If you don't vote, you have no right to complain - Dewan Speaker Azhar Harun

SHAH ALAM - Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Azhar Harun says those who do not vote have no right to complain.

“People die for the right to vote. In other countries, people have to go and fight to vote.

“They face bullets to vote but here you have the right to vote and yet you don’t want to vote,” he said during Fireside Chat interview with Sinar Daily to air Tuesday.

Azhar further said the rakyat should not follow their emotions to boycott elections, stating people may not be making the right choice by not going out to vote on Nov 19.

Due to that, he said the rakyat should be equipped with knowledge.

“Equipped yourself with knowledge as it conveys truth," he said, further stating people should check on information displayed in Tiktok or Instagram.

“These are not news, these are social media. I'm not saying that all of it is untrue, some of them are true. So we have to equip ourselves with knowledge and we’ll be fine,” he further said.

Azhar said it was also the right of the voters to choose not to vote but why would you want other people to decide for you on who represents you.

“We go to a restaurant and there’s five of us, you don’t want to order so the other four decides to order for you.

“When the food comes and you say ‘I never ordered this’ but other four says you didn’t want to order so we ordered for you.

“You taste the food and don’t think it’s nice but you have forfeited the right to say its not nice because you have refused to vote,” he said.

This, he said, was the same thing as voting.

Azhar said the next time you complain about a Member of Parliament being not good, you have forfeited the right to complain because you did not vote.