Malaysia a Police State

Forget about the traditional theory of separation of power between the Executive branch, Legislative and the judiciary, there is a new sheriff in town called the police force, that's right the police. The police is now a force to be reckoned with as the political instability has caused both the legislative branch to be weakened as without the two-third majority, passing a bill is tougher now then pre- March8. Then the many scandals in the executive branch has caused the branch to be reliant on the police for cover ups and assistance, thus propelling the police as the real power in Malaysia.

As we can see in Perak, the police can just carry the speaker and throw him out of the state assembly even though he is the rightful speaker until he is voted out in the assembly which had been done with the help of the police. Then, the hunger strike, again it is the police that interrupted the planed strike to commemorate the death of democracy in Perak, what's wrong with Nizar and gang fasting, it is good for them health wise, and with Zambry confident that he is the rightful Mentei Besar and asking people to decide for themselves which one is right, so why is the need to stop the hunger strike?

Besides that, the candle light vigil, peaceful I might add, was also invaded by police arresting an MP and assemblywoman, just because of they are protesting about what occurred in Perak, so much for Najib's 1Malaysia concept which he recently said that social justice is one of the main thrust of that concept. The police force had also, according to Anwar, fabricated evidence against him in the sodomy case back in the 90's, so they are more powerful then the then Deputy Prime Minister, let alone some politicians.

A key contributing factor has been the declining of law and order here in Malaysia. The courts must be revive back to the glory days pre-the judicial crisis in the 90's, where the likes of Tun Suffian is credible enough to be chief judge not the likes of those chief judges involved in the Lingam tape scandal.

Besides that the media must be free and fair so that the police brutality can be known by the public at large. There had been bias reporting in the mainstream media justifying the police crackdown on the opposition when their action is against human rights as as stated in the Geneva convention every individuals has the freedom to their political beliefs and has the right to express it in the form of action, speech and other communication methods.

Finally, democracy must be allowed to bloom so that the people with power is directly accountable to the electorate, unlike the police who is accountable to their political masters who reward them not in their capability to protect the citizens from harm but by their loyalty in executing politically motivated actions that will preserve their political masters and cronies positions and interests and so on. One way we can achieve this is by setting up a committee in Parliament that compromise both side of the political divide whose responsibility is solely to manage the police force, so that any shortcomings must be bared by the committee members.

Towards the establishment of a police force that will keep us from harms way, it should be the ideal of all Malaysians as security according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs is one of our basic need.

Hunger Strike.

Well it seems that having exhausted all options the Perak Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers is fasting in protest over the death of democracy in the silver state. Of course beside protesting about the death of democracy, why not kill two birds with one stone as this fast will be a good way for the lawmakers to lose weight and stay healthy especially with the stress that they have to put up with losing the state of Perak. Of course that all that they will gain not to mention delighting the BN lawmakers who will be enjoying themselves, eating the delicious Ikan Keli( Cat Fish) while laughing and enjoying the misery of their opposition counterpart.

If I may offer my 2 cents worth of advice, stop being dramatic and pathetic and start being a damn good opposition, while hoping that the federal court will serve justice is just like the Saharan dwellers hoping that it will rain there, might as well they be realistic and start to prepare for the next General Election, whilst becoming a damn good opposition so that Zambry and Co. cannot fool and short changed the people of Perak. He can smile and laugh and he wants, but a gentle reminder is in order, he who laugh last laugh the loudest ( sorry if I you don't understand this, is not might fault you learn the English language in Malay.)

The first think they should do is try to bring down the frogs of Jelapang, Behrang and Jangkat Jering, especially the two frogs charged in court for corruption, make sure the case don't suddenly disappear into thin air or mysteriously settled like the Lingam case. If possible try to find evidence that they are indeed corrupt so that we can force a by-election and well reclaim Perak in style without withholding the urge to purge on those delicious roti canai and so on. Another matter worth investigating was whether or not they we entice to jump by offers of cash and their acquittal from the corruption charge, if we can add the involvement of a certain someone who was said to be instrumental in the Perak takeover, that would be the perfect icing on the cake.

Secondly, by being a good opposition Pakatan can take the opportunity to strenghten their cohesiveness whilst checking their own party for potential defects especially PKR, which selected dubious and incompetent candidates for the election. In case of the DAP, the Ngeh and Nga dominance of the Perak DAP must be investigated as the frogs site them as part of the reason in their decision to switch side. This problem must be address once and for all. In the case of PAS, the party holds the key in how the opposition will fare in the next general election as PAS in the best suited to compete with UMNO for the votes of the rural Malays and if PAS succeeds in winning the key demography it will greatly weaken the final fortress of BN in Perak as UMNO is the largest party in Perak in terms of the number of state and Parliamentary seats it currently holds.

Finally, on the national level the respect for Pakatan Rakyat will grow as they can impress the people by showing their maturity, and pictured BN as the ruthless law breaking party. Sivakumar decision to expel Zambry and his EXCO drew criticism as his action clearly demonsrates abuse of power and doing whatever it takes to hang on to power as this is normally associated with BN so it is imperative that Pakatan Rakyat doesn't get associated with that image. It is wise for Pakatan not to get suck up on the present as it is essential to prepare for the future, like they say they can win the battle, but we must win the war for a better more democratic and just society in Malaysia.

Aminah bribery allegation

Apparently our politicians simply love to play the money game, can't blame them since who among us who want to take the road less travelled, the treacherous road filled with obstacles and hardship, albeit at the end lies the satisfaction of reaching the destination with your values and pride intact, where as the other frequently travelled road is filled with everything but hardship and obstacles but the trade of is your values and pride. Politicians seem to favour the frequently travelled road, names like Isa Samad , Khairy Jamaludin, Ali Rustam and others seem to surface in our minds, however they somehow got stuck before reaching their destination.

Unfortunately if the allegation made by Aminah, the former PKR Penang women chief who is running in the Penanti by-election as an independent is true, then this touch n' go culture will rear it's ugly head in yet another party. Apparently this corruption culture is more contagious than the H1N1 Influenza virus as it has a global presence and spreads faster than the H1n1 virus. UMNO and BN used to be the only casualty as it's leader failed to administer the required antibiotics causing the disease to engulf the party until it received the wake-up call in March8 last year that the disease might caused the party to deceased.

Just last week the disease seems to strike the supposedly incorruptible party, the party that has the most superior antibody available to man, the antibody of absolute faith to religion, but that seems to falter to when accusation was made by an influential PAS leader that corruption has made it's way inside the party. Of course a sigh of relief is in order as they is yet prove to this accusation, it may well be a false alarm or misdiagnosis, whatever it is, we hope that the prophecy remains just that, a prophecy.

The hope that we will emerge victorious in our struggle against corruption have reached the climax and as the Pakatan Rakyat component party is fighting with this deadly disease we Malaysian can only hope and pray that the final line of defence will not falter leaving Malaysian defenceless to the dangers corruption can pose to society. Case studies of this can be seen in Mexico, Indonesia and other countries struggling to find it's way back to the overall development bandwagon. This cause it's worth dying for as the current generation of the above countries found out the hard way when their countries are being colonised by the have and the have not's are in a state of diaspora in their own country serving reluctantly their colonial masters.

Finally I called all Malaysian to reject corruption no matter what our race, religion and political beliefs are as the political parties in Malaysia is fighting a losing battle against it. Reinforcement is needed and it is no more the responsibility of the political parties and government to fight corruption as the disease had dismantle their defence and they are left vulnerable, they simply are not strong enough to fight alone, we have to join the fight and if we can stand united and stand our ground, we can obliterate corruption once and for all so that it's disastrous power will not turn our developing society into anarchy and forever destroy our people this generation and beyond. Let leave a clean and developed society to the next generation so that they will be proud of us.

The Penanti by-election

As we are all aware, BN have officially announced that they will not contest the by-election in Penanti citing that they don't want to fall into the trap of political gamesmanship supposedly played by the opposition says BN's chief Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Well firstly a political party suppose to play the political games as that is their purpose, so whose Najib's fooling here, or he thinks that we are stupid like many other politicians but we taught them a lesson in the last general election and the many by-elections that succeeded it. Secondly, I don't know what the BN has against elections as BN seems to hate it allot.

Of course I would not get into the speculating business as to why the decision was made, some say that the many by-election defeats is the reason, while others claimed that unnecessary by-election is a was of public money and so on. Well I don't why they make such claims as it is an intelligent move not to contest what ever the reason may be, as going by their track record since the last year general election, the unpopularity of BN has plummeted to an all time low(subjective in nature this claim may be, but going by the exit poll in the subsequent by-elections my view may not be far off the mark), so it makes perfect sense not to participate. What is the rational of spending resources for an election knowing that you are going to lose in the first place.

It is better to keep your war chest for future battles where the odds are not against you. However the future in this case depends entirely on how Najib performs as a Prime Minister. The tide may change if he performs, but failure to do so will mean that BN will be overpowered by the second wave tsunami that is waiting to erupt after the first one nearly change the course of history for Malaysia. BN barely survived when the fist one hit, now still wounded by the first tsunami, the second one will be a knockout blow for BN unless they can someway redirect the tsunami towards the opposition, either way one them will feel the devastation so is a question of who.

Back to the by-election don't expect BN absence to be a blessing, as BN shadow looms large in the by-election as they can help the opponent of the opposition to win. That will be a blow to the opposition if that is to occur.

Besides that, they could be planning to observe the opposition ways of doing things so it is best that the opposition lay low and just campaign modestly, enough to defeat the opponent while keeping an eye on BN's plans and activities. Doing so will establish clearly the real reason for BN's the decision not to contest. The Machiavelli in Najib must be a reminder for the opposition leaders not to keep their guard down and refrain from thinking that the war has been won when in actual fact it is just a battle.

Finally I wish the best for the candidates in Penanti and is waiting in anticipation forBN's tactics in bringing down the opposition. I assume they will be surprises, so I hope that both the opposition and the ruling coalition will not let me down. I aspect thins to get down and dirty in this by-election.

Anifah Aman for Deputy Prime Minister or something like that

Well recently our foreign minister met the US secretary of state Hilliary Clinton and claimed to be offered the post of equivalent to the deputy Prime Minister post by opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to entice him to cross-over to the opposition side so that the ruling coalition government will fall and opposition can form the government.

There' something wrong with that idea firstly, there is no equivalent post to the deputy prime minister post so Anwar must think that Anifah Aman(the foreign minister) is stupid by implying that he will be offered a post that is like the deputy premiership. Well damn Anwar for offering such an important non-existence post to who he thinks is a stupid person. Why Anwar doesn't offer the post to who he thinks is intelligence? Is he risking Malaysia well being for the sake of his dream of becoming a Prime Minister?

Besides that, how can the new government function properly if Anwar simply chooses anybody to be his deputy or likewise? This man that he thinks is stupid might become the next Prime Minister if anything is to happen to Anwar God forbids, is Anwar nuts. The only way to solve this issue is to sue Anwar in court for having an intention to put Malaysia in a state of incompetence, that way this mistake won't happen again.

However think about it, having an East Malaysian as something equivalent as the deputy Prime Minister is a great opportunity to foster unity among the peninsula and east Malaysian, after all it is also a tradition in BN to include everybody in the administration of the country no matter how stupid, corrupt or many other no so admirable qualities our ministers have, so they should be no problem if Anwar follows suit. While we are at it, why not hire the first minor to be the finance minister as this could bridge the gap between minors and non-minors, don't forget mat rempit, we can pick one of them to be the home or defence minister, as they claimed that their pursuit are misunderstood by the normal people who like a normal adrenalin flow compared to the mat rempit preference for the adrenalin to pump until the adrenalin gland explode. That way we can understand and foster unity with them.

On a serious note Anwar has threaten Anifah with a defamation charge if he does not retract his statement within 24 hours. We don't need a lose cannon as a foreign minister just because he can speak well, as the content of the words are also important. Until then we can advice young Malaysians to do law as they will be many defamation suit to come as Malaysia has many lose cannon politicians, worse come to worse they can join in the profit rush made by lawyers in Perak or who knows, as long as they are frogs among us lawyers services are needed.

I hope that Malaysians realises about the antics their politicians are trying to play. The best way to solve this problem is never to vote for them in the first place. If we can achieve that then vision 2020 is not unreachable as first taught.

The Perak Crisis

I believe that the best way to solve this debacle is to give power to the people to solve their own problem. By calling for the dissolution of the assembly to make way for a state-wide election is the only way the people can do so.

The People of Perak have a good chance to judge which government is best for them as they went through both Pakatan and Barisan administration, thus they will be able to judge which one is best for them. Both side of the political divide should do the honourable thing and advice the Sultan to dissolve the assembly and call for election. Both side seem to claim as the people champion with Pakatan Rakyat's Ketuanan Rakyat, Makhal Sakhti(people's power) and BN's One Malaysia, People first, and so on. But only one side is calling for the sate election to return the power to the people, the other seems to be avoiding it at all cost, hanging to power by hook or by crock.

It is unprofessional of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to say that the state election is an option but not a necessity as it is up to the Sultan to call the dissolution of the assembly as this statement seems to suggest that he is hiding behind the sultan in actual fact his side is uncommitted towards the state election being called, understandably so as his side has everything to lose while Pakatan has nothing to lose, but of course if BN truly put people first then let the people decide, or else it's motto is nothing more than an empty motto at best a lie at worst. We can excuse Najib if he's willing to met the Sultan and persuade him to call for a state election, after that it is all up to the sultan to do whatever he sees fit.

It is a sad they if the court will decide whose the rightful Menteri Besar and not the people of Perak. We claim to be a democracy but we seem not to practice it's ideal of "Government of the people, by the people, for the people". That 's the fundamental tenants of democracyin which without it our claim to be a democratic nation is a baseless claim as we have violated is fudamental principle.

I stand by many Malaysians especially Perakians in their call to return what is rightful to them that is the right to chose their government, the right that had been stolen from them when the trust to uphold their choice had been broken by the frogs that don't deserve to be called Yang Berhormat as nothing to hormat or respect from their evil deed of crossing over to the other side despite being chosen as a Pakatan assemblymen by the people. Let pray together that in Perak, that the legitimate government chosen by the people will emerge victorious over anything else that is stopping the real government chosen by the people.

The economic liberalisation

I feel that these issue must be commented on as this decision is part of Najib's reform agenda, so let's asses whether it had been done in a proper manner or ad hoc in nature. First I will say I'm not an economist so the use of economics theories is minimal to none, as these thought goes out to the common people, meaning what it means for everyday people.

Taking into consideration the economic crisis, liberating the financial sector is imperative if one wants to see the disdain economic condition improve. The opening of the sector means that more foreign capital can now flow into Malaysia. This will benefit the business community as the availability of capital is key for a business to expand, thus promoting overall economic growth.

However one must wonder whether enough thoughts have been given by the government on the banking sector of this country. Local banks have enjoyed protection from government thus the sudden opening of the industry can result in local bank losing their hold in the local banking sector. This may result in reduce profit for local banks which will stun their phenomenal growth.

The presence of foreign banks mean that the Malaysians who deposits their money to these banks may end up exposing their deposit to risk associated to western made derivatives such as the sub-prime mortgage that cause the global economic meltdown. This means that Malaysian economy may be expose to these unsafe securities, although Bank Negara it's said to keep an eye on these foreign bank, sometimes the central bank may miss danger signs due to the bureaucracy of the Central bank, just like what happened in the Asian Financial crisis when Bank Negara failed to detect the currency bubble that is happening to the RM due to intense speculation, which resulted in the bubble bursting, plunging Malaysia into economic crisis.

Nonetheless, Malaysia must start to scrap economic protectionism policies in order to encourage competition that will spur innovation that will eventually benefit the consumers. Malaysian companies must be trained to compete so that they can participate in the global economy as they can stand to gain more profit due to the size of the global market. However reform in the structure of the Malaysian economy is key so that Malaysia will be able to absorb the risk associated with the integrated global economy, besides having a blueprint in handling economic crisis. The local businessman must be carefully prepared to compete in the global market, once they are equip with the know how, then we can safely liberate our economy in line with the demands of globalisation.