“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” ~ Groucho Marx
Malaysia as a nation is relatively peaceful given the general scenario of the world at large. She has her share of woes, but to groan and complain would suggest selfishness when she has much to be grateful for.
This small nation went through an epiphany at the recent 14th general election (GE14), when she for the first time in 61 years since her independence from the grasps of colonialism sees new hope for great change.
It took her six decades to realise the ‘soft fascism’ (no such thing really, there’s only fascism) she was in while under the reign of a band of arrogant home grown politicians who rallied together calling themselves Barisan Nasional (National Front) lead by UMNO. The straw that broke the camel’s back is the infamous 1MDB affair which literally bankrupted Malaysia and turned her into a pauper nation.
Thinking for the better, the people collectively removed the corrupt regime and handed her to a new alliance labelled as Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) on the night May 9 2018, the night the earth moved.
The Phoenix Returns
IT was a night when the earth moved as one Barisan parliamentary seat after another tumbled and shortly after 11pm last night, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad declared that Putrajaya had fallen to the Pakatan Harapan coalition.
The 93-year-old leader has stepped into a special place in Malaysian history, making a comeback to the job he left 15 years ago. – The Star
Nine months down the road, disillusionment hovers over the people when the change expected of the new government doesn't show, or rather trekking at snail’s pace, which to the human eyes is seen as a standstill.
Without going into the boring details, I’ll get straight to the point of this essay.
The current government is made up of 90% politicians who were in the opposition all their political lives. Life and perception on this side of the political divide was different being in a different box looking at another box (The government). They saw the garbage and filth in the other box. They were clear of what’s to be done and change, and had the tenacity to do it given the chance.
Well, they have now entered the ‘other’ (filthy) box, which they are now supposed to clean, but…they left the brooms in the box they were in.
Blimey!
Not only that, their eyes developed cataracts and couldn't find or see any dirt in there. With blurred visions and minds, they simply carried on with their new roles using whatever is in the dirty box.
And…the ousted old politicians are now in the ‘clean’ opposition box. They seem to have new visions without the cataracts, and are set to sanitize the dirty box which they were in.
Get the picture?
Politicians are akin to hamsters in a spinning wheel – the political wheel absence of any wills.
So what’s next for Malaysia and Malaysians?
Tbh, nothing much really. Not until GE15, or better still get rid of the politics box, or any kind of box and try out something new like a open bathtub which everyone will be naked
“Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.” ~ George Burns
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Original posting at People's Trust Malaysia
