Not 1 but 2
In an unbalanced situation the stronger will abuse or even kill off the weaker. If there is no artificially created balance which must be well maintained with great effort and integrity, an ugly, cruel and abusive dictatorship will arise – a dictatorship that will try to be God or pretend it is God because it exists as a single monopoly and there is no one to challenge its power.
By batsman
Not 1Malaysia but free, fair and clean 2 party political system. In the affairs of imperfect humans, it is better to have 2. Only in perfection is there the necessity of 1.
In fact, perfection demands that only 1 perfection is possible. There cannot be 2 perfect but exactly similar entities. Having 2 perfect but exactly similar entities means either that one or both is not perfect or they are not exactly similar. It is not possible to distinguish between 2 perfect and exactly similar entities, therefore they cannot be 2 but one.
If you are able to understand the reasoning above, then you can understand why there is only one God, but in the affairs of imperfect human beings and their artificially constructed institutions, it is not only better but necessary to have at least 2.
Even then, in having 2, imperfect human beings must necessarily demand that other conditions exist in order that there is approximate balance and that 2 does not become 1.
In an unbalanced situation the stronger will abuse or even kill off the weaker. If there is no artificially created balance which must be well maintained with great effort and integrity, an ugly, cruel and abusive dictatorship will arise – a dictatorship that will try to be God or pretend it is God because it exists as a single monopoly and there is no one to challenge its power.
God maintains nature in equilibrium. Man has no such wisdom and continually causes disequilibrium and commits genocide. To improve, man must admit his imperfection and seek to achieve some form of balance.
This other condition necessary for a balanced and healthy 2 party political system is a neutral legal system implemented by professionals who have no interest in the outcome of elections to determine who rules for the next term i.e. a professional judicial and public service.
All these things are necessary because humans are imperfect and need to expend great effort to ensure things work well as well as to ensure it remains that way.
So it makes good sense that we do not need a 1Malaysia but a free, fair and clean 2-party political system – not 1 but 2.
All Bersih 2.0 is demanding is reform of the electoral system such that we can have free, fair and clean elections.
Unfortunately, the dictatorship in power is accusing Bersih 2.0 of threatening national security and some of its supporters as proponents of communism – communism which practices monopolistic 1 party rule.
The accusations of the dictatorship in power does not make any sense at all. The dictatorship is fearful of free, fair and clean elections. This is the only conclusion that makes any sense.
By the way, those in the opposition who accuse RPK of betrayal because he went on TV to try and explain his SD – just explain, not even retract, have no idea what makes a healthy 2 party system viable. They try to perpetuate a lie in the spirit of irreconcilable hostility and blind loyalty. Such irreconcilable hostility is the stuff of abuse and dictatorship. Such blind loyalty is the stuff of fascist thugs and goons. Trying to perpetuate a lie itself is abuse of the concept of “free, fair and clean”.
Such oppositionists forget the role of perception in politics. They are too engrossed in self and do not pay enough attention to the perception of the voters. If the voters perceive that the morals and integrity of the dictatorship in power and the ambitious opposition which wishes to get into power is not much different, then their decision on who to vote for will rest on who they think will be more effective in delivering goodies. Such voting decisions will be forced to become mercenary, cronyistic and racialist in character. This is already what we all very clearly observe. This is already happening in reality.
So reformists – please wake up and support Bersih 2.0 in an intelligently free, fair and clean manner. Be intelligent in realizing that although Bersih 2.0’s struggle has political implications it is non-party political i.e. neutral. It’s struggle is to get electoral reforms which are the conditions necessary for a health 2 party political system to be viable.
With this, Ambiga is right when she told DSAI off and Hindraf is wrong to say it will not participate just because the PR has not met its demands. Both DSAI and Hindraf are wrong to try and make Bersih 2.0 look party political. This gives UMNO ammunition to tell lies that Bersih 2.0 serves the political interests of the PR. Both DSAI and Hindraf are shooting themselves in their own feet and sabotaging Bersih 2.0 as well. (Are you at all surprised?)
Bersih 2.0 does not serve any political party. It is neutral and seeks only to improve the political maturity and cleanliness of politics in Malaysia.
