PETALING JAYA: More than 40 organisations for the disabled as well as activists urge politicians contesting in the 15th General Election (GE15) to heed the views of the disabled community.
Some 15% of the Malaysian community has a disability. Another 20-30% are care partners, volunteers and professionals involved in their lives. Collectively, we comprise 30% to 40% of the Malaysian electorate. Although from diverse backgrounds, we are united on the rights and needs of persons with disabilities.
The OKU community and care partners have been neglected, overlooked and marginalised for far too long. We will not accept this any longer. Will you support the urgent amendment of the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008, to give it the scope and powers to enforce the rights of persons with disabilities?
3. A commitment to implement universal design principles to ensure persons with disabilities and care partners can move around freely in the community. We appeal to all political parties to find GE15 candidates with experience of effectively tackling OKU issues. Consider fielding experienced persons with disabilities as political candidates. If you earn points on this score card, you stand a chance to be considered by us as a voting bloc.
We thank the Election Commission for efforts made so far for OKU participation in the election process. We ask that you now remove all remaining barriers to voting.
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