Perak! Oh Perak!

The Perak high drama is a good lesson to all of us.

For those who wanted a CHANGE, the reality is: you don't get what you wanted, you get what your employee planned and think what you deserved.

Is there a respect to the voters voting those who defected? NO! there's no respect at all!

Defectors may claim that they win they seat not because of other factor but themselves. Well, if that's the case, why not let the voters show if it is correct?

My humble experience back in 1999 was that I don't even know who is the candidate of the Opposition but I have voted for him, although he lost.

Other than personal image, isn't the political party those defectors once associated with helping them to win the seat?

Well, most may argue that opposition candidates received no aids, especially financial aids from their party, and they have to foot the bills.

But aren't those volunteers who helped to campaign days and nights with no material returns be counted for contribution from the political party?

Aren't those who donated to these defectors to help funding the election campaign donated because they know who the candidates are? My answer is quite simple: NO! Those who donated because the party organize fund raising activities, and the public responded to the call. Not because you have been in the party for 20+ years that everyone should know you and give you what you need to campaign.

What the donors, the volunteers, the voters who voted for you, and those who have openly voice their support to you, your party, wanted to see is good leadership by example, work for the people instead of your ownselves, and be brave to seek for fresh mandate should you decide on 180 degree U turn during your political journey.

Those who defected failed to recognize the fact that they are no one if voters not voted for them. They failed to remember it is their party who field them instead of others. They failed to realized that the fundemental of Democracy that the Rakyat is the BOSS and not them.

They even failed to realized that they have been keeping afloat funded by the Rakyat and not themselves.

They should be shamed for what they have done when defecting from one side to the other, that they have betryed those who trusted them.

And for BN and PR "manages", do your duty as given by the Rakyat. We are in the midst of the unprecedented worst ever economic situation and you guys instead giving us this free show that will hurt us further!

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the Perak Drama - What's the point of having elections in the future?

What's the point of having elections in the future, for Perak and the Nation, if the Rakyat cannot have a say on the recent Perak Drama?

Should there be a law stating that all representatives will be for life, and hop if they can, do what they like, etc.?

Isn't this save public fund as running elections cost money as some may argue?

So why not make it permanent State Assembly or Parliament, membership for life?

This will make everyone's life simple, I guess.

Perak - Where are you, Rakyat?

The situation in Perak is now a direct conflict between the 2 political camps, BN and PR. Whatever happening, and whatever decision the Sultan made whether to consent for a snap election, or to accept BN as the majority, we are still waiting.

But there's no role for the Rakyat to play..

The Rakyat voted for their respective state assembly persons, of whom some of these so called YB are using their YB as their own asset, do what they wanted, but have totally ignoring the fact that it is us, yes, all of us, who have voted them in the election.

Our employee claimed that they do it for the best interest of their constituency, but have they ever consult any one of us? Have they ever?

Switching camp is not a bad thing if the Rakyat who endorsed the YBs is known and acknowledged that it is in fact better.

And how would the Rakyat endorse or acknowledge? By conducting a poll, or simply, a by-election.

Thus, if a representative where to switch camp, he/she should first resign from his YB seat, then seek for fresh mandate.

But now, you and me, the Rakyat being sodomised by all parties, cannot even have a say in the whole drama.

Brother, don't forget the Rakyat pay all of you, including the one who claimed appointed by the King, who refused a by-election.

So the one who pay have no say, and those whom we pay to work for us are riding on our heads.

Conclusion:

You just foot the bill, don't ask how the money is spent.

They will tell you better not to have election because election is going to be expensive. But if you are the boss and you want it, can your employee tell you that you cannot spend??

If the Rakyat just keep quiet, it will be taking for granted. then why in the first place we should have election? Why not write in our Constitution like Chairman Mao did, that Chairman Mao is the Chairman of People's Republic of China, period.

What a crazy world we have..

Protectionism vs liberalization

Read an aritcle recently on protectionism where a country protect their infant industry by imposing high import duties to products of similar nature from competing with the locally made products.

This is evidence in Malaysia where car industry, for example, is protected by high import duties and approved permits (AP, where only AP holders are allowed to import cars at a quota).

Since 1980s, the then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad driving the nation to industrial age by creating the first car manufacturing industry, Proton.

Proton was given preferences and priority when the nation formulated it's economic policy.

This is a clear example of protectionism where industry are protected and hence enjoy extraordinary benefits as compare to other industries. The benefits includes low cost on raw materials, high selling prices yet lower than competitors' artificially created prices due to unfair import duties and restrictions on number of units to be imported.

The government, when defending their move on protectionism, also giving the excuse where local industries is to be cultivated and nurtured before it faces competition. Eventually the consumers are the one who stand to loose as they are forced to pay higher for often sub-quality products.

This, it is the consumers who protects the industry, not the government as claimed by many.

But is this the best way to cultivate a given industry?

Should the nation suffers for an industry or two just because they need to be protected?

Let's look back on how Spartan train their kids. Upon growing up to a certain age, the kid is thrown to a jungle and if he survive, he is declared as a grown up man, else he is not fit to live on earth.

We may not go to this extreme but we shall review whether we need protectionism to maintain our industry?

If the given industry is too costly to maintain, shall we still go on to protect them and consumers in turns paying thru their nose?

If there's no barrier for foreign products to compete with the local products, the local manufacturers will either do their best to improve the quality of their products; or they failed and be eliminated from the game. This may sound cruel but it is the game of survival that we are talking about. Instead of dragging the whole nation, like what was happened to India until the 90's where most industries are protected, at the expense of the people, we should allow our industries to face the real world instead, and it should not cost the nation generations to pay for the industries.

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Who really care about economy?

With the dramatic political development in Perak, where the whole nation is watching, who really care about what will hit the Malaysia Economy in days to come?

Anyone????

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Flip-flopping

I read the Star's (the Star?? Yes la!) MB meets Sultan, speaker meets EC (Update 3) today.

I am starting to wonder if the two state assemblymen cum State Excos behave like woman..

They claimed they signed undated resignation letter to their party, PKR, right after the General Election, and they signed under duress.

Hey friend!!! If you are under pressure, why should you sign? Why not you signed first, then came out and announced that the letter is void as you signed under duress in the past months?

Why when the letter is formally use, then you said you were under duress?

Why you hold until now if you are not happy with signing the letter?

If you are happy signing the letter at the point the letter was signed, then why you complain now?

PKR, PR

Please give us your best candidates, not like these kind of people. I wonder where is their principle?

If you cannot, then you better don't talk about taking over the Federal Government!

Current political situation in Perak

The recent Perak state drama where one state assemblyman from UMNO crossed over to Pakatan Rakyat, followed by 2 State Executive Councillors from Pakatan Rakyat rumoured that they will cross over to UMNO is messing up the situation.

Both sides seems to do their best to lure the oppisite representatives crossing over to their side, but none really care how the people feel about the whole drama.

I would suggest to dissolve the State Assembly, and have a snap election to allow people of Perak to decide on which side should be their care taker instead.

Both Pakatan Rakyat and Barisan Nasional should have the guts to face the verdict by the people they claimed representing.

Some said it may be too heavy the prize to conduct an election for Pakatan Rakyat as they are currently the ruling regime of the state. Some said it is better to solve the taggling problem once and for all and if given the 2 recent by-election results, Barisan Nasional should have no chance of winning.

My concern is more on who should decide on which party to lead the state, be it Barisan or Pakatan.

Let the people decide. Yes, the people should decide instead.

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