February 29.
This could well possibly be the first time that I’m blogging on this rare day. It is almost as rare as a general election. Y’know, four years once and all.
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Some brief thoughts on the elections.
Development
If BN keeps saying they bring in development to the country, then are are urban areas getting more developed while kampungs are being neglected? Kampungs in both the East and West Coast as well as East Malaysia are the kind where you would label as destitute. Ironically, their MPs and state assemblypersons are majority Umno i.e. BN. Look at opposition held areas - they range from being towns to sprawling metropolitan hubs and are packed to the brim with people. Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Kubang Pasu remains a kampung despite having the PM being its MP. Maybe the theory that Umno intends to keep Malays poor in order to keep the party relevant is true.
Conclusion: Vote opposition if you want development. This was already evident in the by-elections (Machap and Ijok had new roads, town halls, schools and street lights.
Bribery
The top brass in the executive are going to hot seats in Penang and Perak to win the hearts of the people and to wrestle the difficult seats away from the opposition. They officiate new schools, buildings and programmes because they can. PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim is working twice as hard having speaking engagements up to 5 times a night. He does it because he has been doing so in the past few years. He can’t give you money but at least you enjoy his speeches.
Conclusion: We are being bribed with goodies by BN for their votes. Very Hadhari.
Threats
MIC says votes us or pay the price. MCA candidate for Ipoh Timor Thong Fah Chong said his proposed RM10mil allocation plan for a flood mitigation project fell thrugh cos he was elected. He let the floods continue. Deputy Finance Minister Dr Awang Adek Hussin said Kelantan may not get a part of the RM112,000 billion to be pumped in by foreign investors for projects under the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECER) if the state continues to be led by PAS while Terengganu and Pahang would get the investments instead because they had credible state governments. More and more threats to us voters.
Conclusion: A threat is a threat, and I don’t do threats. Remember how it’s better for us to have the opposition by their balls as opposed to letting BN squeezing ours with a firm grip? Yeah, that. Balls to BN. If they are not genuine in wanting to uplift the rakyat’s life and resorting to scare-mongering tactics, they are clearly not representing our interests but their own.
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I’ve stopped reading the papers for the past week entirely. All papers should be boycotted EVERYDAY during general election.
Anyway, here are some very cute community message videos by Youth4Change. Spread the word. Spread the video.
More here.