Change is YOU!

I do not think that when he was Lord of All that he surveyed, Saddam Hussein would have thought that he could end his days dangling from the end of a hangman’s noose. Can you imagine what would have gone through Hitler’s mind as he realized that his end was near in that underground bunker many many years ago? There is also the Shah of Persia, Marcos, Suharto….all once powerful leaders who died scorned and hated by the very people they once ruled over. Our Tunku did not die in peace…the last years of his productive life was spent fighting the very UMNO he was once leader of. Now we have Mahathir past 90 and Anwar Ibrahim past 70, also doing the same thing.

For those of us that sees all this and also makes an effort to understand human nature we know that all this are the theatre of life. I can go into NST this morning or Bernama and pull out any number of items that I want then dissect and spin them to any conclusion that I want – in support of BN or PR. To highlight Najib’s success in guiding Malaysia towards a better future or to highlight Najib’s failure to address the ills of UMNO. And I can do all this and still maintain my “credibility” as a writer …well at least to my own satisfaction.

But in the quiet of the evening when I am alone in my thoughts….this are the things that really matters….at least to me. Am I comfortable within myself with the things that I do? The things that I will or will not accept of life around me?

Do not color your “comfortableness” by race, religion or political affiliations. Just ask yourself “Is it right?”. Is it right that a 92 year old man is trying to make right what is wrong with politics in our country? Is it right that the wife of our Prime Minister is bent on taking center stage in the affairs of our country? Is it right that our politicians are regarded as dogs, pigs and the lowest form of human beings in our country? 

Is it right that there is still no closure on Altantuya? That the parents and family of Teoh Beng Hock, Kugan and Aminurasyid are still asking for justice from the authorities?

Is it right that we have one of the leaders of the opposition incarcerated in Sungai Buloh and soon, we will have another one, Rafizi, joining Anwar?

When will all this madness cease? Where did it all started from? Mahathir? Pak Lah? Najib? Or us? 

Your thought process is important. For our country to change YOU must change. YOU must see all these abuses by our politicians as being wrong. What they do is evil because no good men or women would steal millions of Ringgits from the very people they are leaders of! No good men or women would ignore the need to find answers to the death of Altantuya, Teoh, Beng Hock, Kugan and Aminurasyid amongst others. No good men or women will act the way most of our our politicians are now acting – with arrogance, contempt and without understanding the aspirations of the people that voted them into office.

That I can write about this is and have you read about it is a start. You can do the same. If you cannot write then go talk to someone and make them see the need to change their way of thinking. We must rid ourselves of these people that have drag our country, our people our way of life into the same abyss that they are now in. To do anything less would mean that we have failed our children and in the process failed ourselves. So stop asking me to highlight the corruption and the abuse of power within our country. I have done that in the past and more….and I will do so again when I think it appropriate.

For now change yourself….and change some one with you.

Make Change Possible!

I will not be distracted by any personal agenda of any politicians. I will not allow the issue of race, religion, gender or the beliefs and ideals of individuals, groups or factions within the opposition to get in the way of what we should all be focus upon - the ouster of Najib Razak and all that he represents. 

Nothing must get in the way of strengthening our resolve to see that Najib, Rosmah and every corrupt politician, every corrupt civil servant and every corrupt Malaysian who has abuse the trust the Malaysian people have placed in them by their corrupt ways - all of them will have to be taken to task for what they have done for their personal gain in the guise of government!

What we have do from today, all that we must focus from now and all that we should work towards is simply this : Make change possible.

And there are no two individuals who are more focus on this then Tun Dr Mahathir and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.  

Yes Anwar is in Sungai Buloh today....but be assured that once we have the opposition in government, their first task will be to have Anwar released and pardon and be part of the government at the earliest possible moment! 

Do not talk about who will be PM now. Do not ask if PAS will join the coalition. Do not wonder how DAP and PAS will be able to be together again. Ask not who will be in cabinet. Ask not who will be MB and how will power sharing within a coalition that is divided along racial, religious and political lines be possible.

Just understand that if Mahathir and Anwar can come together....everyone who is now in opposition to the Umno led Barisan Nasional must also come together as the late TGNA, Kit Siang and Anwar Ibrahim did in the last GE. Nothing less will do. 

And once the GE is won, once Najib, Rosmah and the whole lot of them are in remand and the process of bringing them to justice begins....there will be time enough for the PM, the DPM, Ministers and MB to be decided upon based on their performance before and during the GE and taking into consideration, the sensitivities of the electorates as indicated by the manner they have cast their votes     

Until electoral victory is achieved, you and I will have to do our part in making possible what Mahathir and Anwar have started.... the coming together of Malaysians who understand that our future, our Malaysia is bigger that any of us....and they do not come any bigger than Anwar and Mahathir.

So I hope that there will not be some among you who is on our side who will question the integrity of these two. I hope there will not be any among you that will ask either of them to repent, apologise or even ask for forgiveness for what they have done in the name of government when they were the government. All that is under the bridge.

All that what we have do from today, all that we must focus from now and all that we should work towards is simply this : Make change possible!

LAWAN MESTI LAWAN! 

ABU!

Laughter...CHANGE

Great lines by T.K.Ramakrishnan:

"Change cannot be given to you every time. 
You must bring the change."

Who is T.K Ramakrishnan? 

He is a bus conductor. 

Now read that it again._😆

I WANT TO KNOW!

This 13^th General Elections will change three things: Representatives, State Governments and Government Policies. At the Federal Level it still looks like the Barisan Nasional government will hold firm as it has held firm these last twelve general elections but government policies will change to reflect voters sentiments.

Why not we look at what has change BEFORE this 13^th general election?

We know that after the 1969 elections UMNO adopted aggressive pro Malay policies to lure back the Malays that had crossed over to PAS. We are familiar with Mahathir’s launched of Vision 2020 which open up higher education and a more liberal view towards cultural expression to win back the Chinese support in 1995. But again with the loss of Malay support in the 1999 election UMNO took Barisan Nasional back to a more pro Malay stance despite the fact that it was the non Malay votes in the urban area that helped BN to win the elections. In 2000 Mahathir went one better then PAS by declaring Malaysia an Islamic state. So wither goes UMNO now? And what will Pakatan Rakyat do?   

What we have today in our country is a solidarity of purpose that transcend ethnic and religious divides. No longer are the political parties able to divide and rule along communal lines. You do so at your peril! This is not to say that racial politics is a thing of the past…no Sir! Racial politics is still alive and well but the difference is this.

Today there is only one chant that can be heard over and over again as it sweeps across our nation. One chant that reverberates within our body, soul and mind and then articulated like a mantra by one and all:

CHANGE!

Some of us will want change and some will not want change. Some will want change for the sake of change while others thinks that change for the sake of change is dangerous because we are going into the unknown. Better the devil you know then the devil you do not know. And so the debate rages as the date for the elections nears.

No matter what happens AFTER the 13^th general elections we know that we will never go back to the days when our government can claims it knows what is best for its people. We will never again have a government without a credible opposition no matter who wins this general election. And most critical of all we know that we will have a government beholden to its people.

We will have a government elected by the people and working for the people. For a government to do otherwise will hasten its demise at the hands of a people who are now aware of their responsibility to police its own representatives and are also aware of its ability to dismiss a government it consider remiss in carrying out its duty as a representative of the people.

We decide who will govern us

and 

we decide who will not.

This is not about us giving Pakatan Rakyat a chance to govern to prove their capability at governing us. This is not about us giving UMNO/Barisan Nasional another chance at government because they promise to do good this time around. No none of that “I promise I will do this or that” sort of stuff. We need to get it right this time around!

I can only talk for myself and what I will do. I intend to  make an informed and educated decision as to who will best govern this country of ours. If any of you want to quibble that my HSC education will not be adequate to enable me to make an educated guess so be it! I will still try to make an educated a decision as my HSC education will allow me….but I digress again!

Seriously folks we need to start the process of listening to all the chatter that is around us….and not only listen but more important to hear what is being said.

PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali yesterday assured the party’s grassroots that the country’s top two leaders will be Muslim if the federal opposition takes over the government. We are listening to what he is saying but do you hear what he is saying? Is he not saying that if anyone is convicted of UnIslamic acts then they cannot be the top two leaders  of our country? Where does that put DSAI if he is convicted? So listen and hear!

The common adage is “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. Well it is broke! Our country is in a mess.

I want to know why Razak Baginda was paid RM$500 million commission for “arranging” for the Malaysian Government to buy those French submarines? Why must the French courts probe corruption allegations? Why not MACC or the Malaysian courts? Why was Altantuya murdered? If Razak is innocent why did he flee overseas?

I want to know why must the German Government initiate a corruption probe on that Taib feller in Sarawak? Why not our government? Why not the MACC?....and as far as MACC is concern your protestation that you are investigating Taib is bullshit! I want to see MACC go to Sarawak, handcuff him and bring him back to semenanjung for trail - fast tracked! 

I want to know what is happening with PKFZ?

I want to know who killed Teoh Beng Hock?

Petronas money was used to bail out Mahathir’s son’s shipping company.

I want to know why Samy Velu is so rich?

I want to know why so many UMNO and Barisan Politicians are living beyond their means in and out of office?

I want to know why PDRM is so corrupt?

I want to know all this and many more things but there are so many questions and no answers forthcoming from our government. That is why I say our country is “broke” and it needs fixing!

So please take this responsibility of making an informed and educated decisions of our future leaders seriously. There are good and bad people within UMNO and Barisan Nasional just as they are good and bad people within Pakatan Rakyat. Choose well.