Fading hopes for change
The landslide victory for BN in the 11th
Sarawak state elections yesterday is a sad reminder of the pathetic state of
affairs in the country as a whole and Sarawak in particular. To many of us in
peninsular Malaysia it was a great let down, although we expected it due to the
unfair way the elections were conducted.
The results appears to indicate that
the people have never learned their lessons from GE13 and the huge scandals
that involve the ruling party and its top leaders. They don't seem to have
learned their lesson of the massive corruption that is going on that is robbing
the people and nation of their wealth and rights. They don’t seem to have
learned the lessons from the blatant abuse of power and the erosion of the
independence of the institutions that are meant to protect their rights. These
may be national issues but aren’t they serious enough to be issues that affects every citizen regardless
of which state he belongs.
Is a reflection of the immoral money
politics which is being accepted as a norm? Is it a reflection of the bickering
and uncompromising attitude of the opposition parties? Or is it a reflection of
the general apathy of the people towards politics in general due to being
helpless with the massive power use?
Of late is a general feeling of
hopelessness among even the most ardent activist to bring political change
peacefully. Every peaceful and legitimate move to effect change has been
brutally smashed by the powers to be. Right has become wrong and wrong right.
Malaysians who wanted change for the nation have been severely discouraged and
are beginning to resort to the attitude “I
can’t save the country but at least let me save myself and save my loved ones”.
Not many have the perseverance nor the courage to fight against a system
that doesn’t care a damn for the wellbeing of the nation in their “Cash is King” rule.
The opposition parties’
uncompromising attitude cost them major losses even in their own strongholds. Refusing
to adopt a more give and take attitude made them fall victims to the racist and
abusive tactics of the mighty BN. Malaysians are beginning to lose hopes in the
opposition’s capability seize power and if it does in its ability to unite and
rule effectively. The dispute between DAP and PKR to settle the seat allocation
in the Sarawak elections has seriously eroded the people’s confidence in
Pakatan Harapan as an alternative to BN.
Voters in Sarawak have placed
their hopes in their Chief
Minister Adenan Satem and his promises for a more autonomous Sarawak. We will
have to wait and see whether he will be able to fulfil his promises, otherwise
BN will find it hard to retain their grasp over the state as there will be no of
the Adenan fever come 14GE.
Meanwhile the losses in Sarawak
and the bitter differences between DAP and PKR have sadly brought the nation
back to square one but now it is a battle between a much more weakened and
fragmented opposition against a greatly power and money boosted BN, which shows
no signs of bowing to the humble demands of the people in the near future. With
this, the prospects of the next 14GE does not seem promising and Malaysians will
be in for a tough times for many more years to come.
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