Don't Vote Out Of Sympathy, Says Khairy

SEREMBAN, March 6 (Bernama) -- Umno Youth vice-head Khairy Jamaluddin has reminded the voters not to choose candidates out of sympathy or emotion.

Khairy, who is also the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Rembau parliamentary constituency, said such an attitude would jeopardise the country's future.

He said the voters must be rational and assess the BN's successes since it ruled the country from the day it gained independence.

"It (the election) is not a matter of sympathy, it is about the country's future. There's no time for sympathy.

If you sympathise with the opposition (candidate), then you can take him or her for a drink after the election, but don't vote for them," he told Bernama after a `shop-to-shop' campaigning in Chembong, Rembau, near here today.

Also present was the BN candidate for the Chembong state constituency, Zaifulbahri Idris, which is under the Rembau parliamentary constituency which has 62,896 voters including 894 postal voters.