Isu dasar kerajaan dalam politik pengundi pasca Pilihan Raya: Kajian kes DUN Teratai, Pandan, Selangor Darul Ehsan (Government policy issues in electorate post-election politics: A case study of the Teratai constituency, Pandan, Selangor Darul Ehsan)

Abstract

Pasca Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) 2013 menyaksikan politik Negeri Selangor terus bergelora dengan isu pertukaran
Menteri Besar sedia ada iaitu Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim kepada Azmin Ali (kini Dato’ Seri). Pada awalnya Pilihan
Raya Kecil DUN Kajang dijadikan sandaran oleh kepimpinan PKR untuk menggantikan Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim
dengan Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail namun ditolak oleh Sultan Selangor. Akhirnya dengan sokongan
daripada PAS maka Azmin Ali mendapat restu Sultan Selangor dilantik menjadi Menteri Besar Selangor yang baru.
Justeru, artikel ini akan mengupas reaksi rakyat Selangor mengenai senario semasa politik Selangor pasca PRU
2013 menuju PRU-14 akan datang. Berdasarkan data soal selidik terhadap 117 responden di kawasan DUN Teratai,
Parlimen Pandan serta sumber sekunder yang berkenaan didapati isu ekonomi merupakan isu terpenting yang perlu
ditangani oleh Kerajaan. Bagi isu domestik, isu gangguan bekalan air boleh menjejaskan sokongan rakyat kepada
Kerajaan Selangor. Sebaliknya responden bersetuju dengan dasar-dasar Kerajaan Pusat yang mementingkan
kebajikan rakyat seperti pemberian BR1M, rumah mampu milik, bantuan kepada pelajar sekolah dan universiti.
Oleh itu, pengundi di Selangor mementingkan Kerajaan yang mengutamakan kebajikan rakyat di samping inginkan
Kerajaan yang telus, adil dan berintegriti.

Katakunci: isu, kebajikan rakyat, pengundi, Pilihan Raya Umum, Pilihan Raya Kecil, politik

Post-General Election (GE) 2013 witnessed continued turbulence in Selangor state politics with the replacement of
the reigning Chief Minister Khalid Ibrahim with Azmin Ali. The earlier plan to have Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
replacing Khalid by means of Wan Azizah’s victory of the Kajang by-election was rejected by the Sultan of
Selangor. With the support of the opposition partner party PAS, Azmin Ali received the Sultan‘s blessing and
sworn in as the new Chief Minister. This study examined the electorate's reactions to the current Selangor political
scenario after the 2013 GE as it approached GE-14. Based on questionnaires responses from 117 respondents in the
Teratai state assembly seat and secondary information, it was found that economic issue was deemed the most
critical to be addressed by the Government. Water shortage was another issue that could affect people's support of
the state government. By contrast respondents viewed favourably the federal Government’s welfare policies as
exemplified by the BR1M, affordable housing, and assistance school and university students. In conclusion,
Selangor voters now wanted a Government that emphasized welfare as well as transparency, justice and integrity.

Keywords: by-election, General Election, policy issues, political scenario, voters, welfare