I know that there's a lot of hue and cry over the media coverage which is lopsided but I find the article written by Wong Chun Wai today in The Star as pretty balanced:
The Star: Don't Let Anger Cloud Judgment
Christians in Malaysia number slightly more than 10% of the total population in Malaysia. About 270,000. Can our decision/actions influence and change a nation?
Side note:
I've been following the Mike Huckabee campaign trail in the US Presidential Nominations after catching the article on Charisma. A Baptist Minister, he faced an uphill battle from the start, but gave a good account from start to end and finally pull out of the nomination race yesterday. Although he has pulled out, but what I believe during his campaign trail that there was a sense of awakening in the US that it is not a purely materialistic nation but there's a number in the US who are clamouring for God fearing candidates with God fearing values to be installed in office.
May one arise here in Malaysia.
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though am not in the country, but still keep up with politics there...
Last week over dinner, hubs asked,
Do u want to see the opposition party ruling the country for once?
I answered: It’s a slim chance that they would win the majority but no, I don’t want them to rule the country cos they don’t have a clue on how to run one. What Malaysia need is a strong opposition. It’s sad to see when a bill/article/ law is passed, 2/3 of the majority, which is usually the government wins cos there’s hardly any opposition party to vote against the bill/article/law. OUR country needs politicians who r forward thinking to move the country forward and a strong opposition to bring balance to the parliament n state legislative assemblies. So, vote for opposition! Haha.
2 days later, this was in the Australian news:
http://business.theage.com.au/malaysia-needs-a-strong-opposition/20080226-1v0i.html
Written by Michael Backman, He once wrote on ‘Malaysia Bodoh’ too. IF u r interested, can check his website:
http://www.michaelbackman.com/
sharontan
Hi Sharon,
Yea I've read his articles and glimpse through his book too. But I think it's a slim chance that the opposition would be able to win 2/3 majority... let alone be able to form a goverment...
Malaysia's electorate boundaries are not proportion to the population distribution but based on geographical boundaries. That's where the issue lies. BN support lies mainly in the towns and rural areas while the opposition support lies mainly in the urban areas.
A place like PJ Selatan would have 10's of thousand voters but Alor Gajah a few thousand voters but both would get a seat in parliament.
What I mean is that there would be a lot of news regarding a change in voter sentiments etc.etc. but in reality BN could easily win the required number of seats again.
I think the opposition here are realistic enough to target at least more than 1/3 seats. With that I hope that more opposition politicians can gain enough credibility and experience to target for the next elections to form a goverment.
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