I set-up this blog mainly to express my personal view of any issues, particularly the current happenings in Asia. The topics discussed can be politics, hobby, life in general, food, travelling, fashion and more. Looking at the current events that are happening around Asia, one topic that is iron hot to talk about is the political situation in Malaysia. The ruling coalition party, namely Barisan Nasional (BN) looks like is going through some turmoils. With the last 2008 General Election and the Permatang Pauh (PP) by-election just concluded, we could see how the voters switched in favour for the opposition parties - PAS, PKR & DAP, denying BN 2/3 majority in the parliament.
The people have spoken against the long ruling BN which have been controlling the parliament for the past 51 years since independence. The gross disappointment of the continuous perceived eroding and accused corruption within the Malaysian Government from the Rakyat has created the deep desire amongst the people for change. The silent voice of the people is way far too loud, even the deaf can hear.
With the petrol price increased from RM1.97 to RM2.70 per litre recently was enough for people to assume the mis-management of funds, especially when Malaysia is the net exporter of petroleum. Logic will tell a simple layman that the increased petroleum price will bring in more profit for the country. So why should the people of Malaysia have to pay more for petrol? The worst part was when the increased in price happened only 5 months after the GE 2008. The results of this has caused inflation to crept into the systems causing further dissatisfaction amongst the people of Malaysia.
Dato' Anwar Ibrahim the former Deputy Prime Minister after 10 years of disappearance from politics scene, mainly spending time in jail after being sacked in September 1998 from the cabinet. Beaten up by the chief police almost to death, has now come back with even more determination to topple the Malaysian Government. He has targeted to take over the government on 16th Sept 2008 by way of persuading some Barisan Nasional MPs to defect to his side and enough to command at least a simple majority in the parliament. He was recently sworn in as member of Malaysian Parliament after winning a staggering majority margin from the PP by-election following his wife vacating the constituency position. So far Anwar has been riding on the waves which are in his favour. This is not helping the ruling party which is having internal power struggle among the few top leaders in UMNO. The charismatic politician, Anwar Ibrahim using his charm and dynamic vocal speeches has managed to form a coalition opposition party with DAP, a predominantly Chinese opposition party and PAS, a predominantly Muslim Malay opposition party. The art of putting these two parties together working under one roof is amazing and mind boggling, since the DAP has always viewed PAS as being a fanatic Muslim party planning to change the country into an Islamic state, which is most feared by most Chinese.
There have been many incidents boiling lately in the Malaysian Politics. With the previous long ruling Premier of Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir resigning as member of UMNO as a step in pressuring his hand picked successor, Dato’ Ahmad Badawi. Just within 5 months after resigning, Tun Mahathir has announced to rejoin UMNO. I am assuming he is switching to plan B to force Badawi to step down since his plan A did not work that well. The persistency and determination of this man to oust Badawi as UMNO President is beyond anyone's imagination - love UMNO more than Country or hate Badawi more than UMNO???? I'll leave this to your imagination and conclusion.
Other major and relevant exciting recent events need to be mentioned are the Penang UMNO chief, Ahmad Ismail's racist comments, the 2nd arrest of blogger king Raja Petra Kamarudin under ISA, the recent arrest of Seputeh MP Teresa Kok and Sin Chew's journalist Ms Tan Hoon Cheng under ISA, the surprise Muhyiddin's U-Turn remarks, the Mongolian beauty's murder saga, the Taiwan's "agriculture tour", the Pulau Batu Putih's ICJ case, and many others. These are events the people of Malaysia are questioning and has lately become a hot topic in all walks of Malaysian lives - from the "teh tarik" table to the boardroom table. People are watching like a hawk from all corners. It seems like every Malaysian has somehow turned politician lately. The lack of crystal clear explanation and the incomplete flow of proper and honest information have casted serious doubts in the minds of the people, which have caused the lost of confidence in the ruling coalition.
So, with these unfortunate events that are happening and the lost of faith in the ruling coalition government, can BN still continue to hold the fort?
The people have spoken against the long ruling BN which have been controlling the parliament for the past 51 years since independence. The gross disappointment of the continuous perceived eroding and accused corruption within the Malaysian Government from the Rakyat has created the deep desire amongst the people for change. The silent voice of the people is way far too loud, even the deaf can hear.
With the petrol price increased from RM1.97 to RM2.70 per litre recently was enough for people to assume the mis-management of funds, especially when Malaysia is the net exporter of petroleum. Logic will tell a simple layman that the increased petroleum price will bring in more profit for the country. So why should the people of Malaysia have to pay more for petrol? The worst part was when the increased in price happened only 5 months after the GE 2008. The results of this has caused inflation to crept into the systems causing further dissatisfaction amongst the people of Malaysia.
Dato' Anwar Ibrahim the former Deputy Prime Minister after 10 years of disappearance from politics scene, mainly spending time in jail after being sacked in September 1998 from the cabinet. Beaten up by the chief police almost to death, has now come back with even more determination to topple the Malaysian Government. He has targeted to take over the government on 16th Sept 2008 by way of persuading some Barisan Nasional MPs to defect to his side and enough to command at least a simple majority in the parliament. He was recently sworn in as member of Malaysian Parliament after winning a staggering majority margin from the PP by-election following his wife vacating the constituency position. So far Anwar has been riding on the waves which are in his favour. This is not helping the ruling party which is having internal power struggle among the few top leaders in UMNO. The charismatic politician, Anwar Ibrahim using his charm and dynamic vocal speeches has managed to form a coalition opposition party with DAP, a predominantly Chinese opposition party and PAS, a predominantly Muslim Malay opposition party. The art of putting these two parties together working under one roof is amazing and mind boggling, since the DAP has always viewed PAS as being a fanatic Muslim party planning to change the country into an Islamic state, which is most feared by most Chinese.
There have been many incidents boiling lately in the Malaysian Politics. With the previous long ruling Premier of Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir resigning as member of UMNO as a step in pressuring his hand picked successor, Dato’ Ahmad Badawi. Just within 5 months after resigning, Tun Mahathir has announced to rejoin UMNO. I am assuming he is switching to plan B to force Badawi to step down since his plan A did not work that well. The persistency and determination of this man to oust Badawi as UMNO President is beyond anyone's imagination - love UMNO more than Country or hate Badawi more than UMNO???? I'll leave this to your imagination and conclusion.
Other major and relevant exciting recent events need to be mentioned are the Penang UMNO chief, Ahmad Ismail's racist comments, the 2nd arrest of blogger king Raja Petra Kamarudin under ISA, the recent arrest of Seputeh MP Teresa Kok and Sin Chew's journalist Ms Tan Hoon Cheng under ISA, the surprise Muhyiddin's U-Turn remarks, the Mongolian beauty's murder saga, the Taiwan's "agriculture tour", the Pulau Batu Putih's ICJ case, and many others. These are events the people of Malaysia are questioning and has lately become a hot topic in all walks of Malaysian lives - from the "teh tarik" table to the boardroom table. People are watching like a hawk from all corners. It seems like every Malaysian has somehow turned politician lately. The lack of crystal clear explanation and the incomplete flow of proper and honest information have casted serious doubts in the minds of the people, which have caused the lost of confidence in the ruling coalition.
So, with these unfortunate events that are happening and the lost of faith in the ruling coalition government, can BN still continue to hold the fort?
You be the judge. And you should as it is your BASIC CITIZEN RIGHTS to demand JUSTICE and ACCOUNTABILITY!
1 comment:
i like ur article "Iron Sharpens Iron". i managed to finish that one cos it was short...
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