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BN and Pakatan neck to neck in race to finish line

frontpage BANGI, 3 May – Just 60 hours ahead of Malaysia’s historic 13th general election, a survey carried among voters in Peninsular Malaysia between April 28th to May 2nd 2013 found that ruling coalition Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat are almost evenly tied.

In the survey, we found that 42% of voters agreed that “Pakatan Rakyat should be given a chance to govern the country” while 41% of voters felt “Only BN can govern the country”, at the same time, 4% of voters refused to respond while 13% of voters said they “did not know”.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

GE13 Post Election Forum
“The implication of the GE13 results and post-election scenario”

Date: 22 May 2013 (Wednesday)

Time/Venue: 8.00pm @ Dewan Perpustakaan Komuniti Petaling Jaya

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Program:

7.00-7.45 pm: Registration and arrival of guests

7.45-8.00 pm: Arrival of panelists

8.00-8.15 pm: Opening Remarks – Ibrahim Suffian, Merdeka Center for Opinion Research

8.15-9.30pm: Panel Discussion

Professor Datuk Dr Mohammad Redzuan Othman, University of Malaya (UM)
Dr Faisal Hazis, University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Dr Arnold Puyok, University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Dr Wong Chin Huat, Penang Institute

9.30-10.00pm: Q & A

Entrance is free. However, due to limitation of seats, we would greatly appreciate if you could RSVP in advance either via email (Please include your full name, phone number and organization) or phone by 21th of May 2013 (Tuesday) to the following:

Email: kevin@merdeka.org (Kevin) or suhaina@merdeka.org (Sue)
Phone: 03-8210 1488 ext 112 (Kevin) or 03-8210 1488 ext 127 (Sue)

Thank you.

ENUMERATORS NEEDED!
We are currently looking for part-time enumerators to assist us in research projects.

• SPM or equivalent; undergraduates
• Able to speak in different dialects (Malay dialects, Cantonese, Hokkien, Tamil etc.)
• Age ranging 18 to 30 years old

Please contact:
Tel: 03-8210 1488 (Azlinawani) 03-8210 1499 (Yet Leong/Maryam)
Email: azlinawani@merdeka.org

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Clarification on news carried by www.globalresearch.ca

The article "Malaysia: Failure of US to Subvert the Elections and Install A Proxy Regime" refers.

We view that the characterization of Merdeka Center in this article to be misleading and malicious in its intent. We would like to correct the views presented as follows:

1. Merdeka Center for Opinion Research was officially appointed by the Malaysian Election Commission as an Accredited Election Observer and our work was bound by terms set by the official election body. Our report is currently being completed and will be tabled to the Commission and the public in due course.

2. Charges that Merdeka Center is guided by a foreign government agenda are baseless and misleading. The funding received from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as noted in the article took place three years ago for the purpose of opinion polling and had nothing to do with election monitoring. Funders for Merdeka Center's public opinion programs do not possess editorial control nor intellectual ownership over the direction or content and the results solely belong to Merdeka Center.

3. Merdeka Center is a private organization with clients within the academic, media and Malaysian public sector both federal and state agencies, as well as politicians and groups within Pakatan Rakyat and the Barisan Nasional. It is a testimony to our professionalism and discretion.

4. Merdeka Center's mission is to perform its work professionally and to improve public discourse by providing measured public opinion data to the best of its abilities.

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