| January 12, 2008 20:09 PM | |
M'sians Urged Not To Vote Along Racial Lines
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 12 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Saturday urged Malaysians not to vote along racial lines in the upcoming general election to ensure the country continued to remain stable and peaceful.
He said racial politics should be avoided because if practised, it could destroy the nation.
Consensus building practised by the Alliance and later the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition needed to be maintained to prevent disunity among the races, he said.
"We formed the Alliance and later the BN coalition to avoid voting along communal lines in our country. I think we succeeded (in preserving unity) because BN candidates are voted in each time there is a general election.
