Wind of Change

Well well, what a welcome back from Germany. Such interested general elections results for Malaysia. Here's some of my thoughts on the general elections...

We were in Germany, all excited with the results. It was indeed a shock. BN has lost a couple of states. Big win for the 'opposition'. But we all concluded that it was for the better. BN could no longer do as it wishes.

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Big news today, Umno members had an illegal street protest in Penang. Wow! Back in the days when the Opposition had illegal street protest, they were jailed and sometimes locked up under ISA - jailed without trial that is. So, is the Federal Government about to jail their own bunch for illegal protest? A protest WITHOUT police permit? This if fun to watch.

Now UMNO know what it is like to be the opposition.

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NEP. BN is just confused. There are people against the NEP but it is not because of race or because they don't want the Malays to progress. Here are some questions:

Where the leaky pipes episodes sponsored by a NEP contractor?
How about the uncompleted collapsed building in Kedah? Also by NEP?
Or the bridge, which also collapsed in Kedah? Yet another NEP product?

Hello! It is time to wake up! It has nothing to do with race. It has to do with sheer incompetency. If they don't wake up, I guess they will be the Opposition by 2012.

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Heavens knows why they are calling DAP the opposition in Penang. Bad luck, they are now the ruling party and BN is the Opposition. Looks like BN and all its controlled media are still badly confused.

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Based on a report on The Star, BN managed only 51% of the vote, which is far less than 60% of the seats in Parliament they control. Guess the message is clear. They are very close to be shown the door. And yet, they still do not have a clue what they have done wrong.

The fact is rather simple. What bothers people the most is something close to home. Town councils. And since we have no say over our town councillors, the next best thing is to boot the state government out. That's exactly what happened.

No one cares if KLCC has the tallest towers. But I would be swearing and cursing if they took away the field and built bloody shop lots there. That's what they've tried to do many times. And the good news - we kicked Lee Hwa Beng's ass! He was the state exco member. Every few months, there would be a new application to build something on the field. Come on! No means no. How many times can the residents protests? Better solve these problem once and for all, for the next five years at least!

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The best news from this elections - Malaysians have shown that they are a matured bunch. Based on statistics, voting was not done based on race. Voting was also not done based on the number of wasteful banners and posters one puts up. Voting was not done based on the impressive advertisements on newspapers. Not on empty promises.

Voting was done to send a message. Loud and clear. And it was done!

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Nett nett, it is a good wake up call. Most Malaysians are worried - wow, change of government. To be honest, most countries - Australia, UK, USA, change governments every so often. This is indeed a big step forward for Malaysia. I dare say - this is something Singaporeans have yet to achieve. A level of maturity equivalent to developed countries. This is truly Malaysia Boleh!