The abuse of power together with the reduced living standards is going to be key determinants of whoever will emerge victorious in the forthcoming by election. Opinions suggest that Pakatan Rakyat is going to be favoured than the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) in Kajang.Amongst those having the highest concerns for the inflation of the country, Umcedel director Prof Dr Mohammad Redzuan Othman stated that the civil servants and the university students were the most concerned. The rise in the prices of houses on the other hand had a very heavy weight when it comes to the socioeconomic issues of the country or rather the Kajang voters polling at 83% while increased crime and illegal immigrants scored 79% and 77% respectively and unemployment stood at 69%. Unexpectedly, the People’s 1 Malaysia Aid (BR1M) will play no role in soliciting votes of the Kajang people for the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) candidate. Only 33% of the voters said that the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) will sway them to vote for the ruling party’s candidate. In contrast, 59% said that the People’s 1 Malaysia Aid (BR1M) won’t sway them at all.
71% of the Chinese who were polled stated that they won’t be swayed by the People’s 1 Malaysia Aid (BR1M) in anyway while the Indians and Malays with the same sentiments polled at 34% and 53% respectively. In contrast, 53%, 38% and 22% of Indians, Malays and Chinese communities respectively said that they would vote in favour of the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) if they received the BR1M 4.0.
A survey released yesterday by the Universiti Malaya Centre for Elections and Democracy (Umcedel), out of the 576 Kajang voters who were interviewed, 69% concluded that the hike in the prices of commodities is just one of those factors that will determine whoever they would vote for. Obviously, the party to be favoured is the PR. 21% of those interviewed disagreed with the idea of abuse of office and hike in price being a determining factor in the outcome of the elections while 10% were not yet decided. The Indian and Chinese respondents gave considerably high figures at 74%, 76% while the Malays response was 62%.
One thing that was not anticipated by even the surveyors is the fact that the concerns related to the living standards of the people are shared amongst the entire society i.e. all the income groups. Out of all the respondents who drew paycheques ranging between RM5000 and RM10000, 82% said that they would vote for the PR candidate. Those earning between RM3000 and RM5000, 80% said that they would vote for the PR candidate and those earning between RM2000 and RM3000 also echoed the same sentiments.
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