Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Two more days to go .

                  With 2 more days more to go before the scheduled Bersih Rally take place ,I am getting more and more nervous . The huge controversies surrounding the proposed event bring out the big questions  : whether the event will take place at all ? and if it does , will it be peaceful or chaotic  ? Because the event is so close a lot of us choose not to comment for fear of being wrong .However since the conflicts in public opinions  over this subject are so insurmountable , one is tempted to go ahead and say your piece .
                         Malaysians are aware of the Arab Spring now taking place around the Arab world .The street demonstrations there are definitely not the necessary evils.Clearly with the ongoing havoc responsible leaders around the globe and those in the Arab world themselves are re thinking their very actions .The situations there will come to an end one way or the other.There will be the final winners  and losers at a price even if takes one or two generations to realize .That is the realty of life .
                         In the case of Bersih and the Malaysian political scenarios there will be enough people who see the need for a convergence of minds on the possibilities of trouble ahead and that it is better to reroute the events of the coming days .
                          Stubbornness and pride must be compromised for the sake of national peace and security . These are the the possibilities . The Bersih leaders will lose in their battle for the hearts and minds in the event of trouble  because they will be blamed for taking the first initiatives .The government will loose in terms of world opinions and loss of voter support in the coming general election .
                         Hence the next 48 hours are really heart pounding but yet predictable .
                         Before  singing out I have 2 small comments to make .One is Dr.M' comments that the way the government handles the Bersih rally may turn away voters from the government parties .Coming from Dr.M these comments are mild and very unlike of him. It only shows his disinterest and disillusion in the Umno-Bn political style ..
                         The other matter that attracts my attention is Najib's association with the silat exponents where he was reported as saying that the Silat exponents are the third line of the nations defence forces . As a third line of the defence forces ,how much public money would be spent on their establishments ? . One can see the billions now . In any case why  say it now ? Can it be uttered at such other more peaceful times ? If this remark is to frighten people away from gathering ,then it is an act of futility .People will still soldier on for as long as they believe they have a cause in what they are doing . And the cause is that their leaders had been unfairly elected. Pure and simple.
                          It is claimed that there are 4 million silat  exponents in the country to day .Can we assume that all of them are going to take instruction from the their grandmaster like they do in the days of Hang Tuah ?  Do we  know that of the stated 4 million how many of them are supporters of the Opposition  ? As  far as I can guess they are mostly members of Pas which has vowed to support Besrsih .
                           Lets us have more courage to accept change we can .

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