The 14th general election was an eventful one, to say the least.
This historic election saw the end of Barisan Nasional’s (BN) six-decade rule, as the new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government won in a shock victory on polling day (9th May).
Of course, many believed that this win was unexpected, due to suspected election fraud that was happening. A number of Malaysians believe the Election Commission (EC) tried to manipulate the election’s results, as news of power outages, agents refusing to sign Form 14 after poll counting, and fake ballots allegedly being brought in, began to circulate online.
Source: Facebook
On top of that, a number of Malaysians overseas either did not receive their ballots at all, or got their ballots on election day itself. However, this delay did not stop them from banding together to send their votes back to Malaysia on time!
Now, more than two weeks later, after Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in and a new cabinet was announced, guess what this Malaysian living in Kazakhstan just got in the mail?
Undi pos baru sampai. Kepala bana dia kenapa tak sampai 5 tahun lagi je pic.twitter.com/DJmxAAuDHn
— Jɪᴍɪ (@jimsjy) May 26, 2018
Just two days ago (26th May), a Twitter user named Jimi shared that he had just received his postal votes in the mail. His tweet immediately went viral, with over 10,000 retweets as of this morning (28th May), and you can bet that Malaysians are not letting this go!
Lembah Pantai MP, Fahmi Fadzil was among the Malaysians sharing this tweet, and urged a complete reform of the EC.
Proses undi pos perlu direformasi.
Reformasi perlu bermula dengan rombakan kepimpinan SPR itu sendiri. https://t.co/VJTtj88F8o
— Fahmi Fadzil (@fahmi_fadzil) May 26, 2018
Kertas undi POS baru sampai? Dh dua minggu dh hbis PRU14.. utk PRU15 dh bleh start request kot skrg ni…
— Khaiyoe Naem (@Khaiyoe_Naem) May 26, 2018
Kahkah. Undi pos lambat macam ni pun tak boleh kalahkan tempoh masa Perlis lantik MB. ?? https://t.co/sWqR8lc2Uv
— cakapcakap (@madcakap) May 26, 2018
ketelusan SPR @sprgovmy tahap tinggi melangit sehingga tidak malu mengakui kekurangan walau dah diberi teguran dan bukti; memang dahsyat integriti pihak tertinggi SPR ni; semoga bulan Ramadhan ni menginsafkan mereka bahawa rakyat muak dgn keburukan mereka!
— Anti Munafik (@No2BNPAS) May 27, 2018
Do you know any Malaysians living overseas who also just received their ballots? Let us know in the comments below!
Also read: Photos of Overseas Voters Banding Together to Send Ballots Home Touch M’sians’ Hearts
