Monday, April 30, 2012

BERSIH 3.0 - Saving our country or destroying it?

We had another BERSIH movement and as expected, it turned ugly. For those of you who thought this was going to be a peaceful, simple gathering to show the government that we are not to be taken lightly....what simpletons you are. There are 2 sides to this message. I personally think BERSIH is a great idea! But I am very concerned that BERSIH is being taken advantage of.

Don't get me wrong. I am not against BERSIH and it's call for a clean and fair election. I am all for it. I am just concerned that the cause and the supporters are being used for the means and objectives of the few. BERSIH was ABSOLUTELY necessary. I for one am sick and tired of the arrogance in our government and how they feel they don't need to be accountable to the people and that they can be blatant in their mishandling of our country's funds. I laud the many who braved the elements and of course the violence, to stand up for our rights as citizens of Malaysia.

I have a few comments for those involved.

1. To the Government, namely the PM, DPM, Home Minister, MCA chief, MIC Chief (I don't even know who the heck is it), CM of Pahang, CM of Sarawak, the newspaper editors and (but not limited to) the IGP

I am sick of how naive you think we are. I am so livid that you insult our intelligence by controlling the media to say things like "Our education is the best", "Only 1% of our police is corrupt", "Our police were professional and restraint", "Non-Malays are immigrants", "Lynas is safe and we will dispose the waste in Sg Lembing". "I was only joking when I said Sg Lembing", "I am the first lady", "I am not involved in teh NFC","BERSIH is illegal", "BERSIH is not illegal" and the list goes on and on.

In an election year!!! Who the heck is your PR manager?

For goodness sake, no one believes the damn newspapers anymore. You can show as many pics that you want depicting exactly what you want to propogate. We are in the digital age now, you miscreants!!! If you use the internet once in a while instead of for porn, you will see how your lies are being exposed. If you spent half the time working on our country's issues instead of making away with millions, you would not only ensure success, you may actual reap benefits legally! No need for C4 and MACC.

You work for the people regardless of race. Though I must say, your divide and conquer tactic is working very well as you sow fear into the Malays by spreading lies that we want an end to their privileges or that we want to attack Islam and do away with it. Sadly, many Malays believe it and you have successfully sowed this hatred to distract them from your dirty laundry. Stuffing a few hundred ringgit here and there has helped you solidify your rotten soul into theirs as they sell out our country and our future. I assure you, there is only so much cheating and discord you can sow. You can't cheat all the people all of the time.

Please, please, please....clean up your acts. Read your history. No good comes from tyranny, oppression and corruption. Remember Suharto and Marcos? Keep it up and you will end up like them.


To the Opposition

Please remember why you are doing this. You sold us the dream that Malaysia needs a change and that you will provide it. I am very concerned that our opposition leader is the same person whom in his youth is known to like violent protests. He is a person who believes that a show a force, chaos and violence will achieve his aim. This person, when he was in ABIM was constantly talking about protesting, rallying, showing violence to meet his means.

And this person recently has stated in his own admission that he thinks the people of Egypt and Syria are doing the right thing and that we should use that as our examples. This person is of course Anwar Ibrahim. For those of you blindly following him, please don't forget he was from UMNO too and so are the majority of PKR people. They lost out politically and now they are resorting to taking over the govt to make their means. BERSIH didn't come from Pakatan. It was from Ambiga and I pray that they are not using this sentiment just to be in power.

The people are evolving and we are a lot more savvy and vocal now. We so need a change that we are willing to take a chance of the opposition who are made up of the strangest bedfellows. PKR, DAP and PAS???? Truly not a very sound formula but we are willing to take that chance. So don't blow this. Make it worthwhile and if you ensure our prosperity and fairness, you will prosper as well. Look at high income countries like SG, Australia, Scandinavian countries, etc.


Fellow Malaysians
To my fellow Malaysians, I would ask you to also to fair in your judgement. Let's not stoop down to the level of those corrupt in the government. We have to be responsible and ensure we have the right facts. Don't spread rumours, photo-shopped pics, wrong info, misguided facts that are used to twist us. That only gives the government more ammunition. Be truthful, fair and responsible. Also please be safe. Instigating the police was a bad idea. It always is.

God Bless you and all of us. See you at the elections.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Bersih was an amazing experience for me. There was fanfare, drama, action and love. Yes, love. I saw thousands of people braving the heat and the madness that the police dished at us. And yet, walking away in contentment, knowing that there are many quiet, unsung heroes that love this country just as much. Long after the sting of tear gas goes away, the quiet appreciation of humanity offers a glimmer of hope. Yes, we did not make any instant change last Saturday but I believe if we keep the lines of communication and our heart open, we will find a way to overthrow this regime of corrupt politicians. Bersih is 1Malaysia at its best :)