Barisan Rakyat; the new era?
It was worth making the trip back to Ipoh. It was heartening to bump into a friend who made a trip all the way from Singapore, with a baby in tow, just to cast that ONE vote. That ONE vote to make a statement of principle, a statement of intent, a statement to stand by the universal appreciation for all that is fair and just.
It is that ONE vote, our ONE vote that makes all the difference.
I also believe it was the Internet who acted as a major catalyst in the brewing of this socio-political uprising. No longer are people buying the kind of nonsense that are being reported daily on The Star, NST, and Media Prima channels. Our numbers are small, but nonetheless sufficient for a near-perfect storm.
Denying the incumbent political Big Blue 2/3 majority was the easy part. As the joke goes - politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed regularly for the same reasons.
If the new Barisan Rakyat screw us over, we the loose coalition of NGIs bloggers; non-governmental individuals, will whack the daylights out of them. 5 years down the road we will again exercise our rights.
Politicians, being politicians have to reputation to be vocal when they are out of the system that allows them to profit themselves. They will make a lot of accusations that the system lacks transparency, accountability, rigged elections etc etc. But upon being granted the elite membership of being in the system, watch their silence and the ever present smile as they plunder the country.
Case in point is Anwar Ibrahim. Remember that he was acquitted of sodomy charges and other sexual misconduct, but he served time for corruption and abuse of power. Remember that Anwar, by virtue of his tenure in UMNO is merely a reflection of the system that he was once part of. A system that he is now so vocally against.
But in a non-ideal world, at times we will have to make alliances with the "devil" himself. Machiavellian practices is what they call it.
But the toughest battle for the people of Malaysia has just begun. Never let your guard down. We will continue to hound these elected "civil servants" till they leave their office term.
By the way, to the rest of you stayed at home on March 8th, while the rest of us took 15 minutes off to cast our votes, you can sit back, act stupid and shut up on all matters pertaining government policies and its impact to your daily life. It is we who voted that will have the right to speak-up and complain for the next 5 years.
It is that ONE vote, our ONE vote that makes all the difference.
I also believe it was the Internet who acted as a major catalyst in the brewing of this socio-political uprising. No longer are people buying the kind of nonsense that are being reported daily on The Star, NST, and Media Prima channels. Our numbers are small, but nonetheless sufficient for a near-perfect storm.
Denying the incumbent political Big Blue 2/3 majority was the easy part. As the joke goes - politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed regularly for the same reasons.If the new Barisan Rakyat screw us over, we the loose coalition of NGIs bloggers; non-governmental individuals, will whack the daylights out of them. 5 years down the road we will again exercise our rights.
Politicians, being politicians have to reputation to be vocal when they are out of the system that allows them to profit themselves. They will make a lot of accusations that the system lacks transparency, accountability, rigged elections etc etc. But upon being granted the elite membership of being in the system, watch their silence and the ever present smile as they plunder the country.
Case in point is Anwar Ibrahim. Remember that he was acquitted of sodomy charges and other sexual misconduct, but he served time for corruption and abuse of power. Remember that Anwar, by virtue of his tenure in UMNO is merely a reflection of the system that he was once part of. A system that he is now so vocally against.
But in a non-ideal world, at times we will have to make alliances with the "devil" himself. Machiavellian practices is what they call it.
But the toughest battle for the people of Malaysia has just begun. Never let your guard down. We will continue to hound these elected "civil servants" till they leave their office term.
By the way, to the rest of you stayed at home on March 8th, while the rest of us took 15 minutes off to cast our votes, you can sit back, act stupid and shut up on all matters pertaining government policies and its impact to your daily life. It is we who voted that will have the right to speak-up and complain for the next 5 years.
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