True Colours !

This is the text of a speech I made in 2011. My maiden Mandarin speech, really. My warnings came true ! I warned that the BN government will use all sorts of tactics and tricks in order to win the elections.  This is truly a government which does not walk the talk (“janji tidak ditepati”). A case of  their true colours manifesting (臉型披露).  The latest Conversion Bill which allows one parent to convert a child despite the fact that in April 2009, de facto law minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz announced that the Government would ban the automatic conversion of minors to Islam, in a bid to quell unease among non-Muslims in mainly Muslim Malaysia - http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/mobile/malaysia/article/fool-me-twice-shame-on-you-is-the-feeling-on-conversion-bill/

I ended my speech by saying “Beware ! If we allow BN to win （過關） the next general elections (臉型披露） then they will use more powerful weapons against us （我們就倒黴）. What powerful weapons ?  The above is only the harbinger of things to come ? Like the GST,  the continuation of the AES, giving out more citizenships to foreigners, continuation of abuse of powers, playing racial cards, curb on freedom on human rights (especially freedom of expression) etc

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Hitler used to share with his closest friends that "what luck for rulers that men do not think". For the past 55 years, Malaysians have been too apathetic and kind as we endured one bad leader after another （逆來順受）. Allowed the rotten government to turn into bad government. From a bad government to a nasty government. From a nasty government to a wicked government. A government that practices political oppression (政治迫害) ; corruption (腐敗); abuse of power (濫權) and allow wastages to happen. We allowed these bad leaders to dupe us one general elections after another. We used to be a rich country. Our Ringgit was stronger than Singapore Dollar. Now, the Rakyats are suffering. 1 SGD is now RM 2.5! There are not enough jobs to go around. We need to come out of the matrix or vicious cycle (离开恶性的循环) and into a new cycle of change in order to save our future generation. 55 years of deception and oppression is enough.

Suddenly, 308 (the 12th General Elections) happened. 308 shook BN's strong foundation. 308 gave an opportunity to the opposition to prove that Pakatan can be a better government than BN. For eg, Penang. CM Lim Guan Eng's CAT principles (Competency, Accountability and Transparency) has become a model for all the other states to follow. Pakatan's prudent management managed to put Penang and Selangor in the top 3 in the Auditor-General's report card for the highest savings and highest FDI (Foreign Direct Investment). This report card was not written by Pakatan but by the Auditor-General. 

Suddenly, Arab Spring happened. Middle Eastern countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Syria and Yemen experienced a regime change like a domino effect. Such strong and powerful leaders/despots like Gaddafi, Mubarak etc all fell one by one. The Arab Spring has caught the imagination of the masses and has influenced many people to be agents of change.

Suddenly, the world economic crisis happened. USA, such a superpower, was at the verge of bankruptcy. They printed more money. Still not enough money. So, they had QE1 and QE2 and 
perhaps, QE3 in order to salvage themselves. Malaysia is also facing the same problem. Our national debts now stands at RM502 billion and counting. Our PM, Najib asked us not to panic as Malaysia was quite different from Middle East. Who is he kidding but himself? This situation can be likened to a divine timing. As the chinese saying goes, 天时地利人和, 天時地利人和. It simply means “the right time, the right place, and the right people” (more literally “heavenly timing, location advantage, and human harmony”). 

We must make use of this golden opportunity. A divine timing which does not happen very often, to use our valuable votes for a change.

On the Sept 15th, 2011, Najib made a "groundbreaking" announcement in his Malaysia Day's speech. He said the government shall repeal the 3 Emergency Declarations and the draconian statutes like ISA, Printing Presses and Publications Act and Banishment Act. These are BN's powerful weapons (致命的武器) to curb opposition and Rakyats who do not accept the government's policies. Why should BN take away these powerful weapons (自廢武功) ? First reason is for BN's political survival. Like the lizard's survival skill. The lizard will shed its tail in order to escape for its predator/death (斷尾求生). Second reason is because Pakatan denied BN their 2/3rds majority in Parliament. After 308, BN is no more all-powerful. BN has to listen to the Rakyats' voices. BN has to heed the opposition's demands for the Rakyats. Beware ! If we allow BN to win （過關） the next general elections (臉型披露） then they will use more powerful weapons against us （我們就倒黴）. We need to have a stronger two party system with check and balance or a regime change to avoid absolute power falling into any one party's hands.