I can't explain the Bersih rally. What do the organisers seek to achieve? What can the agong do? What baffles me even more is the threat from Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to crack down on the planned mass rally, which went on anyway. This only proves that, compared to the once-powerful Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, he is a paper tiger, which also explains the recent disarrays. And to the organisers, sorry to say this, but rally or no rally, it isn't going to clean out the elections overnight. You may have attract an international right group's attention but Malaysia is a sovereign country after all.
A simple, obvious explanation for the rally would be that it is all a big conspiracy to divert the people's attention from the the subject of corruption and the eight-mins video. Imagine the rally's organisers chatting with the policemen over sips of black coffee at the Police HQ.
Having said all that, seriously, nobody in his right mind would want riots and protests to disrupt their daily lives and undermine the social and economic stability. What is admirable then about the people who gathered in Malaysia is that they do care and love their country.
I've to admit that I don't have a ready solution for the mess across the causeway - I'm no politician you know. But for a start, the Prime Minister has to adopt a no-nonsense approach to corruption and show the whole world so. The scandalous chief justice's video is one such opportunity.
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i went in to johor with a friend for brunch. on our way to the causeway back to spore, i jus felt a sense of love for the malaysian chinese.
in my heart, i was contemplating how spore is able to maintain genuine mutually beneficial relationship with our northern neighbour if we dun love their people.
it is a fact tat their govt is in a sorry state. but its the people who matters more.
perhaps i am finding reasons to like this people. i believe i will soon find reasons to love their malays as well...
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