Its My Backyard

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By admin-s On May 5, 2013

Why should I care if the politicians grabbed billions from the country’s resources? Why should I care, when the bulk of people do not?

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Truth be told, politics does not affect my livelihood, I will still get by. Truth be told, I could have stayed on in Australia and be gone from Malaysia more than 20 years ago. But its my backyard. I could be drawing a good salary with good career prospects somewhere else … but when I read Sydney Morning Herald, South China Morning Post of Singapore’s Straits Times … I don’t feel as if I am reading about things or people that mattered to me. There is a disconnect that I cannot explain.

It is not so grand a sacrifice on my part to be back in Malaysia, its my backyard. Why should I care if the politicians grabbed billions from the country’s resources? Why should I care, when the bulk of people do not?

If you look at the manifestos from both sides, they are pretty similar, its not an economic policy issue, it is something a whole lot bigger than that.

I cannot just shake my head when I see grave injustice being meted out to others just because they are “in their way”. I cannot just shake my head when I sense the judiciary is not truly independent and may just be an extension of the political powers to be. These may not still affect me directly but its affects my fellow neighbours. I think we all deserve something better than that.

While there is positive discrimination, I cannot understand why the poor are still poor. I wish for a truly caring government and society that represents what each and every Malaysian’s heart in all matters. Bring up our poor collectively.