections to lack of fullstops and 'bin' on nomination papers. Which is quite funny. But certainly not as stupid as the people who tried to field a bankrupt as a candidate in Kelantan who then got disqualified, thus giving PAS not only its first win but its first woman candidate! How's that for irony?
A quick glance at the names seems to reveal that there are a lot of women candidates this time. Many women's NGOs, including the National Council of Women's Organisations (NCWO) had written to all political parties and the state party heads to field more women this time. Most listened but one state didn't; Perlis. They fielded one woman candidate for a few hours and then took it away from her and gave it to a man (who happens to be the MB's brother...). They also took away a state seat from a former woman representative and gave it to HER brother. So overall, poor show, Perlis!!!
OK, I have a flight to catch. Hope to post something later.
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