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Signs of election around the corner:

• They resurfaced the road in front of my house.


• There's a new signboard to the lorong of my house.


• The neighbor organized a ceramah, block up 1/2 the road and they don't need permit... (I think you can guess which party it belongs to already...)

Let the mud slinging begin!!...

Yea a bit morbid... copyright by me... muahahaha

There are lots of emails, sms's and stuff circulating around. Even groupings in facebook appear to the line of "deny barisan 2/3 bla bla bla...

If you manage to catch any of the "ceramah" and also what's printed on the media... there is so much emphasis on the economic pie and it's distribution... it hits a note with many voters and with the escalating prices right now... it can get the crowd going... one would highlight how they are helping ppl, the other would highlight how we're getting conned by sheer wastage and corruption...

Yes these issues are important, would remain important and should continually be highlighted. But I really hope that the voters sentiment would not be restricted to only such issues. There are other fundamental issues at large that we have to grapple with. From both sides of the divide, very few candidates seem to address the safeguarding of the federal constitution from further erosion... or interpretation of it by individuals...

There's a lot of emphasis on the ECONOMY. But many other important issues are being ignored in the media and the ceramahs, such as

• How are we dealing with matters that arised from Article 11... has it been solved??
• How about the relevance of a dual court system in a multi cultural society...
• How about lawful recognition of religious bodies and not just as a society...

Can both side of the parties not just hide/highlight these issues but also provide a means of solution?... I wish that we can have a "debating" session among the candidates (as in the US), where questions can be raised and candidates put on the spot... I would really love to see our ex-PM (we're supposed to be under a caretaker goverment by the way...) in the spotlight, fielding questions from the general public and put it on National TV!... fat hopes I guess...

Anyway... enough ramblings... by the way... I'll vote for anyone that would promise me that he/she can bring the prices down on musical instruments in Malaysia. Anyone out there?