Mak Bedah日记（二）SS2 market 26/2/2008

26/2/2008第一场，我们到了ss2的夜市，这的国会选区是八打灵北区。

很热闹 -- 我们的日记

Mak Bedah spawns a mob in Petaling Jaya
26 February 2008
Report from a Bedah researcher

Overnight sensation Mak Bedah has confessed feeling “shocked…but flattered” at the emergence of a Mak Bedah mob that was spotted in SS2 last night. The small but visible mob of five selendang-clad women, all calling themselves Mak Bedah, drew stares and applause when they started asking candidates from both ruling and opposition parties their stand on human rights. Three of the Mak Bedahs spoke fluent Chinese and captivated a crowd of university students, who took notes and pictures of the mob.

“I had no idea my message would become so fofular,” confessed the real Mak Bedah. Mak Bedah first made her appearance on nomination day on the grounds of the MBPJ, pushing a shopping trolley and carrying a shopping list of various human rights demands from the candidates for the 12th General Elections. Clad in a floral baju kurung, purple selendang and sunglasses to overcome her astigmatism, Mak Bedah graced the pages of several mainstream newspapers the very next day, with her list of brave demands.

“But this mob of women going around, they all ni kira my peminat ke?” asked Mak Bedah coyly to this reporter.

Last night, the Mak Bedah mob went to a DAP forum, and managed to speak to the DAP candidate for the PJ Utara Parliamentary seat, Tony Pua. Tony was undoubtedly excited to be surrounded by the five women, but stuck to principles in his conversation and immediately endorsed Mak Bedah’s shopping list, which is a summary of the manifesto of the Women’s Candidacy Initiative.

However, when the Mak Bedah mob attempted to speak to the BN Parliamentary candidate for PJ Selatan, Donald Lim, they were stopped by a group of men, who later confessed to being plainclothes policemen. When the five Mak Bedahs invited the gentlemen to browse WCI’s website, one of the men confessed to not having an internet connection.

When Donald Lim finally arrived, the five Mak Bedahs made an attempt to approach him but were immediately told by Donald to shut up. The tallest of the Mak Bedahs then told him that even though their purple selendangs were a bit over-the-top, they were still ordinary women voters who wanted to find out what he stood for, and if he was going to silence them how could he expect to gain their votes?

Evidently not caring too much about being snubbed by Donald Lim, the Mak Bedahs then approached Chew Mei Fun, the BN Parliamentary candidate for PJ Utara. Chew smiled and invited them to have a private chat with her. She assured the Mak Bedahs that even as a BN MP, she had always spoken out against sexist MPs in Parliament. Again, the most vertically privileged Mak Bedah pointed out to Chew that what was really important now is Chew’s commitment to take even sterner action against sexist leaders in the future.

Chew remained friendly and non-committal but promised to look through WCI’s demands first. At this point in time, Donald Lim decided to approach the Mak Bedah mob again and apologized for his brusque manner before. By this time, the Mak Bedahs were already excited by the enthusiasm shown by Tony Pua and flocked to his ceramah instead.

Unable to restrain themselves, the five Mak Bedahs interrupted Tony’s speech with five questions.

“Will you stand up against sexist MPs, whether BN or Opposition?”
Tony replied, “Yes, I will ask them to resign!” and the crowd cheered.

“Would you vote against privatization of health and education?”
Again Tony replied, “Yes!” and the crowd clapped their hands sore.

“Would you push for 30% of women's participation in Parliament?”
Tony hardly even blinked and said, “Yes.”

“Would you push for local council elections?”
“Yes.”

“Would you endorse WCI manifesto?”
Tony, realizing he had to expand his vocabulary, said, “100%!” and the crowd roared and clapped.

And then of course, the tallest of the Mak Bedahs just had to slip in a final comment.
“If you are voted in, WCI and Mak Bedah will monitor that you deliver and hold you accountable to what you have promised.”

To which Tony replied warmly, “Please do that!”

The Mak Bedah mob then distributed all their leaflets to the public and dispersed.

“Baguslah kalau gitu,” quipped the real Mak Bedah upon learning of this event. “I just want more men and women to approach their candidates and very selamba ask what their vision is for our country. I want my human rights, I want more women as leaders, and I want cheaper petrol and shoes.”

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当天，我们其实很幸运，因为我们同一个时间见到两位候选人。哦，不是三位，包括我们的林祥才大哥。

最爽的是和选民的谈话 -- 当然咯。很多人对我们很好奇咯 ---

我们首先到了Tony Puah的讲座，我们和他私下见了面。我们的代表问了他几个问题，他都给予更定的答案。他以公开向他的支持者表示支持我们的宣言。

后来，我们来了周美芬的讲座。当时，林祥才也在现场。他表示他不会于我们对话，还和我们的代表起了少许争执。

周美芬给予我们的答案都很“官方”，有些问题她没有给予正面的答案。当我们问她是否支持我们的宣言的时候，她表示需要时间好好的研究。

我和选民聊天的时候，发现大部分的选民都已经决定将票投给谁了。有一些妇女告诉我“你知道吗？他们应该派一位女候选人来打周美芬，这样他们赢的机会更大”。有一些告诉我，周美芬很好，但是这次他们还是决定投反对党。

有句话，很想与想蝉联的朋友说“我们可以让你进入国/州议会，我们亦可以将你赶出去！”

一些新闻的报导（在网上，只能找到这则新闻噢）

女候選人前進陣線吁摒棄“好色國議員”


女候選人前進陣線緊捉著發表歧視女性言論的課題，呼吁選民摒棄“月漏論”、“隧道論”的“好色國會議員”，利用選票將他們轟出國會。

該陣線強調須有足夠的女代議士，才能確保女性不會再繼續受到歧視，因此該陣線呼吁選民應善用選票落實民主精神，打造公平社會，讓每一名女性都不再受到不公正的歧視，任由不負責任者發表有辱女性尊嚴的言論。

此外，該陣線也提出10項期望，反映民間對未來政府的心聲。一些期望涵括近來的時事課題，呼吁政府不再歧視任何族群、讓各民族都享有真正的民主與人權。

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