Dear PM, do you really want a second term?
You, the believers in BN, must come to realise that you are no different from those you think are anti-BN – you and they all want the same things. It is BN that wants you to believe that you and they want different things.
By AsamLaksa
I have a strong suspicion that UMNO and BN are about to abandon ship. For those in BN and their supporters, I say it is time to wake up and find a life vest; your captain is about to leave you all to drown.
Why do I think so?
Well, let’s start with the PM who has not yet led a general election. There is no more pretence of winning hearts and minds. It is a stark contrast with the initial 1Malaysia campaign where he appeared to try but now he can’t even be bothered to even pretend. He can’t even be bothered with any populist agenda. The recent policies add burden to the citizens without a sweetener on the side; for example, raising the price of petrol without actually using the additional funds earned into other
initiatives to ease the pain for the less able.
Where in the world is Najib Abdul Razak? The PM has travelled the world many times in his first term without really pushing for any political or economic agenda. It is free holidays all paid by the taxpayers. Err, who’s running the country? The country is in crisis post July 9 and he has gone walkies. Does he really care?
This reminds me of former world leaders who, close to the end of their term in office, tend to have their last all expenses paid red carpet travel – one last hurrah. I would not be surprised if the 13th general election is held as far back as possible so that he can slot in a few more overseas trips. Where has Najib and Rosmah not been to yet?
The cabinet is also showing signs of giving up. There’s the big spending in times of austerity. It’s one of those let them eat cake moment – out of touch and insensitive to the public. There isn’t even any attempt to justify the spending with future savings. It’s more like an attempt to empty the coffers.
There is little substance in long term economic policies. The hoped for major changes never occurred. Instead they hyped up the projections but when looked at closer you can’t find the meat. Progress can’t happen just by talking about it.
It’s the same story with social policies, simply no substance. Take the government scholarships for instance where many top scorers do not get offers in Malaysia and some were offered foreign scholarships. This has been going on for decades now. On one hand the government talk about attracting back foreign based Malaysians to address the brain-drain issue but it makes little effort to stem the leak by retaining all the top scorers in the first place. Even after the issue was highlighted the government still only paid lip service and defended their assessment criteria and method.
So now it’s down to the BN members and supporters. Najib’s administration still needs you all the way to the last moment when the Tanah Melayu Titanic hits the reality iceberg and there are not enough lifeboats for everyone – it won’t be women and children first or you jump, I jump.
What Najib’s administration wants is time. You the BN supporters are giving them the time to amass their fortunes and milk the privileges. They fool you into directing attention towards enemies that you can’t really grab hold of; like how do you fight Bersih 2.0 which is bigger than Ambiga and Anwar – it is an idea that lives and breeds in the minds of millions of Malaysians? Najib and his ilk want you, their supporters, to be their shield to protect them from real scrutiny.
You, the supporters of BN, are not asking the right questions. You are not asking the government you place your trust in what have they done to make life better for you and the people closest to you? Have they made you feel safer and secure in your future? Have they made sure your elders’ and children’s health and welfare are taken care of? If you think that other groups are better off than you, ask yourself under whose watch that happened?
You, the believers in BN, must come to realise that you are no different from those you think are anti-BN – you and they all want the same things. It is BN that wants you to believe that you and they want different things.
From the quality of its leaders, BN’s reign is ending. It may not be in GE13 but it is definitely in a spiral towards ground and Najib and his ministers could not care less.
(If anyone finds this useful, could you please translate to Malay, Chinese or Tamil and disseminate. Thank you.)
