Any new Prime Minister needs to get a fresh mandate. Therefore, the next general elections will be held soon-within a year or so. This is not a prophesy but common sense. Najib had done well in winning Hulu Selangor. If he winds Sibu, the Sarawak state elections will likely be called soon after. He can be expected to win according to electoral trends. And if the margin is big, a snap general elections will be called even one is not due yet until 2013.
There are 15.47 million people who are eligible to vote. Of this, nearly one third or 4.39 million have not yet registered as voters. This potential new 4.39 million voters will make a significant difference in how the country is governed. Among them are Christians who have also not registered.
The Christian block of voters is the largest after Malay and Chinese votes. It is even higher than what MIC can deliver.
Yes, the Christian vote makes a real difference. It does not matter who or how you vote but vote you must. If you have not registered, do so now. If you know someone in your church who has not registered yet, get them to do so. Better still get your church to start a registration campaign.
Romans 13 talks about governments being ordained by God. You can ensure that the next government is a just and righteous one. Register now unless you choose to be remain an unbiblical Christian.
It is no coincidence that God has made it out that every one out of ten persons in Malaysia is a Christian. Don’t be a merely a statistic. Be a Christian voter. There are Christian lawmakers on both sides of the political divide. Make sure you vote the godly ones. That’s not only your right but your responsibility. Say yes to voter registration now.
As a strategy do not register in the Klang valley even if you work and live here. Register to vote in your hometowns to spread out the voters nationwide. My wife and I are registered to vote in Taiping. In the last general elections we drove back there to cast our votes. Our two votes were among the many that made the difference. It was worth driving all the way back to Taiping.
Yes, the tyranny of an iron-grip of a taken-for-granted two-thirds majority in Parliament can be broken. It must remain broken. Please register now as a voter. Every precious vote counts for your own future, that of the your children and their children and the future of the church in Malaysia. To God be the glory.
Some Christians who have emigrated made it a point to fly back just to vote at the last general elections. That cost them a lot in airfares. You need only to register and go to the nearest polling station at the next general elections. It costs you virtually nothing to exercise your right. If you can’t do even that, then I am afraid, there’s not much left.
We get the kind of government we deserve. If you are not a voter, you have chosen the worst form of government by default. We deserve a righteous government. Vote for one. God will do the rest.
By Bob Teoh
(Proud to be a voter since 1969)
The Micah Mandate is a Christian-based public interest advocacy ministry that seeks a transformation of our nation through justice, mercy and humility.
May 14th, 2010 at 6:02 am
Bob,
Thank you for saying it so well. I’d just like to add another personal example to the one about you and your wife driving back to Taiping to vote and how that made a difference – a very motivating testimony.
During the last general election, I flew back from Shanghai to vote. There was a flight delay. It had to be made up for with close co-ordination with my wife to zoom me to the polling station: we broke some speeding regulations.
I was the last person to vote at my assigned polling station – they closed after me. My vote too made a difference – BN lost Segambut.
Let’s get Malaysia the kind of government that is compatible with God’s Kingdom of Righteousness.
Rama