Are we there yet?

I started blogging some years ago but after the 2008 political paradigm shift where we saw Malaysians maturing politically and seeing through the smoke screen and wanting to mark their stamp on their own futures rather than place it in the hands of a few; I stopped blogging as I thought that we were on our way to greater political freedom and expression which will improve the lives of millions in Malaysia. I was wrong…..way wrong…it now seems that we have just started!

I can’t even remember the name of my blog but my acronym MyBlog has remained although it had not much to do with the blog name as is the case for this blog; but one thing that I can remember is how reckless I was at that time thinking that I could do and write as I please which is a misled notion directed by my inner passion probably fueled by the emotional state of the people prior to 2008. Where has this passion powered by the emotional under currents gone? But that is a question that we will try to address in the next paragraph. I was bloody reckless with no regard to any laws, morality etc etc and only sensation was what I wanted, and that to me was a confirmation that my message of frustration with the country’s situation at that time was making its way across the political divide loud and clear; and more importantly in the name of change and teaching the ruling party a lesson that we can react. While the desired end result may have been right but the manner in which it was conveyed was definitely wrong, period. This time around, I intend to make this change and transcend into a more responsible and matured blogger, hopefully I will.

So what has changed now? Nothing much really, we have 4 or now 3 additional opposition ruled states besides Kelantan but life is pretty much the same, as in Malaysia, the Federal government makes the most impact on the lives of its people. Oh yes, one thing has changed, the magic of 2008, it has weaned aided by the poor organization of the opposition parties, the big three, DAP, PAS and yes the ever controversial PKR. Pakatan Rakyat is still a dream, a dream that is being monopolized by the big three. Question; why aren’t efforts being made to include other regional smaller parties as allies, will this not strengthen PR. My father told me that a bunch of bamboos tied together are stronger than one on its own. So why?; tell me why, maybe we don’t want to share our seats (MP & ADUN), maybe we want to only keep it amongst ourselves, maybe we have also become greedy for power which comes with the number of seats one holds. So power will bring us (the PR three) the influence, spoils and riches, be it in immaterial, material or financial terms, is this what it is all about.

Wake up PR, if you ever dream of being a government, be inclusive, transparent; think of the big picture or otherwise you might even lose what you have. As for me, it will take too much effort and I don’t know if I can gather that much steam to drive a new engine in this highly charged political environment, so I will stick to PR but how many will?? That is the question.

BN hasn’t changed much, they have done nothing really substantial to improve their support but they don’t really have to do much as PR is doing enough to push the people to BN. PR – The PRU13 is yours to give away, make amends and it might still work, right now I think a target of retaining your current position is realistic, Putrajaya is a long way ahead and not accessible at the current state of affairs. Don’t do anything and you will lose it all except Kelantan and Penang. Make amends and maybe in a couple of years the pressure will build up again, and you have a chance like 2008. Otherwise all fingers point to the fact that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark (read PR). That’s my take!!