I would like to invite all Pulau Pinang residents to come to a fundraising dinner that will be organised by
INVOKE Malaysia on 15th January 2017 at Penang Chinese Town Hall, George Town, Pulau Pinang.
I am very flattered for all the kind words of support given to me ever
since I was sentenced to 1.5 years imprisonment under the OSA about 2
months ago. Despair not, while fate has it that I have to take a 6-year
break from parliamentary and party politics; that does not mean I stop
working towards the removal of Najib.
In fact (through INVOKE), I
have been running faster than ever. I am now able to decide
(independent of party bureaucracy) how to channel my time and resources
to contribute. I have focused the last 2 months on recruiting more
volunteers, spearheading emotive issues that strike chords with the key
swing voters (i.e. disenfranchised Malay voters who were largely
pro-establishment previously) and building specific communication
channels that can micro-target these swing voters.
INVOKE has hit
more than 10,000 registered volunteers so far (a phenomenal success
given that it is only a few months old). Our analytics system is
operational and running as we speak. Through my Facebook page (which has
hit circa 570,000 followers), I have been able to engage directly with
the largely Malay audience and the readership of the news that I post
daily on the page has reached a weekly average of 4 million.
I
have toured Kedah, Penang, Selangor, Johor and Kelantan since my
sentencing to meet Malay swing voters in key battleground seats in 11
marginal seats. I have been scheduled to cover the rest of the country
and the remainder of the 30 marginal seats in January and February – now
armed with the highly emotive Felda issues.
There is definitely a
disquiet on the ground among the Malay swing voters. More people come
forward to express their readiness to change. I know for certain there
is a significant shift among the Malay swing voters that presents us
with the best opportunity for change in decades.
But winning the
hearts and minds of the disenfranchised Malays in key battleground seats
is literally a hand-to-hand combat. Our candidates are up against
outright money politics, intimidation and overwhelming resources that
Najib deploys against them on daily basis. Without a steady ground
presence to keep pushing for the shift among the Malay swing voters, we
may not be able to sustain this in the coming months leading up to GE14.
That is why INVOKE has launched a “Sponsor A Constituency” initiative
to raise RM3,000 a month to help fund grass root campaigns by our
candidates in the marginal seats for four months. Our target is to raise
RM360,000 in January 2017 (RM3,000 X 4 months X 30 constituencies), so
that the candidates supported by INVOKE can continue to penetrate areas
previously unfriendly to them.
Please buy tickets to the “Sponsor
A Constituency” fundraising lunch in Johor Bahru on 14 January 2017 to
meet me and other speakers. Lunch begins at 12 noon at Pekin Restaurant,
Johor Jaya and tickets start from RM100. You can buy the tickets online
at
https://shop.invokemalaysia.org/…/invoke-fundraising-lunch…/
If you are in Penang or the northern region, you can meet me on 15
January 2017 for the northern leg of “Sponsor A Constituency”
fundraising dinner. Dinner begins at 8pm at Penang Chinese Town Hall,
Georgetown and tickets start from RM100. For more details, you can buy
the tickets online at
https://shop.invokemalaysia.org/…/invoke-fundraising-dinne…/
Alternatively, you can call our dedicated tele-fundraiser number at 03
7890 2478 to speak to one of INVOKE’s tele-fundraisers who will be able
to complete your bookings.
If you are not in the vicinity of
Johor Bahru or Penang; or are not available during those dates, you can
still sponsor a marginal constituency at whatever amount you can afford.
Please visit
https://shop.invokemalaysia.org/…/sponsor-a-constituency-s…/ or speak to our tele-fundraisers at 03 7890 2478 to contribute.
In December 2016, INVOKE has disbursed RM64,500 in the form of “Back To
School” grant of RM2,000 each to 30 marginal (or strategic)
parliamentary seats. You can watch pro-reform candidates supported by
INVOKE relating their challenges in campaigning in a Facebook Live
program to mark the launch of “Sponsor A Constituency” at
bit.ly/sponsoraconstituency
Change is possible with a little help from each of you.
Please help
spread the words to as many people as possible through Facebook,
Twitter, Whatsapp, Wechat or any means of communication.
Every Ringgit matters in the fight against corruption.
#projekbuangnajib #howtodefeatnajib
Rafizi Ramli
29 December 2016
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