UMNO can win Selangor but only by resorting to electoral fraud...

Umno is confident that Barisan Nasional (BN) will trounce Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in Selangor in the coming polls with a whopping 20-seat majority, allowing the pact to form a strong government in the frontline state.

Selangor Umno infomation chief Abdul Shukor Idrus(left) told The Malaysian Insider that this time, BN will win in at least 38 of the state’s 56 seats, in comparison to the 20 it won in the 2008 election when PR captured the country’s wealthiest state.

He attributed BN’s pre-empted victories to a significant increase in Malay voter support from about 50 per cent in 2008 to an estimated 65 per cent, saying it was fuelled by a growing disenchantment with the current PR-led state administration and feverish ground work by Umno leaders humbled by their shocking losses in 2008.

“So although we cannot say that we are extremely comfortable yet, we are confident that we can win Selangor,” he said when met at his service centre here this week before the state Islamic affairs department triggered a controversy by raiding a Petaling Jaya church.

The Kuang assemblyman however said the 38 seats only covers the state’s rural and suburban areas where he claimed the electorate has less access to the Internet, social media tools and the alternative media.

“The big issues and all that are centred in the cities but they have less influence in the rural areas. In the cities, everyone uses the Internet. But outside, a lot just read the papers... they read more Utusan (Malaysia),” he said, smiling.

Meanwhile, Selangor state executive councillor Teresa Kok said,"Barisan Nasional (BN) can only recapture Selangor in the coming polls by resorting to electoral fraud".

The Selangor DAP chief said she was not surprised with Selangor Umno infomation chief Abdul Shukor Idrus’s claim that BN will trounce Pakatan Rakyat (PR) with a 20-seat majority in the country’s richest state.

“If they claim that, that proves...all the evidence found out by Pakatan Rakyat on electoral fraud is proven correct,” Kok (picture) told reporters today.

The Seputeh MP pointed out that PAS leaders told her they found 400 permanent residence (PR) holders in Hulu Selangor registered as voters.

PR has recently highlighted allegations of election irregularities, such as foreigners and PR holders being included in the electoral roll. Selangor PAS reportedly claimed that more than 1,000 PR holders in Selangor have been registered as voters.

In May, PKR also claimed evidence of Umno’s attempt to convert over 2,000 permanent residents into full citizens to secure a BN victory in Hulu Selangor.

“If this goes on, how not to lose so many seats?” lamented Kok.

“I’ve no doubt that Umno will control Selangor if they continue to use all these dirty tactics,” added the Kinrara assemblyman.

source:malaysian insider

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