Why no 2/3 for BN in Parliament.

1. Barisan only briefly lost 2/3 majority once, in 1969.

2. Since 1957, it has amended the constitution 690 times to propagate its power.

By comparison, USA which is more that 200 years of has only amended its constitution 27 times; Singapore as little as only 4 times. Barisan's ability to amend the constitution as it likes (and make unjust and unfair constitutional changes) must be stopped now.

Here are the statistics from the 2004 election. UMNO received 35.9% of the popular votes but has 110 parliamentary seats (This is 50% of all parliamentary seats)

In total, Barisan received 63.8% of the popular votes but has 199 parliamentary seats. (This is 91% of all parliamentary seats)

The opposition received 36.2% of the popular votes but has only 20 parliamentary seats. (This is 9% of all parliamentary seats)

Why? Because of gerrymandering, or unfair election rules. The election rules are stacked against the opposition. No matter what happens, the opposition will never be able to win the next election.

3. Here is the decision making power process within our present Cabinet.

-- UMNO controls the parliament via Barisan. It has allocated itself 24 cabinet positions (or 71% of all cabinet positions)
-- MCA has 5 cabinet position (or 15% of the cabinet positions)
-- MIC has 1 cabinet position (or 3% of the cabinet positions)
-- Gerakan has 1 cabinet position (3% of the cabinet positions)
-- The Other component parties hold 3 cabinet positions (8% of cabinet positions)

One should take note that although UMNO controls 50 % of all parliamentary seats, it controls 71 % of all the decision making processes within the cabinet.

Many marginalization issues are the result of legislation passed by Barisan (UMNO). Component parties (MCA, MIC or Gerakan) cannot vote against what UMNO decides in whatever it likes, even if they wanted to.

4. If the opposition won all the seats it contested, no single opposition party can form the government.

Why? Gerrymandering has ensured that even if Barisan were to win 50 % of the popular votes, it will still control 2/3 of parliament.

Example: In 2004, Barisan took 64 % of the popular votes but ended up controlling 91 % of Parliament. Thus, it is easy to see why if they win only 50 % of the popular votes in the election, they will once again be able to dictate absolute power in the parliament.

And Zam, the Minister of Information has the gall to protest to ALJazeera (Satellite TV) that Malaysia is democratic because it has elections. What cheek!!!

Are these fair elections? Is this truly Malaysia Boleh...More like Malaysia Malu!

Do your maths!! Do your part!! That's why every single vote against BN counts!! Deny BN 2/3 in Parliament.