How the story ends is entirely in the hands of the people of Perak. They are the only ones who can solve their problem and for that matter, Malaysians are quite capable of solving their own affairs.
Forget about foreign intervention or even divine intervention. God only helps those who help themselves !
We can only help ourselves if we awaken ourselves from our induced comatose and begin not only to realize what is happening to us but to accept that we have a problem and that we will not be able to solve our problem if we are constantly in denial !
So, what is our problem ?
What is wrong with UMNO/BN is what is wrong with Malaysia, at the moment.
We need new blood infused into our chronicly anaemic system - new ideas,new perspectives,new solutions to solve new problems - to replace an antiquated and dysfunctional regime that has been bleeding the system to its premature death.
And if UMNO/BN cannot provide the new blood to revive itself to function properly,then it should make way for another party with viable alternative solutions to run the show .
As much as I want PR to take over,because BN has lost its moral right to govern, I do however, love Malaysia more. I feel that the two Party system is the best option and the sooner the system kicks in, the better it is for Malaysia.
So, both BN and PR had better make full use of the precious time they have, between now and the next General Elections, to get their acts together and stop the ridiculous political bickering going on at the moment and focus their attentions instead in the efficient running of the states that they are now governing .
BN, being the ruling Party and the incumbent government should instead,be concentrating and spending the nation's resources on how to solve the economic crisis the nation is now facing and finding solutions and means to cushion the consequent effects of the impending losses in jobs,earnings and savings of the people !
PR needs to consolidate and change its mindset to stop thinking like they are still in opposition and start acting responsibly and start taking seriously, the running of their governing states because they will be held accountable by the voters, the way the BN is held accountable and they will be judged by their results and not by their rhetorics, at the next General Elections!
Coming back to the drama in Perak. A lot of attention is now understandably focused on the Perak royalty and the way H.R.H. Sultan Azlan Shah has handled the ensuing political impasse.
There has been a lot of speculation among the rakyat as to what actually transpired between Najib and H.R.H. ? Did their own self preservations win the day at the expense of the well being of the nation and country to ensure that it will be "business as usual" and that they can continue to validate their positions and existence ? And, how is H.R.H. Sultan Azlan Shah's decision to sack his erstwhile legimate M.B. and to give in to Najib's demands, connected to the earlier appointment of an UMNO man as C.J. and a yet earlier incident regarding a court case involving the Regent of Negri Sembilan ?
The rakyat wonders if H.R.H. was put by Najib between a rock and a hard place, where by he had no choice but to give in to Najib's assurance that only the Umno putras alone will protect the monarchical institution ?
That could have been a posible scenario because there is no other way to justify or to explain how an esteemed and admired monarch ,learned in the laws, could have acted the way H.R.H. did. And if that was the case, it is indeed a sad day for Malaysia.
Sad because, whether we embrace it or reject it, the monarchy is here to stay. It is an institution
protected and entrenched within our constitution. It will take only a revolution to change our constitution to change the status quo. And there will never be a people's revolution in a democracy unless there is a break down of the democratic system itself whereby wannabe dictators remove, forcibly or otherwise, the democratic process,avenues and rights of the nation to act, to question and to correct what ails the nation, as rightful and righteous citizens.
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