Isa Samad won because he was a very popular chief minister of Negri Sembilan. The Chinese community had benefited from his largess. Yes, kiss the hand that feeds you. Never mind if it was something a chief minister or any elected representative was supposed to do - taking care of his people's interests.
Never mind if he was corrupted. A number of Malaysian Chinese still believe that it is okay for a leader to be corrupted as long as he/she can bring development. Hence, for years many of them had a bitter sweet relationship with Dr Mahathir.
They voted overwhelmingly for him when the economy was doing well and punished him when the economy was not doing well. It did not matter if Dr Mahathir was an autocrat. Never mind if he had acted undemocratically and harshly against his political enemies.
On Saturday, the MCA delegates voted to keep a similar rotten culture in their party.
Isa may have won. Chua Soi Lek may be thrilled to see his opponent being disposed. Isa and Chua did not win.
Ong Tee Keat may have been rejected but he did not lose. But he would be remembered as a casualty of those who would not hesitate to do anything to protect their own interest and wrongdoing. His next move will determine if he will enjoy the last laugh.
This nation has lost another chance to change and to reject the bad.
Good night, feudal Malaysia. Continue to kiss the hands of your corrupted leaders, no matter how dirty and smelly they are.
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for a few dollars more..the good, the bad and the ugly.
Bagan Pinang voters are the ugliest.
hassan ali, take note that tanpa non-muslims PAS boleh mati, tau ?
Not me....
Without postal votes PAS would have won. I think...!!!!
Now lets see if they'll get a swimming pool or not...!
Lets also see the revival of abandon projects & "whatever" that "IS" promised....!!
Sometimes I wonder, do these postal voters have a sense of "belonging" .....??
Didn't they put up their right hand & "swore" to uphold the law, protect the country & the rakyat...????????????????????
What are they "afraid" of...??
I think this piece you have written is with a skewed opinion which is definitely against your independence. Please do not publish my comment. It is also against my principle to pass criticism without consideration either way.
Dr KKP,
you come in a roaring lion for the lambs to learn the lambs are in fact wolves- hence your present dejected mood.This chinese scenerio happens everywhere, even in PRC if not for the bullet in the neck. Isnt it time you take care of your own door instead of the city gate of enemies-anonymously-friends chearing you to your death?
For where no hope is left, there is left no fear.-Dante
I am dejected as you are. Even more because I know even some Christians support this corrupt regime.
Are we a nation without a soul?
KKP,
Surely you did not expect PAS to win. This is not an affluent or educated constituency but one that needs and wants development desperately to improve their economic well being. You can call it feudal subservience, political patronage, or any other name but to voters, local issues trump all else. This by election shows that selfish bread and butter issues are very important to the not so affluent, more so than esoteric values they cannot eat. No need to despair.
Your assessment of the political culture in Malaysia is so frightening correct. Malaysia will never come out from third world mentality with that backward feudal practice. Forget about your 2020 vision. Malaysia will continue to progress slowly while other countries will go pass us. eg China and India.
Nail on the head. The thing about corruption is that one party has to give and the other to receive. This monster called UMNO was created with corruption and guess who the giver(s) were/are. It is ironic that the giver nowadays act like they are the innocent ones and that it was never their fault(or benefited) from this arrangement. No one ever talks about this giver. If only UMNO had been taught that success does not come easy and that they would have to work for it we would not be in this quandary. Instead the giver fu**s it all up by bribing and corrupting the elite Malays and hence 30 years down the line we have what you see today.
You're so right! We deserve the government we get!!!
Good morning Malaysia! The land of where corruption is openly endorsed by voters!
As long as you win some and I win some, what is wrong with a bit of corruption, man!
That seems to be the signal that comes out of this by-election.
If this mentality persists, generations to come will never be able to forgive us for tolerating corruption.
Especially when the country runs out of resources in the not so distant future
A Pas/PR lost at this stage is a good thing, I say this as a PR supporter.
It's been 18 month since 308, in that time, there's more similarities than differences in the way their leaders behave.
I am not expecting them to fix 50 years of wrong in 18 months but I am expecting cohesion, a master development plan for every state they run and regular updates at a minimum.
Let this lost get them closer together and take voters seriously. PAS should not blame postal voters and intimidation for their lost, based on the majority, they lost with or without postal votes.
I don't think you should insult the voters. They have made their choice. Democracy is not about voting the right thing. It is about voting what is acceptable to them. The rakyat had made their choice, Pakatan just have to talk less and do more work to convince the rakyat that they are better.
Thanks for being so candid about your disappointment, Kay Peng. All decent Malaysians share it. From some brainless comments left on my blog, there are still some who spout total nonsense in defense of their Umno/BN masters. Perhaps it's a Javanese version of voodoo where victims who succumb to prolonged stupor get turned into political zombies. Money is like mercury - fascinating stuff but if you play with it too much, it will poison you.
Maybe the voters of Bagan Pinang fear PAS extremists (like Hasan Ali) more than corruption.
Hassan Ali and likes do not care if PAS wins or loses. They are just playing politics that as long as Muslims/Malays are in control be it UMNO or PAS. That's why they purposely create issues once in awhile particularly closer to events such as by-election.
Now the question is when is the next by-election. Anyone YB(s) dying?
The Indians and Chinese had to choose between racism & corruption vs radical Islam (as offered by Hasan Ali and Zulkifili Nordin). They know oone devil, but they didn't know the other. Both were bad choices. If PAS wants to rule Malaysia, they have to respect the rights of other religions.
Sometimes the needs are stronger than the principles.
the MCA EGM is proof that these delegates voted FOR corruption. After all, that's why they joined the party. Same goes with Isa. Dignity, integrity, pursueing justice...all meaningless, cause there's nothing in it for their purse. Ravin..yes - supply and demand. Just like prostitution....and i'm wondering who's [party] prostituting themselves here.
wat do u expect then? this is Bolehland they can do wat ever they wish,no? then tell me wat can u do or we do..?
Nowadays people don't values dignity and principle as they should anymore.
As for UMNO chosing Isa for their candidate is not the issue of dignity and principle as well.As a matter of fact if UMNO pick any other name, BN will still remain the champion at Bagan Pinang.
But UMNO is dare to forego its principle and dignity in order to win or to be popular. It shows how desperate they are. What about the KPI's of the candidate. Taking a scoundrel to be your representative is out of the way. Justifying money politics as something that is tolerable and appropriate add up to the scoundrelous act that UMNO is patronizing all this while.
Worst still most of the voters in Bagan Pinang endorse and accept a scoundrel to be their leader and to serve them back with the scoundrelous money.
What a pity.Where is the dignity and where is the principles?
In other words people in Bagan Pinang either MAlay, chineese and Indians accept that money politics is not a sins but a blessing in disguise.
The people were ready for a change. But PAS, DAP and PKR were not ready, and still ARE NOT ready.
These 3 parties are still quarreling among themselves. If they cannot even rule a state, how can they rule the country? The voters who voted in the 3 parties, are still ready to vote for them again, IF they get their act together. There is still no love for BN. It has come to a stage of choosing between an ass and a donkey. Sad but true.
If you are nicer to BN, maybe they will give you more events to organize, otherwise they may ban all your events.
At Bagan Pinang, the voters had their say, after getting a share of the largesse.
To the two sides of a coin, who is the giver and who is the taker?
Did the voters resought to a give-and-take attitude? Truly wanting to vote in someone who can represent them, untainted, upright and have them in his heart?
Or did they look for a benevolent leader who truly gives and gives with all his heart?
At this skewed juncture, blowing the trumpet is such a enjoyable chest-beating self-indulgence.
PR now needs to learn from this and move forward with ever determined steps and truly adopt a give-and-take attitude with the aim to work together, do better and sock it to them in the coming GE.
QUALIFICATION TO ENTER UMNO IF YOU ARE CORRUPT,WILLING TO KILL,WILLING TO CONDEMM THE GOOD PEOPLE YOU ARE MOST WELLCOME WE HAVE MANY POST FOR YOU TO FILL UP.
AS FOR PAS PLEASE PERSUADE MORE ON YOUR HUDAD LAW.A LAW OF THE BABARIAN WAYS .ZAMAN DULUKALA DIMANA PADA MASA ITU TIADA PELAJARAN JADI TERPAKSA MELAKSANAKAN HUDAD LAW SUPAYA MERAKA TIDAK MENBUAT JAHAT.
NO, the loser is PAS but NOT pr , ok ?
Feudalism is alive and kicking in Malaysia which shows that we have not come out of the dark ages yet!
May we reap what we sow.
How do you change a whole generation of mindset overnight? Those "Greed is good" mentality made famous by fictional character Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, in the movie "Wall Street"? Where during Dr. M's reign as PM of Malaysia similar messages were sent out to all his cronies? It is also shaping the scene for the political landscape the way it is today.
Well, you can't.
By electing a corrupt politician back again Malaysians are essentially saying corruption is OK. If this is the mindset of the general public now, what hope do we have?
It is a very sad day indeed.
39% of those voted during Bagan Pinang were POSTAL VOTERS!
How on earth this place is the famous birth place of army, policeman, embassy staff etc???
EC, how can you explain this?
what the hell is going on with my country ???
niamahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
not me its patrick
'cow-head' is religious issue =
pas a 'parti agama' = scary man !
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