FATAL LOSS OF CREDIBILITY: Malaysia can't give clean air, water or even CORRECT INFO ON MH370

If ever there was a time that Malaysia is in a state of chaos and confusion, the time is now. For never before have Malaysians become so angry and hurt and disappointed with the government of the day than now.

Sad to say, the same negative perception is now also shared by the rest of the world, shocked at the imbecility and superficiality of Prime Minister Najib Razak's administration when called upon to manage the crisis of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Instead of placing the highest priority on the MH370 tragedy and treating it like a disaster issue, Najib and his Umno party almost immediately shifted into their well-trodden political footpaths of defecting blame, picking on Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, and using devious means of counter-propaganda to paint the pilots as rogues so that rightful blame on perhaps lax security measures could be diverted from the real sources.

As many foreign experts have pointed out, it is shocking that till now, the cargo manifest of the Boeing 777 is still kept under wraps while Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein only saw fit a day ago to put the record straight that the last words from the cockpit was 'Good night, Malaysian 3-7-0' instead of the infamously in-breach-of-etiquette 'All right, good night' which had prompted all sorts of unsavory global speculation about the pilot and co-pilot's frame of mind.

Time for a new government

Indeed for Malaysians, it is time for change - a high time for a change of government.

The spiralling cost of goods and services, the inability of Malaysians to breathe clean air and the inaccessibility to something as basic as water definitely places the nation in the category of rogue nations.

Moreover, the independence and decisions held by the Malaysian judiciary is often in doubt and challenged, the quality of private health care has deteriorated but the charges and fees have been increasing astronomically and the country has a police force and civil service that many Malaysians consider corrupt and inept.

If now is not the time for change, and if Malaysians are not brave enough to change but to persevere with the corrupt policies and practices of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government, it is only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose.

Already it is evident that there is a breakdown of law and order in the country. The people are therefore rallying in greater numbers against the loss of their civil liberties and the fact that the tenets and obligations of democracy have been gravely compromised over the last decade.

If this scenario of all hell starting to break loose in the country is not enough to scare us, the dire possibility of racial and religious tensions arising is another cause for concern and it looks as if there is no end to the rising number of problems and crises that is beginning to torment the nation.

This was never like Malaysia. This is a Malaysia that is straining and groaning and crumbling under the weight of the ill of BN's governance. There is no party to be blamed except BN who have been governing this nation exclusively since Merdeka and now there is a drastic need for the rakyat to set the country in order.

The winds of change

What can Malaysians do to avert the destruction of their nation? In order to avoid Malaysia from going back to ground zero, the people need to collectively and in a concerted way and manner demonstrate their impatience and intolerance of the BN government's right to govern.

The time is right for the people to ask and seek for a change of government. Any other government ruling Malaysia will fare much better, no matter what the circumstances, than the BN government of present.

All the present set of ills plaguing the country is caused by BN's corrupt and inept governance and it is only fair that the people's wish for a change of government be acceded to as soon as possible.

In fact, it also just might be that to wait for the forthcoming 14th GE about four years away might be too long a period within which the nation may collapse. There might be the possibility of a snap poll's in the near future as it looks that a rising number of BN Members of Parliament are also concerned of the current political scenario in Malaysia.

The best bet and way to go about changing the government of the day is for Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to fan the winds of change in the country. PR must seize the initiative and muster the effort to bring about a change of government.

So far PR and its component parties of PKR, DAP and Parti PAS are playing their cards right and the Kajang by-election will be a clear indicator of where the alternative front is heading and it appears to be heading in the right direction.

While Anwar Ibrahim, the doyen of Malaysian politics, did not contest after the courts, apparently with the encouragement of the Najib regime, reverse his sodomy acquittal, his wife, Wan Azizah, was well able to sweep to an easy win and ensure the coast is clear to takeover at Putrajaya, as most of the analysis that has been conducted and done so far by independent experts point to PR helming the government of Malaysia soon.

Why the Kajang by-election was pivotal for PR?

If ever there is to be a clear indicator that PR will govern Malaysia in the future, it will be the Kajang by-election. The Kajang by-election was a two-way tussle between Wan Azizah and BN-MCA's Chew Mei Fun.

While Mei Fun was no pushover, it will be sad to see her exit in the Kajang by-election.

PR needs to break ground with the state of Selangor and assert great control over the golden state that it does not slip from its grasp and the grip of PR on the state has to grow much stronger than now.

This is to ensure that the state of Selangor will act as a nucleus for the opposition coalition to spread their influence and ideology throughout the country and to sway voters especially the fence-sitters to their fold.

Kajang is a fast-growing metropolis and it is a vibrant hub in the heart of Selangor besides the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur and it is the ground upon which PR is trying to prove its capability to move across the nation.

Kajang is a sort of pilot project for PR and should they fail, which is unlikely, they will have greater difficulty in a takeover bid for government.

It is from Kajang where Anwar and the expansionist policies of PR are set to grow. Therefore, Kajang becomes an acid-test for PKR and PR.

Is it really possible to see the exit of BN?

Malaysians are hard to convince that BN will fold up. But there has never been a better time for Malaysians wishing to see the exit of BN than now.

While in the 13th GE, PR held the popular vote, it was most unfortunately BN that grabbed power through what has been construed as "undemocratic" means.

But the rot has since set in and this time round, from holding the popular vote, PR is set to make in-roads and gains beginning with Kajang and spreading throughout the state and nation until the call is made for the next general election.

While independent analysts are of the view that it is difficult to see BN win another general election, the irregularities of the 13th GE are expected to be maximized in the next general election.

But this time round with a difference. This time round or in the 14th GE, the popular vote will be so overwhelmingly in favor of PR that BN and the Elections Commission (EC) with all its tricks and tactics will not be able to avoid defeat.

Some people might think all this at present is premature or wishful thinking. But the fact is these findings are the results of having gone to the ground with the people and being scientifically analyzed before being presented.

It is also done in the spirit of directing and guiding Malaysians with the intention of getting them on the right track, with a PR government that can make a big difference in a globalized world and being able to resolve speedily and amicably issues such as the "Allah" controversy, without playing with fire and invoking and incurring the wrath of God upon this country. - Malaysia Chronicle