The New MERDEKA!
August 27, 2008 | By 
bokjae | In Malaysia
August 26th 2008 is another Milestone in our Malaysian History. Anwar Ibrahim won the Permatang Pauh By-Election by a thumping majority of 15,671 votes! It is a strong signal from the people of Permatang Pauh to Barisan, shouting that they want change in the Malaysian Political Scene. To me this coming Merdeka Celebration is a refreshing one. I feel that Merdeka has a totally new meaning now as compared to the past celebrations except perhaps the first Merdeka Declaration and the immediate few celebrations that follows, but it was a long long time that I feel so Malaysian.
For a long, long time the Merdeka Celebration was ‘dead’ in spirit I mean! There was no real joy, no real sense of belonging and worst, a sense of ‘rejection’ by my own Government who keep telling me that as a Chinese or Indian or Others we have little or no rights! With this back-drop how do you expect us ordinary citizens to love you with all our heart, all our strength, all our might? My Government treats me like a step son or if not a ‘bastard’!
Lately I have been reading about certain BN MP’s saying that they regretted giving citizenships to the Chinese, Indians and Others because now we vote for the Opposition! They went further to imply that perhaps better to revoke their citizenships! Well let’s take a look at Permatang Pauh By-election results.
If I am not mistaken the racial composition of Permatang Pauh is 69% Malays; 25% Chinese and 6% Indians and Others. Based on the eligible voters list, a total of 47,258 eligible voters and assuming all the Chinese and Indians and Others vote for PKR it gives a number of 14,511 votes. With PKR having 31,195 votes, less the Non-Malays votes of 14,511 we arrive at a figure of 32,727 votes coming from the Malays in Permatang Pauh! Amazing!! Hey! How about revoking the citizenships of these 32,727 Malays as well for they too vote for the Opposition! Or is it a case of Special Rights again? Only Malays have the right to vote for the Opposition? BN has deteriorated to the extent that we non-bumi citizens are threatened with loosing our basic human rights of voting! We cannot vote the opposition, we cannot question, we cannot ask why, blah, blah, blah and perhaps now you can understand why we all, Malay, Chinese, Indians and Others desire change more than money, food or life! Let’s vote for a Just, Fair and Law abiding Government! MERDEKA! MERDEKA! MERDEKA!
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