Dear Kids. Wow the election results were shocking. Nothing short of a political tsunami.
Ayah and I voted at the sekolah menengah. It took us less than 10 mins to get our voices heard, but I did notice that there ware other lines which were quite long. No matter, this time we got lucky.
After dinner we turned on tv1 to see if the results are in. Sure enough the crawler kat bawah screen tunjuk BN menang - mostly Sabah. At around 930 I logged on to malaysiakini and was flabbergasted. Penang jatuh, Samy vellu & kaveas kalah, Nurul leading. The point here is our tv is still so in denial!
You would have known by now that BN still menang but denied the majority (2/3 of parliament). More importantly Penang is now under pakatan DAP & PKR, Kedah has a PAS Mentr Besar and Khalid IBrahim ( PKR & ex CEO of Guthrie) will be the Sgor MB. Perak in limbo coz MN kena Muslim and DAP yg menang banyak but they'll work it out with PKR. Nik Aziz gets to keep his job. The most despised 32-year old (based on blogs, not my opinion ok) will draw his salary as an MP for Rembau. I feel sad for Sharizat. She lost because of the party she's affiliated to.
I think Malays are fed up of UMNO's arrogance. Even our neighbours share the feeling. Then ayah's friends at today's wedding also said the same thing. With a few sychophants painting rosy pictures all the time the leaders have just lost touch with what the rakyat are saying or feeling. BN suffered a black eye due to the internet. Since the mainstream papers only sing praises we looked elsewhere. The internet uncovered a treasure trove of scandals-misuse of public funds and all maners of cronyism and corruption. Of course there are many other factors.
I hope the leadership will realise that the 'loss' is many things to many people. FOr people like me its the arrogance and corruption. For others it may be bread and butter issues. Crime and religious freedom. Of course not easy to please everyone. But I think the country gains because of a strong opposition. We need check and balance in a democracy.
My other hope is for the opposition (PAS,PKR, DAP) to be able to put aside their differences in ideologies and be able to work together. Otherwise this victory will be meaningless.
My last hope is for all the non Malay elected reps to learn to speak Bahasa Malaysia like Ong Tee Kiat and Koh Tsu Koon, if they haven't already. There is only one way to get to the heart of the kampung people and that is to speak theri language.
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After 50 years, Malaysia now will have more than 1/3 MPs from the Opposition front in Parliament. This will allow a better check and balance and it will be good for the country in the long run. Ayah stayed up until about 330am Saturday night to get the latest results and I (and I think everyone including the BN and the opposition parties)did not expect this Tsunami (or Tusumi as pronounced by mom's contractor). While Kelantan is still under PAS, 4 other states are now under the coalition of PAS/PKR/DAP.I think it is good to give these parties a chance to govern these states and make good on their promises especially with regards to better governance,zero corruption,more transparency,fair treatment of all races,etc. Hopefully too the federal govt of BN will cooperate and not make it difficult for the states not under BN rule.Hopeully the rakyat will benefit when all parties understand that the rakyat cannot be fooled anymore. The rakyat can decide who they want as their govt and PKR/PAS/DAP should be aware that the big mandate given to them in 2008 can be taken away in 5 years time if they take the rakyat for granted. Hopefully BN too realised that the rakyat are the real boss. If they want back the seats that they lost, they have to listen to the rakyat and understand the rakyats wishes and aspirations. So, election 2008 is good for Malaysia.Now, I hope that everyone starts to work hard to make Malaysia a better place for everyone.
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