In Ipoh this morning, the BN has pulled out the last stop to complete the power grab in Perak. Many of us surely can't help but feeling confused about the rule of law and separation of power in this country.
In this incident, it appears that a state assembly speaker is not that commanding after all. Perak Speaker Sivakumar was even booted out of his own assembly. A vote was hastily taken to appoint a BN representative to helm the seat.
It appears both the police and the state secretariat officers are colluding with the politicians to complete the power grab in the state. Again the people of Perak are the biggest losers. The political battle to control the state assembly is done without much consideration of the people's interest.
The Perak democratic crisis has shown that it is a failed state. A caring and responsible coalition would have anticipated that a rule without the majority support of the people cannot be carried out smoothly.
It is a distaste to know that parties and stakeholders claiming the higher moral ground are oblivious to what has happened in the state and have ignored the repercussion, negative impact and psychological scarce faced by the people in Perak.
Whatever publicity or rebranding initiative done by the PM's team of experts will not be able to erase this negative impact of the power grab. The power grab, a very hasty decision as Mahathir put it, will come back to haunt the BN coalition in the next general election.
No wonder, many expired politicians are eating back their words by accepting important positions in the government. Perhaps knowing that their career will not last beyond the 13th general election.
It is the middle ground, a growing community of fair minded, critical and moderate Malaysians that political parties need to court to stay in power. BN does not seem to be interested in securing the middle ground.
Too bad, but I am sure many of us are now seriously considering participating directly in the political process.
It is important for the new coalition, PR, to guarantee the people that they will not go the similar way in the future. Anwar's Sept 16 ambition for a change in government through defections had damaged slightly the reputation of his coalition. Unfortunately, this and the Bota assemblyman's flip-flop were used by the BN to justify this power grab.
What a shame!
4 comments:
It was a BLACK DAY indeed in Perak. Democracy was raped and brutally murdered by power-crazy gangs of thugs. What's even more upsetting and disappointing is the men in blue's action in dragging out the Speaker like a dog!
Shameful and it now confirms the doctrine "Separation of Power" is DEAD in this once great nation.
Black is the colour of the day.....
The rakyat will remember this. Maybe our new Ed Minister will put this into the history book.
Nothing to be ashamed about it. A spade is a spade. You live by the sword, you die by the sword. The process of democracy has been threatened and only time will tell what PR engine the Federal led Government will use. After all, if all fails, they just need to throw a few buggers into Kamunting and lose their keys. In short, all is not lost. Those keys could end up haunting them in a big way cos the keys are now the internet and the internet will be the sword - without any blood shed or people getting killed. Shame on you Najib and Shame on you MCA, MIC, Gerakan for not speaking up. After all, you are gloating more in your new found positions in the cabinet. Remember this , Internet can be archived. Uncles and aunties (my fellow friends above 60 years old) can print and share to our Taichi friends. So - I will have a field day tomorrow at my usual Bangkok Lane joint stall with all these to show to my indian, mamak, Malay friends about how a fellow Malaysians were dragged into a store room. Imagine how you would feel?Come to think of it, Pulau Pangkor is a deserted island...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
Jeffrey Chew is actually posting a comment on the behalf of his uncle, Ramesh.
Mas Selamat and 2 other Malaysians were detained under ISA but why nobody make any noise not even the opposition?
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