I lost for words how to describe my feelings for this moment to come - I feel the hope and the new dawn of better Malaysia. I am so touched by the event happened yesterday in my beloved country. This would only be the second greatest thing i want to witness in my entire life - the next one i want to see is the topple of the old and tired, racist corrupted incompetent regime and the system that does not work for the future of Malaysia. Without getting rid of the old regime and system, you can't barely have much hope. I am so excited to look forward a new justice-and-equality-for-all-races system to put in place in near future. This spells the rise of Malaysia to the Global stage as a developed country!!!
What excites me is, my state and parliament constituency are in the hand of Opposition (DAP & PKR), and the state government is fallen to the hand of Opposition too!!! Also, Opposition allies have together denied the two-third majority of BN in Parliament! Wow, i can't believe it... it is just too amazing. No one could actually predicted this would be coming before election. No one knows how the magnitude of the voice of change could be this strong. No one can tell the dissatisfaction among the people with the previous (and this coming) government, could have taken 5 states from the government's iron grip. The ruling parties could throw all their machinery, media, money (3M) to campaign and to cheat, but they could not suppress and cheat to people for too long. All their propaganda just don't work, because truth is truth, cannot be twisted and turned. People's heart cannot simply bought by 3M that BN used. People will wake up and do what is right to defend their rights! People sent a strong signal to BN, if they still continue to be arrogant and refuse to listen to rakyat, this is what you deserve!!! Hope this is a superb good lesson to BN. I wish them good luck and start reforming themselves if they want to be relevant in politics and win back electorate's hearts. I can't say i won't support them in future, if they are heading to a right direction and undergo massive changes. I hope that, one day, BN would discard all their racial doctrine, disband all their component parties and integrate into just one BN party which support for justice and equality for all races (like PKR).
I wish all opposition parties remain sensible and put forward some urgent reform agenda that this country desperately needs in the parliament and the state level. Local council election is one thing they could do, and also the Freedom of Information Act. They could set a good example for other state BN government to follow suit. If the opposition wants to continue to rule or possibly unseat the current govenment, what they just need to do is - Deliver all their promises at best, so that BN couldn't steal their limelight for change. If they manage the states well enough, the next General Election they will have something to show to all the people of Malaysia that Opposition parties are capable to handle the state and hence the nation. This is the best chance ever for opposition to let people see how different is under their model governance to BN governance. Personally, i think the opposition should keep pressuring the federal government into considering amendment or abolishment of draconian undemocratic acts such as ISA, UUCA, Sedition Act, Printing Presses and Publications Act, Official Secrecy Act. Those acts could prove unpopular , and are detrimental to the nation.
So much to hope for, and so much joy i would like to share at this moment!!!
Congrats to my friends who participated the election and won the election - They are Gan Pei Nei, Chang Lih Kang, and Nik Nazmi. Well done!!! They are the role model of the teenagers , who not only concern about politics but involve themselves into action for changes. I felt sorry for Ginie Lim for her defeat.
Today is a day that would be definitely written into the history of new Malaysia! =)
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Doesn't these guys' statement strike a chord with you (about the outcome of General Election)?
Dr Farish Noor: The message the voters are sending is a clear one: We, the Malaysian people, have come together united to demand a Malaysia that is plural and democratic, and home to all. Let no single Malaysian ever be marginalised and neglected ever again. We will no longer be patronised, insulted, manipulated by a government that claims to represent us but actually serves only itself.
The fact that so many independent candidates and so many new faces have come to the fore shows that the Malaysian public has grown weary of the old faces, the old discourses and the old mode of politics in the country. We are now a more complex and plural society than before and we need to forge a new politics that reflects this diversity and pluralism.
We need and want a new Malaysian politics where merit, equality, fairness and accountability prevail. The Malaysian people will no longer tolerate empty promises, discredited politicians, bankrupt politics, cronyism, nepotism and abuse of power. The Malaysian nation wants the country back. We will no longer surrender our future to politicians and elites alone.
Wong Chin Huat:
The BN has to do some soul-searching and reinventing. It cannot sideline the Chinese and the Indians.
The results also show that Anwar is relevant. It is certainly a victory for Anwar. It will put an end to speculation that Anwar would go back to Umno. It also shows a strong civil society, and the strong discontent among the Chinese and the Indians. Anwar did not single-handedly do this.
The Opposition needs to find a way to work together, to prove it is a viable alternative. It has to offer a line-up for a shadow Cabinet. Penang has the opportunity to be a model Opposition coalition government. Civil society will keep a watchful eye on the Opposition government to see what it does. Will it introduce the Freedom of Information Act, local government election, and a new socio-economic policy to contrast what we have at the federal level?
Question: Going forward, what needs to be done to strengthen democracy in Malaysia?
Dr Toh Kim Woon: Going forward, the government will have to take cognisance of being more sensitive and responsive towards the people. They will have to do away with the ISA and the other restrictive laws, and provide people with the space to air their views, including through a more balanced media. And what’s this nonsensical argument that demonstrations equal violence? If you keep denying people the space, then it’s going to explode in the ballot box as it has in this elections.
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