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Election Observer Training in Penang

Wednesday, 30 January 2008 18:39

DO SOMETHING DURING THE 12TH GENERAL ELECTION

The 12th General Election will be here soon. Do you want to see a free and fair election?
You can… if you volunteer to be an Election Observer!

{mosgoogle right} MAFREL (Malaysian for Free and Fair Election) is calling for volunteers to be an Election Observer. Come for a briefing and training session if you are interested (no obligation). Do your part to ensure a free and fair election in our country. Topics to be covered include:
* The process of election
* The policies and dynamics of election
* Your rights as a voter
* Is a free and fair election possible?

Speaker: Tuan Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, MAFREL Vice-chairman

Even if you do not have the commitment to become an Election Observer, is good to attend the session get to learn about election, which is very important to us as citizens, who wants to see a democratic country.

Details as follows:

Date: 24 Feb. 2008 (Sunday)
Time: 2.00pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Pusat Keuskupan Katolik (PKK), Ground Floor, 290 Jalan Macalister, Penang (few blocks away from YMCA on the left and Island Hospital on the right – PKK is on the right)
Closing date: 22 Feb. 2008
Free registration! Hurry up to register. Limited space.

For registration or more information, please contact BK Ong at tel. 013-5900339 or Lucia Lai at email lucial dot gmail dot com.

Organised by MAFREL

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written by rose, January 30, 2008 19:50:19

What that means mr Flex Tan? If one enroll himself as observer is in danger being caught by Police ??
Please explain further ??

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written by bayan, January 30, 2008 21:16:57

Mr Flex Tan , if you are cowered,don't let others folow your step . Do not scare away others . Go and sucks BN .

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written by caxyz, January 31, 2008 01:10:49

It's indeed a great and noble deed MAFREL. Hope you will be successful in contributing to a fairer GE in our country.

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written by turun padang, January 31, 2008 02:53:19

Will MAFREL be running a work shop too in Klang Valley? I will be there!!!

Come On KL PEOPLE Lets 'turun padang'

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written by densemy, January 31, 2008 10:44:54

Out of interest, I recently attended one of these training sessions for one of the Opposition parties.
They need over 100 observers in the area involve... Six young men turned up!! So much for fire in your belly!!!

Right up near the top of the list of things to do handed out by the EC was a dress code that stipulated ... no t shirts, and no sneakers (I think)

I nearly pissed myself trying not to laugh... Is this the same EC that would appear to be corrupted at every turn... the same organisation which has been toying with democracy for so many years

Other than knowing how to rig the polls my impression was that the EC didnt have a clue about how to run an election

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written by jesse ventura, January 31, 2008 11:55:19

This workshop trains you to SHUT YOUR MOUTH.
It is a brainstorming session.

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written by cheekhiaw, January 31, 2008 12:04:18

Hi People of MAFREL,

There is one thing that you can do to help us see if our election will be free way before the event itself.

That is to list out all the Parliamentary seats, along with their voter size and incumbent party.

Then we can let all Malaysians see how fair the election to be (as well as past ones) will be.

Our SPR is so transparent that it is close to no use on this matter :
http://www.spr.gov.my/index/parnstlass.htm

Thanks

xxx

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written by Rehman, January 31, 2008 19:19:04

I do encourage my fellow Malaysian to attend Mafrel training session and register as a volunteer. Among others, you will be exposed on the tricks how the rakyat had been cheated by BN all these years. You will understand better how they manipulate postal vote, electoral list etc...and how to prevent it from happening.

You will be required to be on duty during the election day itself only (one day). so no worry that you cant help your parties before or after the election. Please choose to be the volunteer nearer to the area where you cast your vote hence you wont miss to vote yourself.

Mafrel will be conducting a training for volunteer for the central region very soon. please contact the organiser ASAP. Worth to say that Mafrel had been officially invited to observe the conduct of general election in few countries before such as Sri Lanka, Thailand, Afghanistan etc...

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