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about DAP -- Lim Guan Eng went to jail for defending the Malay girl statutory rape victim of Rahim Tambichik...
about PAS -- Kelantan allows porks to be sold in open, BN Melaka wants to close down pig farms, Kelantan has the biggest reclining Buddha statue in SEA, BN Sabah halted the building of Mazu statue in Kudat, PAS admitted it has not build a single mosque during the last term, BN? demolishing temples everywhere... and does body-snatching happen in Kelantan?
Seriously Malay people need to know more about the real DAP, and Chinese people need to know more about the real PAS.
Most importantly, everybody needs to know more about Barisan Najis
I'm probably gonna write more about comparisons between us and our Southeast Asian peers, but for now if anyone's interested, I have something on how we resemble Indonesia under Suharto:
http://www.infernalramblings.com/articles/Malay...
Oreius: Numbers do not win a battle.
Peter Pevensie: No... but I bet they help.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Let's ALL vote wisely this Saturday. Malaysia is our home, we stand or fall together.
From one of my favourite film poster: V For Vendetta
http://www.impawards.com/2006/v_for_vendetta.html
Well done!
p/s: Oh yes, didnt we see the TV ad where 2 old folks praised MCA/BN like nobody's business cos their kid got JPA scholarship? BIg ad in star papers also.
Yea the truth is out of how many deserving students actually got it? Those who got it must really thank their lucky stars but dont forget many who deserved it were sidelined becos of some ketuanan thingy. SO u still think that BN / MCA is doing such a great job becos 1chinese dude got his JPA?
"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men..." by Lyndon B. Johnson
I'm flying back to Malaysia to cast my one Vote because...EVERY VOTE COUNTS, EVEN IF IT'S FOR A LOSING CANDIDATE...
Unity is Strength...
their powers to win votes?
Won't the British or US step in and supervise
the voting proccess on the 8th?
Kindly tell me our position
i'm spreading the word to have ppl i know to read this.
kudos!
I heard the average this time for buying a vote is about RM130.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the 2.4 million spent on useless ink too :D
"giving away RM1 billion of taxpayers' money, and in return, to get an American company to stay put in Penang, packaged in a RM350 million "reinvestment""
http://www.jeffooi.com/2008/03/my_worthy_oppone...
oh come on, these are only the cases that were found out.. what about other uses of taxpayers money would be spent on?
this is not right man.
time for a change.
The change could be bad or could be good.
but if we dont choose then we wont know.
I sincerely hope that more rakyat & new voters can see the truth & vote wisely. We just don want our rights & country be ruined by bunch of idiotic racist morons.
My hometown, Kuching, is currently held by DAP & the BN is trying all the dirty tricks to get it back...including using mega-rich corporation/individuals who only interested in securing 'business deals fr BN' to buy out votes. Millions have been splashed out & 'gamblings' syndicate created to buy votes to ensure DAP lose out. As usual, new postal votes were created out from nowhere. There are so many dirty tactics been used by BN to ensure oppositions & the rakyat voices are silenced. Words just cannot described how angry we common people are of BN.
Lets pray & hope the RAKYAT RULES this time!
most probably i will vote for a change...
barisan nasional have known to be cheat in each election...
but every empire will fall...that day will be on 8th march..
Su Ann for Prime Minister!
This message is to provoke your mind to think whether you want the status quo to be perpetuated. If you want to do your bit to effect a chan ge for the better, think well before you vote at the next general election.
Chances are that the B N will still win but we need to send the proper signal to Pak Lah that enough is enough....
Below is the result of extreme discriminations and marginalization by the BN govt for too many years. Let's keep circulating this esp before the next election.
And today this is what happened in Malaysia racism..
These lists cover a period of about 49 years since Independence Day in Malaysia (1957):
( 1) Out of all the 5 major banks in Malaysia, only one bank is own by multi-racial, the rest are controlled by Malays.
(2) 99% of Petronas (the only one petroleum company) directors are Malays, and the former Prime Minister work as Consultant in Petronas.
(3) 3% of Petronas employees are Chinese.
(4) 99% of 2000 Petronas gasoline stations are owned by Malays.
(5) 100% all contractors working under Petronas projects must be "bumi's status" (Malay).
(6) 0% of non-Malays staffs are legally required in Malay's companies. But there must be 30% Malays staffs in Chinese companies and shareholder. Which this mean non-Malays own company needs to give their property to Malays. An d n on-Malays citizen can't really own their business.
(7) 5% of all new intake for government police, nurses, army, is non-Malays.
(8) 2% is the present Chinese staff in Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), drop from 40% in 1960.
(9) 2% is the percentage of non-Malays government servants in Putrajaya ( Malaysia main government office). But Malays make up 98%.
(10) 7% is the percentage of Chinese government servants in the whole government (in 2004), drop from 30% in 1960. Only 2 position for non-Malays in political status.
(11) 95% of government contracts are given to Malays; even it is an open tender. Non-Malays contractors tender the lower price and use better materials can't get the contract that government given.
(12) 100% all business licenses are controlled by Malay government e.g . Taxi permits, Approved permits, etc. and all the license are given to government officer families.
(13) 80% of the Chinese rice millers in Kedah (north of peninsularMalaysia had to be sold to Malay and controlled by Bernas (Government Org.) since 1980s. Otherwise, life is make difficult for Chinese rice millers.
(14) 100 big companies set up, owned and managed by Chinese Malaysians were taken over by government, and later managed by Malays since 1970's e.g. UTC, UMBC, MISC, etc. This company now is the sole company.
(15) At least 10 Chinese owned bus companies (throughout Malaysia,throughout 40 years) had to be sold to MARA or other Malay transport companies due to rejection by Malay authority to Chinese application for bus routes and rejection for their application for new buses.
(16) 2 Chinese taxi drivers were barred from driving in Johor (South of Peninsular Malaysia ) Larkin bus station. There are about 30 taxi drivers and 3 are Chinese in October 2004. Spoiling taxi club properties was the reason given.
(17) 0 non-Malays are allowed to get shop lots in the new Muar (city in south peninsular Malaysia ) bus station (November 2004).
(18) 8000 billions ringgit is the total amount the government chan neled to Malays pockets through ASB, ASN, MARA, privatization of government agencies like Tabung Haji etc, through NEP over 34 years periods.
(19) 48 Chinese primary schools closed down since 1968 â¤" 2000
(20) 144 Tamil primary schools closed down since 1968 - 2000
(21) 2637 Malay primary schools built since 1968 - 2000
(22) 2.5% is government budget for Chinese primary schools. Tamil schools got only 1%, Malay schools got 96.5%
(23) While a Chinese parent with RM1000 salary (monthly) cannot get school-text-book-loan, and a Malay parent with RM2000 salary is eligible.
(24) 10 all public universities vice chan cellors are Malays. And politics in universities are held by Malays. If non-Malays want to form a politics parties, there is no way to get approved. (25) 5% - the government universities lecturers of non-Malay origins had been reduced from about 70% in 1965 to only 5% in 2004 with the reason Malaysia Education Ministry give full support for Malays only.
(26) Only 5% is given to non-Malays for government scholarships over 40 years.
(27) 0 Chinese or Indians were sent to Japan and Korea under "Look East Policy".
(28) 128 STPM (High Study / A Level) Chinese top students coul d n ot get into the course that they aspired i.e. Medicine and doctors (in 2004). Malays with not qualify result can get into the course.
(29) 10% place for non-bumi students for MARA science schools beginning from year 2003, but only 7% are filled. Before that it was 100% Malays.
(30) 50 cases whereby Chinese and Indian Malaysians, are beaten up in the National Service program since 2003.
(31) 25% is Malaysian Chinese population in 2004, drop from 45% since 1957 because government are not support non-Malays like government support Malays.
(32) 7% is the present Malaysian Indians population (2004), a drop from 12% since 1957.
(33) 2 millions Chinese Malaysians had emigrated to overseas since 40 years ago due to unfair politics.
(34) 0.5 million Indians Malaysians had emigrated to overseas.
(35) 3 millions Indonesians had migrated into Malaysia and became malaysian citizens with bumi's status.
(36) 600000 are the Chinese and Indians Malaysians with "red I/C" (a temporary identity card) and were rejected repeatedly when applying for citizenship for 40 years. Perhaps 60% of them had already passed away due to old age. This shows racism of how easily Indonesians got their citizenships compare with the Chinese and Indians
(37) 5% - 15% discount for a Malay to buy a house, regardless whether the Malay is rich or poor
(38) 2% is what Chinese new villages get compare with 98% of what Malays villages got for rural development budget..
(39) 50 roa d n ames (at least) had been chan ge from Chinese names to other names.
(40) 1 Dewan Gan Boon Le ong (in Malacca) was altered to other name ( e.g.Dewan Serbaguna or sort) when it was being officially used for a few days. Government tries to shun Chinese names. This racism happened in around year 2000 or sort.
(41) 0 temples/churches were built for each housing estate. But every housing estate MUST got at least one mosque/surau built.
(42) 3000 mosques/surau were built in all housing estates throughoutMalaysia since 1970 with full government support. No temples, no churches are built in housing estates that supported by government.
(43) 1 Catholic Church in Shah Alam took 20 years to apply to be constructed. But told by Malay authority that it must look like a factory and can't look like a church. Still not yet approved since 2004.
(44) 1 publishing of Bible in Iban language banned (in 2002)
(45) 0 of the government TV stations (RTM1, RTM2, and TV3) have directors of non-Malays origin.
(46) 30 government produced TV dramas and films always showed that the bad guys had Chinese face, and the good guys had Malay face. You can check it out since 1970s. Recent years, this tendency becomes less.
(47) 10 times, at least, Malays (especially Umno) had threatened to massacre the Chinese Malaysians using May 13 since 1969.
(48) 20 constituencies won by DAP woul d n ot get funds from the government to develop. Or these Chinese majority constituencies would be the last to be developed
(49) 100 constituencies (parliaments and states) had been racist re-delineated so Chinese voters were diluted that Chinese candidates, particularly DAP candidates lost in election since 1970s
(50) Only 3 out of 12 human rights items are ratified by Malaysia government since 1960
(51) 0 elimination of, all forms of racial discrimination (UN Human Rights)is not ratified by Malaysia government since 1960s
(52) 20 reported cases whereby Malay ambulance attendance treated Chinese patients inhumanely, and Malay government hospital staffs purposely delay attending to Chinese patients in 2003. Unreported cases may be 200
(53) 50 cases each year whereby Chinese, especially Chinese youths being beaten up by Malay youths in public places. We may check at police reports provided the police took the report, otherwise there will be no record
(54) 20 cases every year whereby Chinese drivers who accidentally knocked down Malays were seriously assaulted or killed by Malays
(55) 12% is what ASB/ASN (Malays Own banks) got per annum while banks fixed deposit is only about 3.5% per annum.
And more cases haven't been discovered.
So, if any Malaysian read this mail and got extra opinion please add into this mail and forward to everyone who feel this is unfair to other race in Malaysia .
Your forward mail will be much appreciated.
FIGHT FOR YOUR OWN RACE....
Thank you,
From,
Malaysian Race Humanity 2006
I'm finally a voter this year and yes, I'm voting the Opposition. My policy is ABBN: Anything But BN!
I understand the government (BN) has multiple tactics to win this elections again but my aim is just simple. If my/our vote can bring ONE extra opposition into the Parliament, I'm happy.
Vote smart people.
It's time for us to be united. As long as it's oppositions, vote.
Hope you don't mind that I sticked you at the top of my linked list.
xo
Su Ann, your eloquence and bravery in discussing these issues never cease to amaze me. Young adults who think that their votes won't matter should see how Obama won in several primaries thanks to the huge turnout of youth voters. I hope that this can happen in Malaysia too for this year's general election. It really is too bad that I haven't reach 21 and therefore can't vote for the 2008 general election. :(
... BN have not fulfilled all of their proposal from the last election. In fact, less than 30% of it was actually fulfilled. What the heck are they doing?
silentreadermiko : yes! have edited my post with my opinion about the indelible ink :)
wristbandman : HAHA your last sentence is so hilarious
johnleemk : oh but Donald Lim thinks 'at least we are better than Burma, so dont complain'... :)
sep : thank you!! :D it's good to be loved
adrian c : haha! this is the first time anyone has quoted narnia to me. thank you.
dylan lim : a saying we should all uphold and that our government should always remember.
cher wee : thank you :) yes, lets vote wisely.
SPR : old woman!??! hahahaha. yesyes i saw those ads. laughed at the end of it and switched the channel
yennamike : your enthusiasm is so amazing. i am proud of you for flying back to vote, despite knowing that it's for a losing candidate. that said, i hope your candidate wins, with someone as cool as you in their constituency :)
yong ee : the british and the US? they're not really in any position to intervene like that. the opposition parties have their volunteers circling each polling station, but this isnt enough to stop the crimes that occur alot of the time
luvangel : thank you luvangel :) that was a very inspiring comment, and i'm glad you took the time to write it.
reallybites : dont be such a rebel !!!
lion city : oh but our government thinks that we shouldn't be compared to Singapore :P apparently it's like comparing apples and oranges. haha some of them even think that we're doing better than you. now isn't that silly!
sharon : thank you so much :)
shaolintiger : hmm from what little i know, i actually think that the FPTP is a system that suits our electoral knowhow and habits. anything else would be just too cerebral for a lot of rural folk. yesyes have edited my post with a note on the indelible ink :)
voteforachange : that motorola case makes me want to scream
aimee : thank you my dear :)
benjamin lee : time to choose then, yes?
david : ahh you are a voter in bandar kuching! have you read Kennysia's interview with both the BN and DAP candidates?
ky : :P
thiamhin : lets hope so. lets also hope there will be peace following such a result.
nicholas chhan : would you really vote me if i ran for PM!! :D
anonymous : thank you for sharing that information with us! :) some of those stats are new to me.
povege : ABBN! hahaha! i have a friend whose dad said even if the opposition fielded a dog to run against BN, he would vote for the dog. damn cute
je dakota : oh thank you so much!!! :D ah this is the first and probably the only time i'm being ranked higher than kenny. i'm going to enjoy this :P
yappy : i think with this obvious shift in awareness and mindset, the next election, not this one, is the one to watch :) will you be able to vote then? i will!
pinkshirtz : oh i wouldnt be so pessimistic about the opposition having no voice.. :)
percy : yes you are spot on about the commission from the ink. no, dont move overseas just yet.. :) there is always hope.
It saddens me that politics become more about race than actually discussing what's good for the country. Still, I'm willing to give change a chance. Who knows?
So everyone please register yourselves as soon as you turn 21.Your votes are very important to the future of we Malaysians.Be like PinkPau and if everyone is like PinkPau then i'm sure we will have a better future.
....I love u Su Ann, keep it up! U are indeed a shininng star as not many people dare to speak/shout out the TRUTH like u!!
And I totally agreed with the FACTS in your write up, well done Su Ann!
Actually, we somehow know very well Barisan is playing dirty tricks for years to win. But what can we do?
Nothing much can be done to stop this?
Hey, people there, I am not blaming you, you know they play dirty & u keep quiet but why are you still supporting them, why, why, why?
All of us know that Barisan MCA supportor are those who are SELFISH, they choose to ignore, close their eyes, continue to support just for the sake of their own benefit regardless of others future.
Corruption? Don't care la..as long as my business get done, running well....it's ok la..in fact I am one of them...
Racist problem, don't care la as long as I still live in my big house, drive sport car...that doesn't matter..who care?
Unfair distribution of scholarship? nevermind la I have enoguh money to send my children oversea..why worry?
Price increase? This is not an issue cos if my business is doing well, I have extra money to cope this....etc...
Barisan won tremendously, thanks to these people..They play an important part.
Guys, we can't do much to stop their dirty tricks, but we can do our part. Even if it is a small part. Exercise your vote!
For those who are doing well, please also think of others,
For those who are struggling for living, Listen, open your eye, don't get cheated anymore..
Give a chance to those who are willing to change to better, let them speak for us! At least once?
....We need a clean government, vote opposition is the best thing that we can help, to change the history and to move forward!
Hence, DAP, this is your mission, go for it!!!
YennaMike, I admired your spirit......
Burma is an international pariah and its own people don't support the government. WE'RE DOING SO WELL AREN'T WE??? Really, every year it gets worse. When we're the worst country in all international rankings, BN will probably be saying "We are the best country in the category of 'Countries that are worst in the world'".
davidlian:
*facepalm*
Um...you do realise that the DAP released an alternative budget, and that PKR has a relatively detailed manifesto? And if you want to be fair lah, compare these manifestos with BN's. BN makes as many vague promises as the opposition, if not more - and BN doesn't even explain how they'll achieve these things. If you read the PKR and DAP manifestos you'll find they've generally thought many of their policies through.
I'm not a fan of the "subsidise the hell out of petrol" idea, but that's just one of many proposals they bring up - and most of the rest are extremely sound. If you want to see true incompetence and lack of ideas, look no further than an LSE-educated Minister who doesn't even know how much his own ministry spends, how to perform basic arithmetic, let alone his own government's policies, and yet feels free to criticise others' ideas without doing any thinking:
http://www.infernalramblings.com/articles/Malay...
Might as well NIke, Adidas, NOkia, etc all close shops since there are so many fakes ones in the market.
It is so not fair that only the Barisan can advertise, and this year, counting the number of ads they have on tv, newspaper, INTERNET, radio...oh my god, they are burning our money again~
Yet also, many people hate the government and they just vote for the opposition, no matter who it is, asalkan it is NOT BN.
I think that is a misconception too, as actually they are real people working in BN
And what if everybody vote for opposition? Will BN become more religion based?
I have alot of frenz who just dont give a damn about what politics are, because they are dirty, its never fair, its full of corruption and they are planning to go overseas ASAP.
sigh..
kudos to you!
the main thing is, i seriously believe, that BN is still going to control the cabinet even if they lose the elections. the constitution was amended by them to be that way.
so, the main thing right now, is to let people know of the dirty tactics and inhumane acts the BN has employed to strengthen their choke on this country.
as long as more people know of this unfairness, revolution will come. albeit slowly.
disgusting thinking, trying to insult us threatening about may 13, and sidelining other races.
now do you know why many chinese singers in malaysia travel overseas to develop themselves? cause the current government stinks.
only going to secluded villages to get people to vote for them, then after all is over, forget about them and let them lie dead.
we need a miracle and a revolution, or else, we're gonna decay with the current government.
Recently knew your blog through nuffnang from the featured blogger list...and your blog has become a permanent read since then...
In fact, u have spoken exactly what i have tried to point out to alot of people around me about the need to exercise the right to vote.
Not to mention the problems that occur within our appaling EC...
I mean, we are also born and bred of this land as well, why should we be treated as 2nd or 3rd class citizens? NEP has become more than a welfare security for the bumis...it's now more of an apartheid ruling than anything else...it's not benefitting anybody except the umnoputras...sometimes i feel sick reading the newpapers about them crapping about how noble and good their adminstration are...and how stupid the people are in believing that BN is their answer to everything.
I hate it when they bring up May 13th to intimidate us...i myself feel disgusted by the government's arrogance that their actions during that time were justified...if anybody has a right to go off chopping others...it would be those who are oppressed...but we don't see that happening here...bcoz we use other means to do so...and they say the we are monopolizing the economy and bullying them...
Btw...i'm supposedly 21 this year and i would've been able to vote had it not been held months earlier...on the other hand...i would've not been able to do so as well...according to my friend who recently turned 21, she said overseas students are not able to vote as well...and no surprises why that happned...obviously the postal votes from overseas students would add to the oppositions favour...so it's obious to deny that adv rite? Sick government...
Being helpless is unnerving...seeing people who have the power to change showing the "tidakapa" atitdue makes it even worse...all i could do was to convince those who are able to do so to vote wisely by showing them various sources...both opposition and neutral ones as well...hopefully those that i showed to would have more information to decipher compared to the crap BN shoves at us all the time...
Lastly...i hope everyone should take note that u should vote for your future...not your present...u have the power to affect the future and well being of the next generation...do u want to create a society has equal rights too all of its citizens? Or do u want to form a government who does nothing but guzzle down your taxes, sets double standards and go on chopping off ppl when they are not happy...u have the power to change the future...please, vote for your future, and for those like us who can't do so...we are trying our best to fight for it as well...it's up to u guys to change it...
Hopefully this gets through to everyone...
In fact they just leave us alone and let the chinese sell pork openly and practice our own beliefs. It's only that we don't have cinemas and K-boxes because Nik Aziz is apparently afraid of the maksiat thingy.
The last time BN won in terengganu, they forced all the pork sellers (whatchiucallem) to sell pork at the back of shops like selling dadah lidat. Hmph. The pork market in Kelantan has Malay stalls on the side.
Actually I am not sure how polling agents can stop phantom voters, apparently if someone walks in and they are a different gender from their IC, you can't object and stop them from voting there and then.
Thank you so much for keeping those abroad updated on the current issues happening back at home!
...communists and dictators -__-
Looks like our great war with the communist guerillas back in the 60's was all for naught since we are in the end.. Soviet Mother Malaysia.
But the thing that irks me is the division of constituencies.
In particular the Putrajaya constituency.
Who works and lives in Putrajaya?
Government people.
Do you think they will ALL vote for the current government?
No, they will all pack their bums up and go to America to vote for Ron Paul. Oh and of course their trip to America will be funded by taxpayers' money with some extra costs thrown in so some idiots can scrape a little off the top.
Another example is that of Bukit Bintang. BB has a population of over 400,000 people. They get one representative.
Then you have some ulu-ulu kampung areas with a population of 40,000. They too get one representative.
Looks like a cheat, sounds like a cheat, even fucks you from behind like a cheat, but I won't say for sure who's going to benefit from this cheating...
Equal representation my yeast infection! Who do you think pays more tax to the government? The 400,000 urbanites or the 40,000 village people?
"No taxation without equal representation!"
Move to the kampungs if you're in the urban areas, people! Our great gah-ment will care more for you, even if sometimes they don't build necessary roads, you don't get electricity...
Democracy is like a bad joke in Malaysia - the kind that makes you cringe and sorely tempted to sock the joker in the face.
had written blog entries relating to some of yr sub-topics:-
http://johnny-ong.blogspot.com/2008/02/oldest-m...
http://johnny-ong.blogspot.com/2008/03/personal...
http://johnny-ong.blogspot.com/2008/02/most-old...
Did you see my photos of NZ? You and Martian should visit one day and I'll be your tour guide!!!
Malaysia has been in this situation for awhile already and people are saying it is impossible for BN to lose in any situation but I just feel there is this possibility of oppositions coming out triumphant like other countries out there.
BN also stands for Barang Naik hahahaha but Barisan Najis is kinda spectacular too. Anyway I wish your plea all the best!
If it's any comfort check out the report about the Rashid's house being painted red by some vandals.
The Opposition candidates are facing serious shortage of volunteers including polling agents on March 8, unlike the BN ones who could easily hire as many as they want, remember free nasi lemak and T-shirts at Lembah Pantai?
Anyway, I hope everybody try to volunteer themselves at the nearest polling stations. Polling agents for those who don't know are representatives from each political party that observe and confirms to which party the ballots belong before they are counted. So in fear of an abuse, I believe everybody should try get in touch with local opposition team to ask if they need any help.
have u read their manifestos? do you really want Anwar to be PM? Are you 100% sure that the promises made by the opposition will be fulfilled? look back and have a look on the decisions made by Anwar when he was the Education MInister/Financial Minister.
Anwar was the person who changed Bahasa Malaysia to Bahasa Melayu. Bahasa Malaysia was used by our former PM Tunku Abdul Rahman as one of the tools to unite this multi racial country. Hence Malaysia is used and not Melayu! Why must he change it to Melayu? Is it necessary? or that by changing it to bahasa melayu reflects that Melayu are the dominant race in this country?
When Anwar was the Finance Minister, it was true that he managed to kept the oil price at a constant level of RM 1.10. How long ago was that? The world is constantly evolving, it's so different now compared to the year 1991 to 1998 when Anwar was Finance Minister. Oil per barrel has shot up to USD102. And Malaysia is not a country with abundance of oil, it will exhaust one day, it was scheduled to be exhausted in the year 2011. So how can Anwar fulfill his promises of reducing oil price?
Every government would do the same to woo voters; ferry them from another states etc etc. I believe if our ruling govt now were to be PKR, they would do the same. politicians are dirty. how positive are you that they won't? can't bet your life with it?
Indelible ink? it was against the law. "The use of indelible ink is yet to be legislated while, under Section 119 of the Federal Constitution, all eligible citizens are entitled to vote in a general election. Unless the Election Regulations 1981 are amended, the right to vote cannot be made conditional on the marking of voters' fingers." have you ever heard of the supremacy of law? if they do not conform to the law who will? yes you would say they wasted whole lot of money to buy the ink. if the money used concerns you, i'm sure they can always resell it. how difficult it is to sell back the inks to other countries? So by withdrawing the policy, does it justify the people to 'paint his house with red paint?'
Think deeper, than looking at the outset of it only. I would say both PKR/BN are corrupted, both are rotten eggs. it's now a matter of choosing the best amongst the worst. don't level your arguments against BN only and led your readers to believe that by letting the opposition wins, our country will be a better place.
Human beings are not perfect, that's why the govt will not be perfect. if you publicly announce that you are a DAP supporter, then i apologise for this long comment of mine but if you are not, do think about my comments above.
Cheers. =)
i forgot to add in the fact that when our country suffered recession in 1991, Anwar was the one who wanted to borrow from the World Bank. Economic students would aware of what the consequences would be if he do so. is he a better PM then?
*feels smart for ending dispute*
ok, wth I don't think I did anything wth. Eeeeeee.
PS - I agree that it isn't fair to go on endlessly on the flaws of our current government. This reminds me of the incident when Obama was accused of plagiarizing a portion of a speech. I liked Obama's response to that. :)
Well written for what ever age you are...it matters not. What matters is truth, transparency and justice.
Out with cronyism..greed and lies.
VOTE FOR CHANGE!!
I hope you get to read this, if you don't I hope our adamant Pinkpau here email it to you.
First of all, about your point that no government is perfect, well that's why we have democracy dear. It's for the Rakyat to check on them. And I don't agree with you saying that since the Opposition is no better than the government then we should abstain from voting for the Opp or not at all. Isn't that perpetuating the already nonchalantness on the part of the Government in taking our rights in the Constitution for granted.
It's naive to expect and wait for a good opposition and a good government. You'll never get the one you're happy with period. I emphasised never. But note this, what you can get (and might lose in future) is your freedom to influence how this country is run. If you're not happy with BN, i suggest you to make your choice. You're going to make a point to not just BN, but also opposition parties, that they can lie and cheat us all they want, but the people will eventually have the final say.
About the indelible ink, I agree somewhat it may affect our constitutional right to vote. But really, who in their right mind would be so unreasonable for just a slight mark of Indian ink? I mean you go to nightclubs and parties don't you, don't you ever get that silly cute awesome mark on your forearm? And even if it's really an issue, why didn't they scrap it up earlier? It's just plain irresponsible to have spent millions of Rakyats money you know and it surely doesn't go well with the Opposition parties who also has stake in the election.
About Bahasa Malaysia (Melayu)? What has that got to do with Anwar Ibrahim's credibility? If I'm the education minister, I'll be the first in line to propose in favour of Bahasa Melayu name. You speak English right, you don't speak Americanish or United Kingdomese do you? Kidding....
About the oil price, true that Malaysians are spoilt, but are they prepared for it? Have you checked how much Petronas earn? It's like, "Hey Pak Lah, I'm pretty darn literate enough to know that the Americans might attack Iraq for a reason (chill dude, no speculation here), but you might at least give us a raise and stop bullshitting about how low our inflation is" You get where I'm going kid, man, woman, ma'am? The Australians got the among the highest income tax in the world, but they have enough to live a decent lifestyle (or rather fatty be the correct adjective, can someone cite the latest statistics on Australian health, will ya?). It's not about reducing oil price my friend (sorry if I'm being rude here, pretty excited here about the election), it's about whether we are ready. Plus if we can impose higher price on Pinkpau's rich boyfriend or give incentives to Pinkpau's poor friends like me, and the rest of us here, so be it. Don't listen to Najib, it's just plain cruel for someone who earn RM150 a day to see the oil price skyrocket like what 150% the next day.
In the end of the day, not voting at all means that you are also voting for BN in our system, in the end of the day, what really matters here is whether you like how's the country being run or not. You may well remember about the lesson BN had in the 1990s when they had the shock of their lives when mommy give them a smaller slice of the pie. There was strong political pressure even within BN itself, and guess what you've got. Wawasan 2020 (when's that going to happen again, 2051?) and Cyberjaya, and many more. But what've you got with Pak Dollah's apparently 90%majority (only 60%of the total Rakyat's votes), Hindraf detention, ZamZam outstanding performance on Al-Jazeera, erection erection? Hishammudin Hussein keris?
Think about it ya mate....
omg, i didn't know they were THAT bad. =S
they really stay true to the slogan "Malaysia Boleh" ; yeah Malaysia boleh korupt. =.=""
insane narcissists who thinks the world revolves around them. i'm so disgusted of reading the newspapers and all i mostly see are ads of BN, BN and BN. I was also thinking to myself "Why no ads for Opposition?" then I knew why. =.= Really!!! Using "psychology" to hammer supposedly "BN macam bagus sangat stuff" in ppl's heads so ppl might get confused and think BN is so great and all that. =.=
when i was younger or more like slightly younger, i thought BN was this super force coming so the country will have a realy bright future with Pak Lah around. I was soo wrong. Sure, we hv new buildings, mostly contributing to the economy but when it came to the community/the system, it was different. So corrupt! =.=
and kononnya for pendidikan moral there are all those supposedly 'lets all be good' nilai-nilai. The government don't even possess any of these moral values! maybe yes, in their own narcissistic sense. Like Cinta akan Negara- being a complete racist to protect the country's "rights", i.e. THEIR rights. wtf. =P
Sadly, I can't vote yet. Still underage. sighh..... maybe i should disguise as a phantom voter, curi-curi vote and let BN get back what they deserve. xD
there are so many who doesnt know who to vote.. i'm sure u helped to open some eyes
and i hate how their spending So much of the rakyat's money on their campaigning! There's so many little blue flags everywhere it's ridiculous!
my high school will be used as a voting centre this saturday, and the front gate is littered with BN flags, posters and banners.
seriously, after saturday imma gonna burn the next blue flag i see
SOMEBODY VOTE THEM OUT!
The question is, Have *YOU* read the opposition manifestos, as well as BN's? Compare the two objectively lah. Then come back and talk. The fact is, BN makes as many "empty promises" as the opposition, and they don't have any plan to fulfill them. If you actually bothered to read the opposition manifestos, you would realise that they actually outline how they will govern the country - they make promises, but at least they have an inkling of how they want to go about fulfilling them.
And please lah, if you want to talk about empty promises, it was this stupid BN government that promised to tackle corruption in the last election - and we all know how successful they were. Even communist Vietnam is more successful at addressing corruption than we are.
Just wanted to point out the misconception that the EC is stopped by section 119 of the Federal Constitution from using indelible ink. It is an interesting argument but completely wrong.
It is true that "all eligible citizens are entitled to vote in a general election." Everyone is entitled to vote: that does not mean you can vote in any way you want. There are rules even now, e.g. getting yourself registered, which is not mentioned in the Constitution.
In any case, section 119 says that a person can be disqualified from voting by "any other law relating to offences committed in connection with elections": all the government needs to do is to pass a bill through Parliament to make it illegal NOT to use indelible ink, and this problem would have been solved.
I really hate to say this, but the EC's attempt at using the Constitution to halt the use of indelible ink is laughable.. if it weren't so real.
For interest, the full constitution is here:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_M...
once the quotas are gone, and the malays all fall back to lower income and lower middle class, the new DAP-ruling class will go "but thats your fault you stupid lazy malays, work hard or starve?"
fuck that noise.
no, i think i'll defend my quotas. it's the only thing protecting me from reverse-racism.
It is hard to see the logic in just voting for the candidate and not the party. But for me, I’m not “pro-govt” or “anti-govt”. Because honestly and realistically, I think BN will still win. So the most we can do is do our best to put up more useful people who will fight to make those changes. Because yes, I still believe that those dissenters did make a difference somehow, no matter how minute as we see them to be.
I also have a problem with the logic of having another party as the government because at this point in time, is there any potential one? Can we realistically say that we can see DAP, PKR, or PAS as the ruling party? If I’m not mistaken they tried forming BA in the past but had problems themselves. Having opposition parties in a democratic country is absolutely necessary, but do the current ones really have a vision or a REALISTIC one for the country as a whole? They have brilliant-looking manifestos but the question is how realistic are they? Or do they exist just to oppose the government?
Anyway, the fact that popular bloggers are bothering to blog about our country's wellbeing is really gratifying. The awareness created is overwhelming. Really, excellent job guys. Because despite my seemingly over-passionate ramblings, I still have to admit I’m no maestro in this politics business. I just hope people will make that sincere decision for the best of our country as a whole.
and may the people who can, make that choice I can’t, wisely.
A very good answer would be that they're afraid that they'd be shut down or worse, indicted for a crime they never committed. And the 'best' part is, you'll never know that these things happened all because you put up opposition ads. They might say you're gay for all i cared. Scary stuff!
And the part about dividing up constituencies strategically and allowing the opposition to 'win' but yet further reducing the number of seats they have is so so true. I'm like.. OMG, why isn't anyone doing anything?
BYE!
p.s. I should come here more often from now on. There's a very good reason why you're so well known. :)
rock on, Su ann. Rock on.
I can see that you are a coward and selfish person. We just want to be treated equally and not that we are asking for any special privilage.
As for you, start growing up! stop hiding under the goverment ass! Stand on your own, how you are going to compete with the rest of the world. If not you really are a stupid lazy malays.
some people can get along just fine with no aid, that's good, but some people have to be helped. even babies hold on to something when they learn to walk.
And this, is why BN will win even if they don't cheat... DAP just wants to take away, BN at least distribute the patronage..
Do you have any prove of EVERYTHING u said and accuse of?
MEDIA?? Since when did the media give 100% reliable or take the candidates comments and words..properly....!! ACCURATELY!!??
sum have been misrepresented..twist n turned...not helping the candidates or whoever convey wat they are trying to shout out properly and accurately but causing more havoc!!
dirty tactics?? does DAP play clean now?? haha... same thing wert...
they have nth to say abt the BN candidates in certain states..n wat do they resort to?? digging their unrelated past....their family...their background?? how fair is tat?? twist n turn n provoking society to hate the government??
everyone pls think properly...pls vote bcos u think they can do a better job from the opposing party...not merely to give pressure to BN...cos if thats the aim....its naive...!!!
think of a bungalow...to avoid thieves..u buy n train more dogs....uu think its going to scare the thieves away?? u think the house will then be safe??no...all they do is bark...the thieves will still b able to get in...mayb harder or mayb not even so....
so y not try tackling the thieves instead...
ask yourself...wat do u not like abt BN?? so u hate BN as a whole?? or is it just UMNO?? or MCA?? or other parties within?? if so...
try to make a change within rather than quashing n making the helpful n useful party within suffer!!!
yla i cant c my comment... :S second try here...
You are aware that the NEP doesn't prevent private sector racism, right? It just allows the public sector to practice racism. You also seem blissfully unaware that both the DAP and PKR have concrete and specific proposals (for the love of God, will nobody read their manifestos?) to address poverty and inequality of opportunity, regardless of race.
"Do you have any prove of EVERYTHING u said and accuse of?"
yes. i even researched and provided you examples of gerrymandering in the 2004 elections and links to articles regarding phantom voters. as for bribing voters, i know people who have been bribed and take these bribes. the media thing, even a fool can see for himself how obviously biased the govt-owned media is :) as for holding people at ransom... like i said, i know people who are held at ransom at their own will. geez did you not read my post.
"MEDIA?? Since when did the media give 100% reliable or take the candidates comments and words..properly….!! ACCURATELY!!??"
yes that is precisely my point. o_O
"dirty tactics?? does DAP play clean now?? haha… same thing wert…"
can you accuse DAP of doing any of the above 7 things that BN has been proven to do? politics is not clean, but it should be fair.
they have nth to say abt the BN candidates in certain states..n wat do they resort to?? digging their unrelated past….their family…their background?? how fair is tat?? twist n turn n provoking society to hate the government??
hahaha please do give me a good and concrete example. quote from a ceramah if you must. BN are no angels when it comes to mudslinging, btw :) Khairy called indians 'beruks' and used homo slurs on Anwar. how like this? okay ah?
everyone pls think properly…pls vote bcos u think they can do a better job from the opposing party…not merely to give pressure to BN…cos if thats the aim….its naive…!!!
what is so naive about giving them pressure? that is PRECISELY the point of having an opposition, to give the government pressure so that they do not become complacent, so that they listen to people and dissenting viewpoints, so that they learn to improve. Barisan Nasional can afford to be lazy and corrupted because they cheat their way through elections time after time, yet there are still people like you think that it's naive to give pressure to the govt. i am beginning to seriously question if you know what you are even talking about.
think of a bungalow…to avoid thieves..u buy n train more dogs….uu think its going to scare the thieves away?? u think the house will then be safe??no…all they do is bark…the thieves will still b able to get in…mayb harder or mayb not even so….
hahahahahahahahaha cmon you can do better than this totally weird analogy :)
so y not try tackling the thieves instead… ask yourself…wat do u not like abt BN?? so u hate BN as a whole?? or is it just UMNO?? or MCA?? or other parties within??
yes i dont like BN as a whole and even as separate component parties. i have good reasons, that an entire nation of people share (or at least, half of us). i just wrote 7 of them for you.
itry to make a change within rather than quashing n making the helpful n useful party within suffer!!!
11 terms of BN politicians have had the chance to 'change' BN from within. i have no faith in a government that takes this long to do anything useful or even 'change' from within. take a good look around you; with all their stubborn policies and this race-based party system, we are not going anywhere. sorry, Malaysians have had enough of waiting and we've had enough of our money and rights and effort and opportunities being squandered while our politicians get richer and fatter. time to change :)
You are SCARY!!!
but in a VERY GOOD way!
kudos!
ya i use paypal u want my account? wtf
Yet, when RUMORS of this "security" issue arises, what do they do? (Taking into account the fact I totally consider the EC as another slaveboy of the BN)
They totally scrap the use of the ink! Wow! Instead of finding out whether those rumors are true - which is the right action when it comes to rumors!
I am totally blown away by the intelligence of these people. And to think the country is most probably going to vote 2/3 of these buffoons right back into power.
Can't wait to exercise my right in the future! Until then, I'll keep myself educated..and educate others as well.
Su Ann, you rock! :)
"ndelible ink? it was against the law. “The use of indelible ink is yet to be legislated while, under Section 119 of the Federal Constitution, all eligible citizens are entitled to vote in a general election. Unless the Election Regulations 1981 are amended, the right to vote cannot be made conditional on the marking of voters’ fingers.” have you ever heard of the supremacy of law? if they do not conform to the law who will? yes you would say they wasted whole lot of money to buy the ink. if the money used concerns you, i’m sure they can always resell it. how difficult it is to sell back the inks to other countries? So by withdrawing the policy, does it justify the people to ‘paint his house with red paint?’"
And do you know how quickly the government has changed the law before? E.g. the one the modified last year to allow the EC chairman to stay on? Please. We all know changing the law - especially when it comes to something as crucial as indelible ink - is not that difficult.
Apparently, you are still living in the BNmatrix :) Wake up!
a) media - agreed; local media is almost completely oppressed, which is why i worry about what part i can play when i eventually come home.
b) i've read a couple of comments saying things like "BN is corrupt, but how do we know other parties will do better?" the answer is that you don't. but no party, especially in a country that calls itself a democracy, should be allowed to have such uncontested power for such a long period of time. no government can rule fairly without checks and balances, and that is what our country is missing. of course we don't know this person will make a better PM than that person, but neither is it fair to point to decisions made in totally separate circumstances and judge how they will do now based on how they did then. hindsight is, after all, 20/20.
the point of su ann's post, as i see it, was that not only are PAS, DAP, etc. not even being given a fair chance in these elections, but neither are we, the people of malaysia. we're not being given a chance to voice our opinions (dissenting ones, that is), and we're not being given the chance to effect the change that we want to see.
c) don't accuse su ann of not doing her research. i've found few people around our age more aware of the way the world works. ;)
about your following questions: 'how am i 100% sure that the opposition will fulfill their promises', 'how am i 100% sure the the opposition wont play dirty', 'can i bet my life on it'.
the truth is, no, i can't be a 100% sure. but i am taking this leap of faith because i believe in the opposition, i believe in their cause, i happen to LIKE their manifesto and proposed budget, and i have the highest respect for many of their candidates.
yes, the thing about promises is that they are very easy to make. but i like to see and hear promises that are well thought out, substantial and put foremost the interests of the people. have you read the opposition party's manifestos? it's got some very very good stuff in there, promises that i would LOVE to see implemented. these are policies, actions, abolitions, reductions, reforms that are sincerely what the people want. BN knows what people want.. but they still refuse to budge from their corrupt and self-righteous high horses. everything to them is 'sensitive', everything to them is done to 'prevent racial tension and may 13 incidents', everything to them is 'our budaya'.
i think DAP has a better clue of how to manage funds than BN does. just look at the ideas on their proposed alternative budget - they're absolutely brilliant. why cant a government of 50 years experience come up with stuff like that? put both manifestos side by side and you'll see how truly mistaken the country is to put their trust in the hands of barisan nasional.
from a purely historical extrapolation - put your trust in BN and the promises you hear are NOT going to be fulfilled. no, we dont know if the opposition will fulfill THEIR promises, but i would most definitely want to give them a chance to. their promises are better than BN's anyway :) i like and fully support the public tender idea and the fair wage policy and the independent police complaints commission. good stuff.
as for your doubt on Anwar's capability and your uncertainty that he would make a good PM:
i may be going out on a limb here, but i believe that 6 years in jail and public humiliation has brought Anwar to a level of humility that would be necessary for someone of his track record to assume a position of power. he is watched by the public eye and his own people very warily now, and there is a lot of precious and almost personal trust bestowed upon him at this point. this is something that he cannot afford to jeopardize; the moment he reverts back to his old giddy UMNO self, people would vote him out immediately. and this can be done in one election. once bitten, twice shy after all. or in this case - twice bitten, no third time ever again.
regarding the indelible ink issue and your supremacy of law argument:
i find it quite funny that you buy BN's and EC's spin on this issue. do you really think that BN and the EC are beneath the constitution? Abdul Rashid is chairing the EC at this very minute simply because BN is above the law :) they are making a mountain out of a molehill with their reaction to these 'rumours' that we dont know even exist.
even if the rumours were true, they would have affected a very small portion of the elections, and because A Rashid has such faith in the IDENTITY CARD, it is an issue easily handled. yet, simply because of these rumours, they went and reversed a decision that would have ensured the fairness of the other 99.9 (my humble estimation) votes. the EC is silly. who do they think they're trying to kid, bringing out big words like constitution and supremacy of law... :) laughable.
yea that's about all i want to say. thank you umami for voicing your dissent so politely. i really appreciate it.
DO YOU LIKE GELATO AT GELATOSIMMO, IL DOLCE FREDDO OR BRUNETTI?
Oh, I live very near to Lygon Street. =D
Enough, enough, they have damn lousy financial planning, why should I vote them?
My vote will go to BN. Come 8th March, BN will win again. Lets face the facts. This was never in doubt. Perhaps the margin will be less that the last election, but still, hey, to put it in EPL terms, to win 1-0 or 5-0 will still mean 3 points rite?
sorry i'm replying to you again here from the previous post, but I didn't really mean “BN will win, so therefore we should vote BN.” I actually meant to say we should put useful ppl who keep to their words whether or not they are the opposition or the government because i believe, as many (or as little.. :)) as they are dissenters, there are quite a few great candidates from the opposition, too... i really do understand the logic of pressuring the government as well because that'll keep them on their toes... just that we need ppl with substance to do that, if not there'll not be much point either...
maybe my logic is flawed with the whole seemingly "atas-pagar" approach, but i just really hope for the best for our country... as much nonsense that is going on behind the scenes in the government, i hope they'll put away their own agendas and do something right this time.. some might say this is naivety and all that jazz, but at this point, we are already gambling quite a bit with our faith and our trust... i'm just taking it to another level with hope.. :P
and yet again, cheers.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008...
since i'm not in malaysia, i'm not sure how big of an issue this was. but for me personally, i was very upset when i saw the video at first... it actually launched my outraged passionate comments on kennysia and pinkpau's blog. i really respected this man, for the many things he did for our country but the way he reacted after he stepped down really disappointed me...
anyway, back on track... so basically there was all the hoo-haa about the government using tricks to get votes... firstly, every party definitely wants to win... being the government, you have certain advantages... don't get me wrong, splashing money on campaigns is bad, but they really are doing what think can garner votes... (which is not really working right, with ppl wanting to burn the flags and everything...)... ok but admittedly, the phantom voters thing is totally out of this world...
but this article also proves something. that the opposition is no angel either? because from what we can gather from the article,
1) drM is telling the truth
2) drM is lying
3) drM is for his own just wants to create havoc in the country and he wants to save his back
every reason works against the opposition party that used this to garner votes... because if it was number 1, if drM is telling the truth, the reasoning is blatant.. they manipulated an extremely respected figure of the country to gain supporters, this is self-explanatory...
if it was number 2, it still works against them, because if he was lying and was with the opposition, him coming out like that and accusing the opposition isn't going to work for the opposition either? having a respected man accuse you in that way isn't going to get you much support.
in the case of number 3 (to which if it were true i'll be terribly speechless), the opposition is still manipulating a respected figure of this country for their own personal gain...
basically what i'm trying to say is, politics is dirty... for those who are using this as a basis for choosing who to vote, try thinking again... if we say we have to fight fire with fire, how can we say that that party is any better? however, if we really think that a party deserves our faith with much research and thinking gone into it (which clearly, some of the people who comment here have and it is great to know that :)), vote for whomever you choose.. my comments are just some food for thought...
but yes, elections are all about taking risks... again, may we make the choice with our country's wellbeing in mind. cheers
I understand why you feel this way - until not too long ago I thought the same way. I'm just saying that there's no way any good person can pressure BN from the inside - the vast majority of their candidates will toe the BN line, and so the dissenting minority will be easily crushed. In most other countries, coalition governments experience open dissent and the problem has to be resolved either in Parliament or by meetings between the various component parties. In Malaysia, all dissent is just quashed - even Ministers can't submit a memorandum to the PM about religious freedom. I have lost all faith in any attempt to change BN from the inside, or even moderate their poor governance.
As for those who think the opposition is unqualified to form a government, call me an optimist, but having worked with them, I believe they deserve to form the next government of Malaysia (warning, longass article - longer than Su Ann's I think):
http://www.infernalramblings.com/articles/Malay...
I think you're also assuming way too much - it could very well be a sincere mistake on the part of the bloggers. The only person who has deceived anybody is the fella who edited the video, who is certainly not acting on authority from the opposition leaders. (If he is, the opposition leaders are either way too stupid for not publicising the video, or way too smart for not publicising the video. Unless there is evidence to the contrary, The Star is flat out lying in its claims that the opposition parties have been actually claiming Mahathir said he framed Anwar.)
alrighty then... haha my comment on the video made me look like an idiot to you people who were more aware than me then... :) i was directing them to mainly some people who were possibly as ignorant as me... but thank you, i really appreciate your clarification on this matter...
trusting you have made up your mind based on loads of thinking, rationalising and personal experience (as with my mom who told me she is voting for the opposition), i'm rest assured that you will make a wise choice for the betterment of our country...
pinkpau:
again, i commend you for your posts on politics... erm i'll really really try to shut up now... :)
" Mari lah, mari, "
" Mari lah undi, "
" Lama-lama, semua babi pun mati. "
1.....the Malaysian political climate will never change. Not until Malays stop hiding behind UMNO and Chinese hide behind DAP.
Correction - Chinese hide behind MCA not DAP....
2....I would not trust a rookie, DAP, to run Malaysia.
My view - Even all of us cast our vote for DAP, they will not able to make it to run the country, so basically we vote them is to help them to get more seat in the Parliment to speak out our problems in future...so why worry?
3....The current economic state we are in is a blip. Its not just Malaysia thats feeling the pinch...
My Q: Yes, no doubt...but please explain where have the $ gone if Bodohwi kept telling us that our economy is booming up excellent....but lower level like us are suffering day and night of price hike?...Corruption is the answer.
"Fed up", you are too naive, pls study more before you go for BN.... but I don't blame you, cos you are just one of the many out there who's still sleeping...you might continue to sleep for another 5 years....
http://www.skthew.com/2008/02/18/one-vote-bn-wi...
I once was like you too, thinking that we're all living in paradise-land while the evil oppositions scheme to do evil. The internet is really an eye-opener don't u agree? Hmm come to think of it, perhaps that's why the goverment isn't doing much to promote the Internet penetration rate eh?
i think we should choose a credible candidate to speak on behalf of me rather than a party. my constituency, Rasah often switch hand between BN, MCA and DAP. but both of them have something in common. they only talk and not action.
my place have not been visited our MP for more than 3 decade except when my home is flooded, a MCA state assemblymen drop by and solved the problem. but too bad because he has differences with the party, the party, MCA have kill his political career.
here i appeal to the eligible voter to vote the choice of your candidate and not the party. this is something i have been done during the last election. please don't afraid for change if you wish to.
a) Fear - threats of May 13, cheap defamation of the opposition, fear of "hand-chopping" PAS regimes, etc.
b) Greed - promises of development, bribery, etc.
c) Ignorance - completely erasing the existence of the opposition in the media, spin-doctoring of stories, inaccurate portrayal of events in history textbooks, etc.
Apart from playing dirty, they don't even play fair - I was hearing all sorts of stories from the way they rig elections during a PA training which includes things like waxing ballot papers and smuggling ballot papers out to be sold. Najib claims the opposition is getting desperate? Look who's talking!
Kudos to you Su Ann, I highly applaud your political awareness, sense of justice and bravery in putting up this article.
u forgot inciting jealousy between races
And I think this 'clamping down bloggers' thing really got most bloggers afraid of voicing out what they think about the government. I've got numerous emails saying how I should think before I blogged about the elections and the government and their attitudes.
I think it's time we speak up. This is our country and we should feel we belong and we matter. All we get is, "If you do this, we'll detain you" yadda yadda. Hmph.
bravo pinkpau!!
this is a very very common misconception!! and BN want to instil this into every citizen's mind.
having voices representing boths sides of the argument heard is the VERY FUNDAMENTAL BASIC of the system of DEMOCRACY!
BN have their version of how this country shuold go about, and so does Barisan Alternatif. BN will advocate for their manifesto saying that this is the best for the country, and so will BA.
i must say, there is absolutely nothing wrong with BN's manifesto. in fact, i think if they implemented their policies with 100% effiency, i dont think there is a need for any other parties to exist at all.
however, it is to my conclusion, and my 99% of my friends, and colleagues and cyber frens,...that BN did not carry out their duty to implement their manifesto....for the 50th year since indepence.
enough has been said and argued........but if BN really want to destroy DAP/PAS/PKR........just do as they promised with effiency and transparency (just half of singapore's level of effiency will do..really)....and DAP/PAS/PKR will be wiped out of the map.
but in recent years, awareness has punched me in the gut. our country is not as idyllic as i was brought up to believe. it reminds me of the song "from a distance".
our country looks like its doing fine from a distance, but come nearer and one will see the discontent simmering.
When it comes to fulfilling their promises to the people, BN fails miserably because these money have gone down the drain. They hope by controlling the election the next time around (a.k.a. cheating and spending taxpayers money), they will still stay in power - the cycle just continues!
I feel for some of the people here who believed that it is the same situation if the opposition won. There is still going to be corruption and all the problems there are now because it is human nature to be power crazy once you have a taste of it.
While I applaud the gusto of our people who fights for a fair election, I can see no rising sun horizon for all of us. I intend to braindrain the country before I am even old enough to vote and take my beloved family with me. Malaysia is a crumbling hellhole and its best if we deprive Malaysia of its only charm and exoticness - multiculturality. Without it, there would be hardly any tourism and it shall definitely starve to death. (Remember history text books about the British destroying oil wells on the impending Jap occupation - which reminds me how retardedly biased our history texts really are..don't even get me started!)
Once Malaysia only has Muslims and Malays - it should be interesting to see how they move on. Since they hate us so much, might as well do both of us the favor of not being with one another - divorce!
bbc is quite concerned with this time's election
The government's NEP allows the Malays to have more kids minus the costs. In population pie terms, this means Malays will have a bigger slice and it is only going to get bigger - effectively edging out other races and in political terms, a surefire way of securing future votes. Sow the seeds and reap the fruits of your labor so to speak!
MCA have been talking about the decline in Chinese percentage and offering birth incentives of about a few hundred MYR. What a stupid tactic. Isn't obvious why the Chinese aren't copulating as much as MCA would have hoped?!
Many families who are non-bumis are striving really hard just to provide for their one or two children. For the sake of garnering more votes you just drop a few hundred MYR in hopes of appearing as an angelic party who cares about the poeple's plight. And this relates very much to the revolting JPA-MCA adverts!
As long as the country does not practice meritocracy like the ancient Chinese civilization, we will never ever move forward.
Fucking asshole he is.
I'm so pissed off now.
FYI, meritocracy like the ancient Chinese civilization is not quite a good solution too. You see, its not pure meritocracy, its corrupt and full of bureaucratic tactics. I recommend the chinese classic "The Scholars" or in chinese "儒林外史" (Ru Lin Wai Shi) to have more insight in this matter.
PINKPAU U ARE MY IDOL!!!!
HALLO???!!! Parliament dissolved?? no alterations or passing of act at the moment...???
Pinkpau on Anwar..
oh man have u read his manifesto?? It's ridiculous and unrealistic...?? he has changed?? cum'on he is a radical malay....that will nvr change...he may seem to have changed...pls open ur eyes...its just a way...to get supporters..when he is up high on his post he will be himself again bcos he will b strong then....just like he used to...n he will let out his mind once agin....
All the complains n comments abt BN...if u noticed...its attacking UMNO candidates..mostly...
suppose other BN component parties wud like to enforce their manifesto?? but just not permitted by the UMNO party within?? they might b supressed as they hav such minimum amount of sits in pariliament or any state...
BADAwi's claim or economic improvement...everyone just saaw the surface of it...anyone wonder about the pressure n internal issues that concerns the country reputation n therefore not disclosed to public...?? n by this i dunot mean corruption....but say debts n intergovernmental issues??
All I see in most of the comments are just racial hate and backlash.
Chinese/Indian (i suspect mostly chinese though) complain about not enough ethnic 'fairness' and lots of sprouting statistics of racist related policies. How accurate are the statistics and what are the sources? Can it be guranteed that there is no bias in the facts?
Next point. With NEP installed, there is a rising malay middle class. However, the mentality still remains the same, probably due to the form and structure of BN itself. If i was a member of a majority, i would personally feel threatened if i see people not of my kin languishing in wealth. There will be a natural backlash towards such things as much as people go around saying ANOTHER MAY 13 IS A MYTH bullshit. Whether or not another racial riot may occur is something im sure both sides of the debate have their feelings, and I cant say with any certainty that one may or may not happen (unless orchestrated) but in the long run, there will be a deep unseated reverse anti-empathy. Grass-roots dont 'feel' the same way we city / educated folks do. In the long run, without an NEP type structure , there would be deep hatred among grassroots and a diminish middle class which might culminate in racial hatred anyway. It might not be apparent in the short nor even the middle, but young hot blooded 'racial nationalists' would see that a proportion of their majority is not having wealth shared and there WILL be backlash.
Even now as we speak, im sure if u interview any mat rempit, they will tell u how much they abhor the chinese/indian because they drive around in flashy cars or own nice big houses. There is a sort of multiplier effect in a way.
Whilst UMNO seems to be racist to most of us, to grassroots it is seen to be 'defending' their racial pride. Continued 'favouritism' is not just a gimmick but a form of 'protection' too. As much as many ppl say how UMNO is super malay-ish, many of mahathir's own 'cronies' who have big money now are non malays anyway. Some people dont see that racial politics is always involved intrinsicly, but what people with big money do is another unseen matter. I'm sure mr k has lots of chinese/indian cronies just waiting for him to burst big on the scene and start sucking from him.
What this country needs is a fresh new clean party that grassroot majorities can identify with. PAS is probably little too extreme still for me, and DAP is perceived as chinese. PKR is tainted with Anwarism. A more moderate malay-isk party might do the trick.
Alas... even our Dato Hussein Onn couldnt bring up such a party during more moderate times of our country's birth. What more now with a bigger divide in the cracks.
Johnlee: noted about subsidy effects, however there is competition within other industries (probably not enough but that is debateble at this point) to have other goods remain low priced enough but i suspect it is the role of middlemen that are raising prices in those areas. Meat and Vege products have shot up in prices, and I dont think these are subsidised. These are the things that the public perceive to be going up and is used as blame by activists. (i dont necessarily say opposition here because i haven't read the manifestos haha)
Subsidised goods prices should not be going up in the perceived view of the public because they remain subsidised. Quotas during festivities however do pose a problem but are a temporary spike anyway ( and black market profileration) but during non spike times, there should be sufficient sugar flour rice bread etc at low prices that shouldnt affect inflation that much. Mr mamak still buys his flour at bulk at the subsidised price and should in theory sell it at his own optimal pricing that incorporates that. (if not then the other mamaks would undercut his pricing anyway) However, u will notice that a plate of meat at a mamak costs RM 4or so for a measly few pieces.
I agree that usually, subsidies and quotas do increase inflationary push but they use it the same way as an argument akin to the Petrol rise, that it is the direct fault of the government that petrol is going up, meaning, the perceived rise by the public is used to trump up inefficiency of BN. THey use the same reasoning on rising prices of subsidised basics.
Honestly though,i agree that floating the prices of subsidised goods might bring down the prices in the long run (or might not as i think tightly controlled oglioarches are quite easily formed in community / relationship driven asian fundamental behaviour) In theory, ogliopolies dont do well because they would be market driven in the end. However, this is assumed on a western individualistic model, without the added assumption that Asian cultures form strong relationship bonds when doing businesses anyway. (One can look at the UMNO-MCA-MIC ogliopoly to see that. If they split, Malay areas will be run by UMNO, chinese by MCA and indian by MIC and again the majority would be Malay based) So, does one be co-opetitive (to borrow from Michael porter) or be out right competitive? Is there some synergy (twisted albeit) ?
As a side..
I think voting should be based on whether you think the person/party you're voting for invests in your beliefs the most. Not based again on semantics. However, just based on the comments here (i assume commentors are fairly intelligent) you can see how racially divided people are. Everyone can harp on how we are so racist and etc but at the end of the day, people will clump and keep out for their own people.
Only an objective society can work in a truly democratic environemtn and sadly, Malaysians have not reached that sort of intelligence yet. We can say that its propagated by the BN system anyway, but this goes far further back. It may trump up racial problems all the time, but this will be at the back of the mind of the mak cik and pak cik sitting at his hutt chatting with his chinese friend who's munching on pork floss. Even though they may support and love each other as good neighbours..
Like will always look out for like. Mostly.
what are u babbling about? I cant even get a coherent point in that. Other then u saying anwar is incompetant and that parliament dissolved. Uh.. hello. That is a very short sighted way of looking at things. Parliament voted to keep the current EC Chairman for an extra year this year when he should have retired, knowing that they will declare elections soon. Is that blatant enough?
johnlee thou art my hero. i think you should write a book :)
fakeanon : you bring up some very good points. sigh. it's a shame malaysia loses so many bright minds like yourself due to brain drain.
yh : do refer to my reply to umami at comment #94 :)
"or PAS, this kolot party who comes up with all sorts of archaic rules like boy-girl separation and condones such radical Islamization!!! "
thank you for such islamophobia statement.
p/s: i dont think UMNO own Media Prima. Media Prima is own by one of Perlis royalties.
btw, does BN brought our country to doom? i dont think so.
do the oppositions have the same strength as BN? i dont think so, then dont blame if the competition is unfair
im not a pro-government guy, but i think what malaysia needs is an opposition as strong as BN, so go create one.. and DAP should enlarge their influence. stop the personal assassination, and do politics in the least-barbaric way possible. then we can make BN people become intimidated and start to work MORE efficient. i mean they still work now, but they just dont do it that efficient. well, part of it is caused by millions of malaysians working with government and do nothing at work other than sleeping.
so in the end, its all back to our own attitudes.
you should shape malaysia people... not by studying abroad under government's scholarships*koffkoff* and then stay in overseas. if that is the way you are going to live, then why do you care about malaysia's politics scene anyway.
we, young malaysians, should shape the country..not risking it.
peace:)
don't forget they wasted 26million to send a model to space. if they're going to send another one to the moon, i'll make sure they dont win the election.
abdullah is sending out a warning to the penangites that they might lose their voice in the parliament should they vote for the opposition!
is he trying to say that if there's no MCA reps in the parliament, the chinese in penang will not have their voices heard? wat bullshit is this? r u sure MCA exist in parliament? MCA is jz the bodyguard of umno.. pls ppl dun count on mca to voice out ur opinion for they will only voice out opinions allowed by umno..
What in PKR's manifesto is unrealistic? I defy you to read BN's manifesto without saying exactly the same thing. BN makes even more vague promises than the opposition parties; saying you will keep the civil service clean is useless when you have had 50 years to do that, and don't even present a plan to accomplish it. Both opposition parties have outlined how they will raise salaries to reward competent public servants and discipline the incompetent and corrupt ones. If anything, BN has the more impractical and unrealistic manifesto.
songjun:
I share your concerns with all the present political parties, but PKR is moving beyond Anwarism - at one point it was doubtful they would survive Anwar once he retires/dies, but looking at them today, I think they can survive him going. The only issue is that they are a very young party, so whoever succeeds Anwar will himself be very young.
Regarding the economy, my point was not so much about subsidies but price controls and monopolies. The government runs around condemning mamaks who raise the price of teh tarik, threatening them with arrest, while their own monopolies dominate the economy. Rice, for instance, is a Bernas monopoly. The telecom market is carved up amongst a few companies, most with goverment links. We only have two airlines, both run by people with ties to the government. Cable TV? Another monopoly/oligopoly. Plantations? Run by GLCs. Real estate? Developed by GLCs. Everywhere the government's cronies run everything, ensconced in a government-protected bubble from competition.
Your argument about culture is, I think, misplaced. Applying that logic in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea did not bring significant development to the industries where monopolies were protected. Japanese banking is a joke because of the government protectionism there, Korean chaebols had to be significantly restructured post-'97, and Taiwan is booming now only because they brought the free market in. The problem with our economy is that in virtually every sector the government's cronies monopolise it and prevent competition - which is precisely what authoritarian regimes have historically tended to do, thereby retarding economic development.
That is why, of course, both DAP and PKR propose opening up our markets to competition and guaranteeing a low-red tape, business friendly environment. The more people we have competing to provide rice and other basic necessities, the more people we have developing real estate, setting up broadband lines, and so forth, the faster our economy will take off.
This issue of Anwar's supposed racism was dealt with over three months ago:
http://jelas.info/2007/12/26/samy-anwar-the-kg-...
Something you guys might want to bear in mind: Khairy, Hisham, and Najib have all waved the keris; Najib has threatened to bathe in the blood of Malaysian citizens. Anwar has never done that. He might have been corrupt, but he sure as hell never played the "I'll kill you if I don't get my way" card.
pinkpau:
I'm too scatterbrained, lol. I must do that one of these days.
http://themalaysianinsider.com/mni/10-things-yo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTACmC4qVLQ&...
Too bad i cant vote this year.. :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVssaiaBZ1Y&...
as underlined.
And also, who is the original author?
Thanks.
Wow 143 comments already.Hope you get to read this.
Please do not take this as being patronizing and condescending.You are a remarkable young lady and I daresay you will be a great success in whatever you choose to do in the future.Because of young people like you I have great hope for our country.Please keep on being you.
in fact many who are eligible to vote are not even registered! (even ppl in their senior years! Gosh!)
its so NOT true if you think 1 vote lesser is alright because you are one of the thousands who think that way! the "oh, BN-will-surely-win" mentality will only cause the country to suffer! esp the future generation.
so please exercise ur right to vote! why waste those precious votes when we can make a difference as a wole?
*i hope this isnt too late (for those who are registered and not voting)
i would like to add on Pau's response to umami's doubt. The fact is like she said, we can't be 100% sure. Why? Because we never had the chance to find out. Ever since our independence, we have been ruled by one and only one party - the BN. It's not like the opposition has failed us before as a ruling party.
i was like..OMG IS THAT MEL!>!>!? hehe
anyway
john : no i totally agree with the point about competition. But as you can see, our mobile telecoms are doing very well competing with each other. Phone calls and SMSes are dirt cheap nowadays compared to the RM1.50 I used to pay Celcom to text singapore wtf. In some cases, GLC intervention is there due to the availability of funds. In some cases, for example, palm oil, they would need big initial funding to kick start the industry. Rice prices remain quite low even with BERNAS monopoly and etc. I know price controls inadvertantly spill over as negative externalities, as subsidies can and should be used to fund other sectors more effectively but again, the essentials that feed the common poor are essentially about the same price with slight rise in price.
Your point about ogliopoly not working in msia can be understood simply by observing pricing of fruits in a pasar malam or meat prices in a pasar. Fruits or objects within a pasar are usually similarly priced with a 'nod' to co-opetive pricing. Suppliers in msia also do the same thing, they mutually agree to keep prices up in many cases. Barring controlled items, one should view items that have healthy competition. There are still high prices in those areas. For example, Imbi plaza used to all sell their pirated ware at the same price. There is an 'agreement' not to lower prices too low. But u could argue that there are probably more sinister forces in play. Or perhaps all their supply come from one source anyway. But if it did, then no one would wanna open a shop after a while there.
However, in essence, i agree that there could have been better economic policies that should have been implemented. Malaysia is ripe now for loosening of regulations.
What just annoys me is that some opposition take the direct increase as a result of JUST bad economic planning, barring external factors. Here's an empirical study on the causation of inflation in malaysia.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewConte...
You may need your university ATHENS to access.
And another thing that annoys me is that there are alot of so called 'anti governmentalists' out there who are just anarchist inclined without considering other dimensions. Like those who go around yelling about Chinese schools and etc being closed down to make way for government school when it could be just simply that the government wants to increase mixing within races in schools. (though im half sceptical about this) Or saying things like its stupid we learn things in Malay when the rest of the world talks and learn in english. If you were not arsed enough to learn english ANYWAY by yourself, why complain in the first place.
grr..
anyway.
Vote DAP :D
What people don't know is that during the past few decades of BN rule, they have effectively opened the floodgates for Indonesians to migrate here, grant them citizenship and on top of that, offered them BUMI status so they can now assimilate with the malays, in return that they promise/indebted to vote for BN of course. This is how they managed to increase the malay population so fast.
I have a classmate whose grandparents migrated from Indonesia and has since 'become' a malay and a bumi while the chinese/indians/lain-lain bangsa who has been here for hundreds of years are still considered second class citizens.
The same situation is happening in Sabah now when a lot of illegal immigrants are given citizenships like they're free or something. Exactly the same reason why Sarawak has a different set of immigration rules to prevent this influx(either fr peninsular people or any other place) from happening.
Keep up the good work, and you should also remember who to cast for when you are eligible to vote.
Yes, I definitely agree with your point about wanton grumblers who think everything is the government's fault. I have lost count of how many times people have lambasted me as a BN pawn and a self-hating racist because I think vernacular schools are bad for national unity. Likewise, it's hard not to cringe when someone blames the government's bad policies for all inflation.
But having said that, I think you're giving the government's economic policies too much credit. The fact is, prices would be lower if Bernas weren't monopolising the rice industry, and if the government didn't busy itself chasing down restaurateurs who respond to increasing prices of necessities and raise their own prices accordingly. The government can't be blamed for rising world prices, but its own policies are bad no matter what the global economic climate is. Inflation is only one part of the picture, though the opposition is emphasising it for the sake of simplicity.
Macroeconomic figures tell the same story - our growth rate of a little over 6% is in the same league as the Philippines - today in my Southeast Asian history class, my prof showed us graphs compiled by the Economist - our economy's growth rate languishes in the bottom half of Southeast Asia; the top rung is dominated by Singapore, Vietnam, and Laos. We are, if I recall correctly, a bit behind the Philippines and a bit ahead of Indonesia.
Bear in mind that we have petroleum, timber, a strategic location on a major waterway crucial to the world economy, a larger land mass than the UK, a tradition of rule of law and capitalism - Vietnam is still recovering from communism, the Philippines has worse problems with corruption than we do (to look at Filipino politics is to despair, I tell you...) - none of these countries have a good reason to be ahead of us. We're fast becoming the sick man of Asia, because the government persists in protecting its GLCs and cronies form competition, domestic or global.
You also have to bear in mind that this tendency of the businessman to collude and cartelise the market is not new. Adam Smith complained about it, and Milton Friedman lamented it. Yet why have other market economies been more successful? Because instead of legitimising it, they do their best to address it, trying to keep markets open to competition, and refusing to grant special favours to certain firms.
Businessmen and investors have trouble in Malaysia because you have to grease palms to get things done, because you have to do business with the government if you want to succeed, because of an unhelpful bureaucracy that moves slowly in approving unnecessary red tape, because of a partial judiciary more concerned about protecting the interests of government cronies than enforcing contracts - the lists go on and on. What impresses me this election about the opposition is that both the DAP and PKR have recognised this, and outline how they will address these things in their manifestos.
P.S. Should use JSTOR for academic articles lah. A lot easier for me to access them that way. :p
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~peace to pinkpau :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
verryyyyy comel................... :)..
Yes, i read kenny's interviews. The BN candidate gave a pre-formulated i-dare-not-piss-my-party/bosses answers & the other one, I heard the voice of the common people.
The BN candidate is the political secretary of the Swak Chief Minister- 1 of the most corrupted souls in Msia and most "protected" thief by Swak BN cronies. How on earth rakyat will vote for this BN candidate who is the right-hand man of the corrupted CM is beyond comprehension.
I went to DAP ceramah last nite - Gathering of 10,000 voices.....& the BN ceramah attracted at most a crowd of 200 (even with chairs, food, drinks & 'angpows' given).
This is Kuching's reaction to BN......& thats why the most dirty tricks have been used by BN in their pitiful effort to bring down the VOICE of ppl in Kuching.
Watch this! =)
From Kuching again. FYI, the DAP guy, Chong CJ, that Kenny interviewed won by majority of about 10,000 votes (increased majority of 500%). Cheats & money politics by BN failed to stop people power here!! This hero of ours is the most hated person of the Swak BN governmt....esp. the corrupted chief minister. The CM even instructed police to stop cars from going to the DAP ceramah last nite!! Never stopped us....we all walked there !!
However, the dreaded postal votes caused DAP candidates to lost in 2 seats in Sarawak. They are leading all the way by huge majority & lost only when postal votes were counted. One by mere 100+ votes only. Postal votes have once again been used to silence the rakyat voice. Bast@#$ BN ploy !!
PINKPAU FOR PRIME MINISTER!
GREAT RESULTS!!!! The people have truly spoken.
So I don't really think it came from the influence of other things. Meaning they have lost to the public and they just got lucky as they have backup plan to support them.
stuff like mckinseyquarterly, bcg etc etc articles are really good but must sell backside to access -.-
ironically, the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (OECD and US law regarding foreign bribery) allows for 'palm greasing' transactions as not an act of bribery but just to speed up process and not affect business outcome.
got some points here and there tot wanna raise but too lazy today HAHA but in general i think we generally agree more or less on some points.