Enough Talking, Time To Turun Padang To Walk Our Talk

I have written a long article and a lengthy one to jolt readers into understanding the initiative and be able to contribute and work towards our shared objective to kick out BN and ensure the new government does all that the Rakyat expect them to do.

By Socrates

What Is Wrong With Malaysia

1. Economic Bankruptcy

We have known for a long, long time now, that Malaysia will be bankrupt by 2014 at the latest if we continue to let this present government lead us into serious debt, following in the footsteps of Greece. Greece has the European Union to back it up (at present), who does Malaysia turn to when we go down the same slippery slope?? Nobody.

2. Rampant Corruption & Inflation

We know all the corruption cases that go into the billions of Ringgit that happens in Malaysia, with NFA (No Further Action) from the AG, and the perpetrators walking around with impunity. As a direct result from all this corruption, we, the Rakyat, have to suffer rises in prices of all goods and services while the elite enjoy the fruits of their corrupt practices. This is the main reason why our Barang all Naik.

A few famous examples are FELDA, Scorpene submarines that cannot submerge, PKFZ, and Malaysia Airlines.

3. Custodial Deaths

All the custodial deaths are but the tip of the iceberg that indicate all is not well with our enforcement agencies such as the PDRM and MACC. Indeed, the statistics bear testimony that the way these agencies are run as fiefdoms of the government of the day, and along the lines of enforcers of the Mafia, Triads, and Yakuza, to execute any Rakyat without trial. These enforcement agencies that are supposed to protect the rights of the Rakyat and keep them safe from harm, are the ones behaving as judge, jury, and executioner, all rolled into one.

A few famous examples are Kugan (Indian), Teoh Beng Hock (Chinese), Ahmad Sarbaini (Malay) that make this a truly 1Malaysia group. In other words, no one, no matter from which race, is safe, unless you are one of the elite.

4. No Separation Of Powers = Dictatorship

The Judiciary is handpicked by the government of the day, from the Chief Justice all the way down, and many are from the same political party as the ruling elite. This leads to massive miscarriages of justice with court decisions heavily favouring the government of the day, and wasting public resources in persecuting the Opposition members over non-existent, imagined wrongdoings.

With the majority of MPs sitting in Parliament supporting the ruling party, instead of supporting the Rakyat who voted them in, this means the PM has total control of Parliament, the Government and the Judiciary. If these are not the trappings of a dictatorship, what is?? Where are the checks & balances?? There are none, in Malaysia.

5. Draconian, Oppressive Intimidating Laws dan lain-lain lagi

What better way to stifle dissent than to threaten the Rakyat with indefinite detention without trial, with no chance of judicial intervention. Laws such as the ISA, OSA, EO, PPPA, Sedition Act are all used to make the Rakyat to "toe the line" or else ....

With the AG practising "selective prosecution" where only people who oppose the government are incarcerated indefinitely with the cell key thrown away, and cases aginst the elite are always labelled "NFA", there are no more civil liberties to talk about in Malaysia any more. Which foreign investor in their right mind would ever want to invest in Malaysia??

Indeed, the enormous brain drain that Malaysia suffers from stems from this as the main reason - a total lack of civil liberties. Nobody who treasures justice, freedom, and equality, would ever want to invest in the Malaysia of today, nor make such a country their home.

This list can go on and on and on, but let us examine closely what we have to do to drastically improve the situation, and see how we can implement our plan of action for the survival and betterment of Malaysia, and its Rakyat.

We must not act in haste and desperation, or we most likely will end up getting rid of the elitist present day government, and voting in another government that is not much better.


What Needs To Be Done

1. Electoral Reform

We need to ensure the maxim "One Person One Vote" and each and every vote is weighted similarly. To this end, we need to force the present day government to implement all the electoral reforms before the 13th General Election so that we know we are playing on a level playing field.

To force the government of the day, and the Elections Commission into implementing all the electoral reforms proposed by BERSIH 2.0 before the GE13, it may be necessary for a BERSIH 3.0 to act as a catalyst to enforce this term.

2. Wannabe Government Must Pledge To Implement the Rakyat's Reform Agenda fully within the 5 years term

Whilst we desperately want to get rid of the government of the day by voting them out, we must also take great care that the government that we vote in, can and will, do the Rakyat's bidding, and make structural reform their top priority. We most certainly do not want to install a government which is new and untested, and who will utilize all the existing power infrastructure set up by the present ruling elite, to perpetuate its hold on power, whilst oppressing the Rakyat in similar fashion.

We, the Rakyat must tell our political representatives what we want for Malaysia before they get our votes. For far too long, the Rakyat of Malaysia have been led by our noses by these politicians who after winning the
elections, promptly lose their way, and lead us into quicksand! No more blank cheques, thank you very much. We must learn from lessons of the past and empower ourselves with the knowledge of what we want for Malaysia, clearly in our hearts and minds, and the politicians must give us what we want or we will give them the boot.

The Rakyat's Reform Agenda consists of 4 parts:-

(a) Honouring the 18 point and 20 point agreements for Sarawak and Sabah respectively that was drawn up in 1963 when Malaysia was formed.

(b) Replacing the NEP and NEM with the Social Inclusion Agenda that concentrates government help to the marginalized hardcore 40% (of total population in Malaysia) poor that is colour and religion blind, and the only
criteria is that the recipient must be poor. The Commission set up to implement and operate this will report directly to Parliament.

(c) Return all organs of State to the Rakyat, the Judiciary, PDRM, MACC, AG, EC, etc. This means placing neutral, passionately professional and objective people to staff these agencies, and work for the Rakyat, and not for the government of the day, as is what is happening now.

(d) Repeal all draconian laws and legislation, like the ISA, OSA, EO, UUCA, PPPA, Sedition Act etc. when the new government has its first sitting in Parliament.

3. GE13 - Vote Out BN/ dUMNO, Vote In New Govt.

This is when we exercise our constitutional right and patriotic duty to make our votes count. With electoral reforms already in place, and other control mechanisms in place, we must now vote in the govt that has pledged to give us, the Rakyat, what we want.


What We Can Do to Contribute To Ending BN/ dUMNO's Dictatorial Rule

1. Join BERSIH 3.0 as and when necessary to force the EC and the govt to implement all the BERSIH 2.0 electoral reforms.

2. Write to your non-BN political candidate to tell them in no uncertain terms to fully support the Rakyat's Reform Agenda, and get their firm commitment on it.

3. Talk to everyone you know about this plan of action and get them to join you in liberating Malaysia. You may print this out and give copies to your friends, family, relatives and neighbours, and get their firm commitment to do it.

4. Join an NGO that you can believe in and help them work towards the objectives set out in this article. Examples are MCLM, SABM, etc.

5. Get trained as a Polling Agent and Counting Agent and help our non-BN political reps in their constituencies to neutralize unethical behaviour at the polls.

6. Vote out BN in GE13, and install a Rakyat-first government into Putrajaya.

Let's do it !

Socrates.

P.S. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat - Theodore Roosevelt