The present ruling BN government is a perfect example of how rotten leadership in Malaysia is weighing heavily and badly on the people in the country.
Good high quality politicians within the BN are systematically sidelined or get thrown out of the administration. Those who are able to remain within the BN are people who could neither care much about democratic principles or the common good.
Moderate politicians who prefer to avoid raising racially-based slogans or campaigns are shoved to the side or ejected and those who like to champion narrow issues are given the limelight. Clearly, the BN government practices selective persecution.
Yet, the BN seemed totally constipated, when the past-expiry-date Dr Mahathir, the father of corruption, continually intervened in the policy-making duties of the government. The situation clearly exposed the glaring lack of moral courage and political will in the entire current BN leadership, especially within UMNO.
Another glaring shortcoming of the present BN leadership is the almost uncontrollable desire to constantly play to the people's emotions. Street gatherings by pro-government groups are coyly given the green light by UMNO police to go ahead while street gatherings organized by others are denounced and threatened with on-the-spot arrests and threatened under ISA.
Tough uncompromising speeches and statements made by supremacist politicians are regularly given prominence by the mass media. Meanwhile some of the BN leaders are busily trying to hoodwink the common people by constantly hinting or announcing "price cuts or price reductions" on this and that.
In reality, constant price cuts or reductions are a total farce, and the politicians know it but prefer to remain coyly ignorant. BN politicians like to emphasise with glee the fact that "other" areas or countries are presently in a mess, with suicide attacks and demonstrations and other forms of mayhem taking place while their citizens are totally helpless.
The government should instead be thankful that the people here are generally of a rather sedentary nature in spite of the longstanding discrimination and injustice. Minorities here have generally gotten used to the many unfair barriers, outright threats and various forms of political
blackmail available here.
Thus, if there is a lack of such mayhem in Malaysia, the BN government must not take false pride or credit for it.
The BN leadership is truly rotten and only come General Election 13, Malaysians will we be able to catch a glimmer of hope for change.
In the meantime we will have to bear with it.
Good high quality politicians within the BN are systematically sidelined or get thrown out of the administration. Those who are able to remain within the BN are people who could neither care much about democratic principles or the common good.
Moderate politicians who prefer to avoid raising racially-based slogans or campaigns are shoved to the side or ejected and those who like to champion narrow issues are given the limelight. Clearly, the BN government practices selective persecution.
Yet, the BN seemed totally constipated, when the past-expiry-date Dr Mahathir, the father of corruption, continually intervened in the policy-making duties of the government. The situation clearly exposed the glaring lack of moral courage and political will in the entire current BN leadership, especially within UMNO.
Another glaring shortcoming of the present BN leadership is the almost uncontrollable desire to constantly play to the people's emotions. Street gatherings by pro-government groups are coyly given the green light by UMNO police to go ahead while street gatherings organized by others are denounced and threatened with on-the-spot arrests and threatened under ISA.
Tough uncompromising speeches and statements made by supremacist politicians are regularly given prominence by the mass media. Meanwhile some of the BN leaders are busily trying to hoodwink the common people by constantly hinting or announcing "price cuts or price reductions" on this and that.
In reality, constant price cuts or reductions are a total farce, and the politicians know it but prefer to remain coyly ignorant. BN politicians like to emphasise with glee the fact that "other" areas or countries are presently in a mess, with suicide attacks and demonstrations and other forms of mayhem taking place while their citizens are totally helpless.
The government should instead be thankful that the people here are generally of a rather sedentary nature in spite of the longstanding discrimination and injustice. Minorities here have generally gotten used to the many unfair barriers, outright threats and various forms of political
blackmail available here.
Thus, if there is a lack of such mayhem in Malaysia, the BN government must not take false pride or credit for it.
The BN leadership is truly rotten and only come General Election 13, Malaysians will we be able to catch a glimmer of hope for change.
In the meantime we will have to bear with it.
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