The Malaysian Dilemma

Hi, it’s me again. It’s been a little long since i updated my blog. Busy nowadays.

What is future? What does future consist of? Is it important?
Future is something yet to happen, will or will not happen. Future is filled with uncertainties.

However, if we were to try to control the future, we need to start doing things from the present.
Children, teenagers and undergraduates are the future controller in a country. When they excel in UPSR, PMR, SPM and STPM or even getting first class honors … Do all that means they are ready to become the next generations’ leaders? Can excellence prevail morality? There are many scholars been sent to foreign countries after they have got the JPA scholarship from the government. After years of pursuing studies in foreign countries, how many of them ever come back willingly to serve the country? PTPTN loan by the bank, students borrowed the money to further their higher education, but in the end, how many percent ever given back?

Those basic moral values were totally forgotten after these students, the future leaders, got over their studies. Is this the type of students or leaders Malaysian government wanted to produce? The adolescents are following the track/path passed by our present leaders. If they themselves don’t show good and appropriate example, in what sense do they ever hope to produce higher quality’s leaders?
Everything we do, we have to follow the law, either written or “non-written”, if you get what I mean.
Is this the life we want? Is this the knowledge we want to learn, if it is not appropriate? Is this the way we want to carry ourselves in carrying our duties? Why must we follow their unjust rules? Why must we see the judiciary being violated for an “unknown” reason?

Why must we see our democracy dies in front of us, while we can do nothing to save it? Because of one word– POWER. Power can make you lose your mind. Absolute power can absolutely make you lose your mind. In Malaysia, with the hold of “absolute” power, all we can do is to see the dying show of democracy. Violation of power is nothing more than common in this country. People with the good political and administration results will be checked on. People with nothing useful but seriously corrupted, will only be “advised” to stop doing it. Everything that is known to be independent from the power will be controlled by the power to get rid of the good or opposing ones.

What the heck is happening? I don’t wish Malaysia to become another Thailand! Is that what you want, power?
Every day we look at the news, there will be all altered news. So those to please the power, or not to make the power angry, or else, beware of your license. Every bull shit will be said, and will be done by the power.

Oh, Dear POWER, can you imagine there are many things to do now in spite of trying to get rid of your enemy? Your enemy is not the one you aim, it’s the problems faced by the world. Never ever think about:”If the economy really collapsed, is there anything left?”

52 years, it’s time to wake up…

To the future leaders of Malaysia, if there is still something left for you, please keep in mind that, be good yourself, be good in your family, be good to your people, and be good to your lovely country.
There is no other countryas lovable as Malaysia. We have different races, yet, we are OK with each other, if there is no idiot to raise certain sensitive issue among us just to be a one day hero.

Remember, the greater the power you have, the greater is your responsibility. We hope for the best, we strive for the best!

I love you, Malaysia.

Prove to the world:”Malaysia Boleh!”

What is Democracy ?

“Democracy is the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives. It is a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them majority rule: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group” as defined by the University of Princeton¹.

In a simpler word, democracy means representatives who were being selected by the people (voters),and for the people,to serve as the people’s voice,toward the state’s administrators. Usually, representatives were elected every five (5) years.

Scene 1– 8^th March,2008

In Malaysia, the representatives normally come from two (2) major political parties,and only less than 1% are independent candidates. FYI, Malaysia’s current federal government is led by Barisan Nasional (BN),and the federal opposition alliance is Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

Based on the Malaysian history, by hook or by crook, the BN has been the winning party for the past 50 years. (This means it has always achieved 2/3 majority seats in the Parliament and State Assembly).

However, the situation changed dramatically on the Political Tsunami of 8th March 2008 (most recently conducted General Election). Instead of being the minority always, the opposition alliance, PR, had unexpectedly won up to five (5) states upon 11 in the Peninsular of Malaysia plus it had also “defeated” BN’s 2/3 majority seats in the Parliament. This was but a nightmare to the BN, as it had never expected to lose.

This, was the day Democracy in Malaysia revived!

Scene 2– 5^th February, 2009

Perak, one (1) of the five (5) states won and governed by the PR alliance, had changed hand to BN again, in few days’ time. For the past 11 months, the PR government had done no mistake, in fact, they have done things that the BN government never would have, to help the people. The fact is, most of the Perak people are happy with the PR government.

However, the BN had spent only less than one week to tackle 3 State Assembly members who, originally represented the PR, to join the BN. With that, the majority in the State Assembly is led by the BN again, regardless on how the Perak people feel.

We do not blame the BN to defect the PR government this way. We are blaming the 3 involved YBs for their betrayal and cowardliness. They won because the people believed in their manifesto, because people believed in their promises for a brighter future, and not because of who they are, it was because of which party they are representing! Now, they have shown themselves, as the greedy, immoral and power-minded politicians.

Where is the dignity of YBs?

Where is the respect for the people?

Where is the highness of the State Assembly?

On the 5th February, 2009. Democracy died…

Politician means:

“-a leader engaged in civil administration

-a person active in party politics

-a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways” – University of Princeton¹.

“A politician (from Greek “polis”) is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d’état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest, right of inheritance (see also: divine right) or other means.”- Wikipedia.Org².

Confucius³ explained that being a politician, one must have good personalities(morality), then good family(harmonious), then only can pursue the chances to manage the country. Politicians are leaders of a country. They are making decisions and policies which would affect the country and the people internally and externally. Witnessing the betrayals in political parties, and the immorality of the political dispution, etc…

Malaysia, are you ready for tomorrow’s challenges?

¹University of Princeton. Retrieved Feb 5, 2009, from http://www.wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

²Wikipedia.Org. Retrieved Feb 6, 2009, from http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Politician

³Confucius- a Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism.