Puteri UMNO Members Urged To Dominate Social Media
SEPANG, July 16 (Bernama) --Puteri UMNO has to dominate social media to win the hearts of the people by offering facts and the truth in facing the open and ever-challenging new political era, its chief Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsuddin said.
She said the booming of the information technology demanded Puteri members to move in tandem with the current development in order to counter the propaganda and allegations by the opposition in a more structured, factual and prudent manners.
"In this open sky era, we can no longer use the old political methods to dominate the people, we have to fight by using with the same methods used by our opponents.
"We have to realise that we are facing different challenges in the upcoming general election and we have to get used to the way young people get their information, like from Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram," she said when opening the Sepang Puteri UMNO Division delegates conference here today.
Also present were Sepang UMNO chief Datuk Marsum Paing and Sepang Puteri UMNO chief Siti Zubaidah Abu Bakar.
In KUANTAN, Puteri UMNO vice-chief Datuk Zahida Zarikh Khan described the upcoming 14th general election as the 'mother of all elections' which required all UMNO members to work hard to win.
Zahida said the time when UMNO and Barisan Nasional (BN) would easily win the general election without having to work hard was over.
"Today, the party is being pressured from various angles including through social media. The attitude of the voters is far too different than before," she said when opening the Paya Besar Puteri UMNO Division delegates conference at Felda Panching Timur hall here.
-- BERNAMA
