Malaysia: PKR Tian Chua Challenges Gerakan Lim Si Pin

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate Tian Chua who competing for Batu parliamentary seat, challenged Gerakan candidate Lim Si Pin to have a public debate on national issues.

He said both candidates could debate on national issues such as the increasing of criminal cases, corruption cases, legal crisis, economic and other issues.

"Public debate is not only provides a platform for both candidate to compete fairly, but it lets voters to compare the candidates and make smart choices," Tian Chua told reporters at a press conference here, Wednesday (27 Feb).

"As far as I know, residents hope two candidates to have public debate. Why do we turn down their requests?"

He said if candidates only went to night market and shaking hands with people, or went to temple and smiling with people, voters did not know the quality of a candidate.

"They are not able to differentiate the quality of candidate from shaking hands, smiling or posters," he added.

He said voters would decide whether they wanted to choose members of parliament (MPs) who monitoring the government or those who fight for interest or allocation. (Sin Chew Daily)