Well, I have been busy following the election campaigns all over the country. It is all about election wherever you go and in cyber-world. I just came back from Singapore after attending a Diabetes Summit over the weekend. Even there, people are talking about our election. Many of the Malaysians who I met at the summit were also talking about election. This is what you call election fever, which only occurs once every 5 years.
There is one difference that I am seeing in this election. This will be my 5th election that I will be voting. The one difference that I see is the eagerness of every registered voter to vote! I had never seen that before. Each and every person who I met is going back to vote. I have friends from Singapore , Sabah and Sarawak who are coming back to their hometown to vote. Previously I had many friends who do not vote. When I ask them why, their answer will always be ” Why bother, BN will win anyway!”
I think the 2008 election changed everyone’s perception. What people thought is impossible became possible in last election. BN was denied 2/3 majority for the first time in history. I feel this had made many people to realise that no matter how big you are, you can fall one day! Thus, in this election everyone wants a change and going for a change. Whether it is for good or bad, remained to be seen but you will never know till you have tried.
We have 6 more days for voting. Wether this be a history in the making or will remain status quo, will be known on 5/5/2013. Whatever happens, we should accept the result and move on. I believe in 2 party system and no one party should be given 2/3 majority. MCA has been playing with the hudud and PAS issue in their newspaper on a daily basis. Pathetic! Pas is only contesting 71 seats which obviously they will not win all. How the hell are they going to change the constitution? I leave the readers to ponder upon!
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Don’t worry, MCA will be history after this election regardless the result. The Chinese community will make sure they win less than 3 federal seats in coming election.
to be fair, ‘Hudud’ itself is not a SCARY idea. Yes there is so called ‘amputation and mutilation’ for theft and stuff like that.. but that does not mean it will be implemented. Hudud when implemented along side modern Shariah laws under the purview of the Constitution is not that different from the western concept of justice.
Dont we hang people for murder? Similar idea.
So all in all, people have no freaking idea what they are afraid off. As they say, the only thing to be feared is fear itself.
As for the election, this is my prediction. Pakatan will gain Negeri Sembilan and Perak but will lose Kedah. “Minor” inroads will be made in Johor and Sabah which will be balanced by Pakatan losing grip over a few areas in Selangor and Kedah. BN will still win by a similar simple majority.
PAS and DAP will be a true force to be reckoned with. Keadilan will become a weaker third partner in the coalition as Anwar resigns from active politics. MCA and MIC will be gone.
There will be a new party aligned to UMNO, with the spirit of “Friends of BN” aligning splinter groups together under one banner (including MCA, MIC, Perkasa, Gerakan, etc). ROS will modify its rules allowing smaller number of parties to form a coalition. UMNO and “Friends of BN” will be the new reformed BN. Barisan Nasional will continue its reform strategies.
Anyway, this is just my mindless prediction. I could be wrong. 😀