Long days ahead.
After a conversation with a friend, some conclusions were reached : DAP blew it in Perak. All they needed was just three days to rip their victory apart. Now there are rumours of a Malay backlash and snap elections and the Sultans in cohorts with Umno in electing the MB and deputy MBs that would split the opposition coalition in to different camps. Wherever DAP goes, factions follow. That will remain the way to come until the Lim dynasty takes their final bow, me thinks.
Right now, I trust no one. Not the opposition and most certainly not BN. Even more so, I don’t trust our monarchy (I’m for the idea of abolishing it by the way. Sue me.)
I have got too much on my plate right now. More analysis when I find the time.
March 13th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
We have to learn from Iran on how the dawn of the revolution witnessed a coalition of many ideologies and sectors..but slowly when power was consolidated within and position strengthened -then it was ayatollah and his ultra fundamentalism all the way.Its was the same in Pakistan and even India where a protest against the Congress brought in the Hindu fundamentalist BJP to power and chaos in race relation in India.The strength of the middle ground politics is important and must rise up at all level with high political and ideological credibility.
What happened to India and Iran is now its happening to Malaysia and sad to learn that PKR is becoming the Trojan horse for PAS and their fundamentalist soldiers or PAS manage to capitalise the weakness of PKR as a party that have very big reliance on Anwar yet failed to build strength at local and grass root level and ideological base.
In the next 5 years many many Malaysian will be made to regret the choice and will pay the price of making the inevitable possible (as in changes in social structure and public lifestyle) as the media and other BN operators will work on this vehemently .It will be then all too late for us to build the fortress and what happened to Terengganu will repeat-where the lost suffered by PAS remained a lost of confidence as we witness how the state manage to block the protest vote tsunami.
Time for real politics.Any govt can be corrupt and abuse their power.All it takes is a strong civil society and strong enforcement and transparent media.
Lets talk about real change as in structure and mindset and not just change of flag and individuals..worst still with the one who are driven by a very exclusive and fundamentalistic transcendental ideas that stand above all worldly ideas like democracy,rights and even freedom.Or a party that plays only to the gallery of a single ethnic group and visions a Maoist type politics.
People have been warned about this for the past few years by BN and the narrow minded opposition politicians attacked this concerns and defended their fundamentalist counterparts well and many even managed to camouflage it well till the people failed to notice.Its time to be honest and put party rivalry aside and filter merits out of the propaganda and tasteless arguments.Some truth should not be left unattended even if it comes from our enemies.
Now-the truth is out and we will see it very very soon and many of you guys will start to regret and will even work for this situation to be reversed in a matter of time.Who gonna win? BN.This is what makes me sad.The people are always at the receiving end both by the political parties.
Work for a strong civil society.
March 13th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I think Uncle Lim has come to his senses in withdrawing the boycott. He listens to the voices of peoples and commenteries in his blog. I haave also asked Zorro to liberate LKS from the “chamber”. Hahaha. Yaha. Addooooooohh.
March 13th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Sorry for shaking the tikus up so early…. i didnt sleep well and feel ultra depressed…
need to gather up again us bloggers.
March 13th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Looks like Keadilan blew it too.
March 13th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I, too believe that DAP blew it, at least taking it from face value. It is too early to conclude anything now. PKR also objected to the Regent’s selection of a PAS assemblyman as MB. Something deep is brewing on.
We might be witnessing all these as a big ’sandiwara’ to appease the Chinese population in Perak, if I may speculate based on what Oon Yeoh wrote in his blog.
March 13th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
i have this theory here. may be i m kind of optimistic and naive, but i always believe that there are good people who hold the creed “i m malaysian first, malay/chinese/indian/etc second”.
the perak royal house has a good intention, initially, in choosing the pas candidate.
restrained by the state constitution, dap candidate will never be the option in the 1st place, and sultan as the no.1 person responsible for islam and malay issues will never recommend a non-malay and non-muslim as mb, not to mention that perak is a malay-majority state.
by assuming that the dap and pkr chaps will honour the agreement signed for respecting any candidate the sultan proposed, choosing the pas candidate, which party has won the least seats, will show that all parties are meant for the rakyat’s good instead of for their own parties’ gain.
pas mb within a dap-mojarity coalition will show that the chinese-based dap can actually work together with muslin-based pas, and this will certainly help shape the future of malaysia political scene. and the sultan is ready to take the blame from the unenlightened chinese who will accuse dap for corporate with pas.
furthermore, this will be a good example of check and balance for other state government.
i believe this is the initial intension of the royal house but it was spoilt by uncle kit and other self-centered fools.
March 14th, 2008 at 12:25 am
I guess it must be hard. 3 different parties, different ideologies, to resolve all these issues in 3 days…that is asking for a bit!
What I find interesting is while we are all focusing on Perak and Selangor, not much is being sai about Perlis and Terengganu.No MBs yet…what’s their excuse??
Just wondering if the squabbles among the Barisan Rakyat coalition are as serious as they are made out to be…or bloggers too falling for the trap and focusing on minor issues of the coalition, and ignoring the major infighting that is happening within UMNO/ BN?
March 14th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Here’s an account of what happened in Perak from http://matsamankati.blogspot.com/
Aku cepat-cepat pergi pekan Kuale bila dengar ada kecoh. Sampai kat bulatan Jam Besar, jalan masuk ke Bukit Chandan ditutup.Lebih kurang 500 orang berkumpul kat Jam Besar, kebanyakannya reporter. Aku terus pergi kat Tebing Sungai dan tiba-tiba ada sekumpulan manusia kepala botak mula lari berkeliaran. Rupa-rupanya geng Pekida sudah bersedia untuk buat kacau. Tapi tak ramai, lebih kurang 30-40 orang.
Salah seorang daripada mereka cuba cari pasal dengan seorang pegawai polis tetapi dapat dikawal oleh polis Kuala Kangsar.
4.20pm: Geng Pekida mendapat ‘arahan’ supaya beredar dan ‘berkumpul dirumah MB”. MB mana aku pun tak tahu.
4.30pm: Reporter mendapat maklumat, upacara angkat sumpah ditangguhkan.
5.00pm: Line Clear. Kuala Kangsar kembali normal.
Sana sini aku dengar, masing-masing menyalahkan DAP, tapi bila aku tanya kat seorang Ketua Bahagian PKR, lain pulak ceritanya. Punca sebenar adalah bakal MB Perak sendiri: Nizar Jamaludin.
Hari Ahad lalu, selepas keputusan rasmi dikeluarkan, Pas, PKR dan DAP telah bermesyuarat dan DAP telah memberi laluan kepada PKR untuk menjadi MB, tapi PAS tak bersetuju. Sebaliknya Pas telah mencadangkan Nizar menjadi MB. PKR pula ketiadaan calon yang layak dari sudut akademik untuk menjadi MB dan bersetuju memberi laluan kepada Pas, tapi DAP pulak tak bersetuju.
Akhirnya, satu formula dicadangkan, Nizar jadi MB, DAP jadi TMB 1, dan PKR TMB 2. EXCO pulak, DAP 6, PKR 2, PAS 2. Walaupun formula ini nampak merugikan kepada PKR, tapi PKR menerimanya, tapi DAP pulak tak suka. Kerana memberikan kelebihan kepada PAS. Lalu Kit Siang mengugut nak boikot.
Bila Kit Siang buat statement, Nizar ketaq lutut, takut-takut jawatan MB terlepas. Dalam-diam-diam, dia buat agreement dengan DAP. Jawatan EXCO, dia bagi DAP 8, PKR 1, PAS 1. Nizar buat seolah-olah dia dah jadi MB dan buat keputusan sendiri, tanpa merujuk kepada PAS Perak dan PKR Perak.
Bila senarai EXCO disediakan untuk upacara angkat sumpah, PKR terkejut bila kerusi EXCO tinggal satu! Itu sebab Syed Husin buat kenyataan bahawa PKR menarik diri dari pentadbiran Perak, kerana ditikam oleh Nizar dari belakang.
Sekejap tadi, Anwar terpaksa turun keIpoh dan berbincang dengan Raja Nazrin. Setakat yang aku tahu, semua sudah selesai tetapi tak sempat untuk sampai diKuala Kangsar untuk Upacara angkat sumpah. Apa yang selesai, tunggulah malam ni.
March 14th, 2008 at 3:05 am
give the old man a break..
but then again… ya, DAP is also breaking…
March 14th, 2008 at 6:50 am
congratz!!!
Now, governs the 5 states successfully. Show the rakyat that you can govern states and then Malaysia nation especially in economy, safety, justice, education, state administration, transparency and many more.
if you excel in the five states, you can convince the rakyat to choose you as a ruling party at federal level; the same manifesto or strength of BN.
in your future manifesto, pay attention to investor/ corporate sectors. Draft the manifestos as if you are going to become the Malaysia ruling party. Alike BN, play with statistics and numbers; say 10 million for education, say millions for safety etc. opposition should have shadow cabinet line-up to prepare these manifesto.
Now, concentrate on Sabah and Sarawak parliamentary and state seats. pkr (or the opposition front) must show that it is a party for all races and ethnics ie bajau, kadazan, dusun etc. most of them vote BN because their mentality (i might be wrong) is BN brings development. if you can develop the 5 states, they can open their eyes and vote opposition in next general election.
Pas, pkr, dap etc must groom leaders or candidates for the 13th general election. Pick candidates with strong education background so that people have faith in them able to govern states (or Malaysia). Starting from today, these candidates must turun padang to list down all the problem faces by rakyat and tackled the problems; win their heart and show them that you do works. if the candidates don’t have enough time and energy, seek help from opposition supporters or appoint assistances as many as you need.BN won uncontested in 11 parliamentary seats meaning opposition lacks 11 leaders/ candidates.
Starting today until the next GE, keep record of mismanagements, corruptions (power and money), wrongdoings of BN for your campaigning points.
Most of the main media in Malaysia are controlled by the ruling party. opposition candidates must use alternative medium such as internet or blogs to convey their messages, counter the ruling party allegations, reveals corruptions by BN etc. if the candidates are busy, ask the party supporters to run the blog; maybe can elect media committee. The opposition have won five states and KL; make as many press conference as you can to address your developments, progress etc. each states have its own radio station; use these opportunity to deliver the messages.
Work very hard during this 4 or 5 years!!
If not, rakyat will vote for BN in the next election
if selangor can beat pahang or sabah or sarawak in economy, safety, education etc performances, the sabahan and the sarawakian and pahang people might choose the opposition in 13th GE.
The opposition must pick an outstanding state as a benchmark while governing the 5 states. If say pahang attracted 10 foreign investors, the five states must have more than 10 investors. If sabah crime rate is 10 %( let say it is a state with lowest crime rate), the opposition must have lower than 10% of crime rate. The examples are endless.