Are we trying to reinvent democracy???

What is the Significant of 16 of September?

There are two significant of the said date to the people of Malaysia. No 1, it was the day Malaysia was born. After a few years of independence, it was unavoidable for Malaya to regroup with the other British colony around it to avoid the pressure put open to it by communism activities around the borders of each countries. Then there is also because of the development of socialism and the unbalance of races and the so called threat by the UPP in Singapore. Or was it PAP, I forgotten. (please ractify my fact, because i am so lazy to flip the history book)

Anyway, in order to curb this, Malaya at that time need to increase the number of Bumis thus need to, by hook or by crook to accept (and make them accept. Them are Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei, and apparently Singapore at that time) the collaboration of a new bigger country call Malaysia.

Thus, with many obstacle and heavy process of persuasion Malaysia was establish and the date 16 of September was declared as the date of the formation of Federation of Malaysia. Brunei is not interested, while Singapore decided to be left alone in 1965.

That is the first significant.

The second significant is also political, but not on the concept of national security, but more of a vengeance. Revenge set and orchestrated by a single intellectual and politically experienced person, who may not be very politically powerful, but very influential indeed.

And that revenge was set on a very significant date, the 16th of September 2008.

While the later is selected for the amalgamation of all Malays the Bumis, the former is selected for the devastation of Malay and the Bumis unity. But both need Sabah and Sarawak in a way.

How ironic and very sad.

That is the background based on my understanding, and what I think is not important. What important is what I am going to say NOW.

It’s on the concept of Democracy.

For more than 400 years we fought of tyranny and colonization so we can be independent. We shunt of communism so we can have freedom to choose, we shunt of socialism because we believe in diversification, and thus we choose to live in a democratic way.

We choose Democracy.

In a democracy the people choose. They choose their MPs in a very fair election. The MPs will regroup and those from the biggest party will choose their leader who they conventionally accepted in the social contract to be the head of government of the country even before the government is being formed.

The head of government is the Prime Minister. The YDPA with the constitutional power given to his highnesses will be more than happy to accept that leader to be the PM, because the election will ease His tension and headache in choosing a leader.

So that is how democracy works, the people in a way, decide who they want to be their prime minister. While some good denizens may choose some other Samaritan to be their leader, but Democracy itself believes in the voice of the majority.

Democracy only works if the majority chooses.

So, this is my take. I always admire a strong political figure, those who can have control of a situation and have good charisma to be good leader. It’s not easy to control millions of people especially in a country where diversification of the people and ethnics is their reason for being.

But that political figure must be chosen by the people, not the MPs.

The MPs must realize that they are there because of the people. The MPs view on certain matters might not reflect the needs and wants of the people. The MPs should not suddenly decide whom they want to be their leaders by changing their political flag. This is because when a person select their MPs, most of the time they did not select them because of his ability. Most of the people don’t even know what are the credential and ability of their MPs. Some of them don’t even know who their MPs are.

That is why we have a lot of stupid MPs in the Parliament, especially that one person who brings camera inside the house of Parliament. I sometime feel like running him over with a bus.

But, again what i think of the MPs is not important.

So, they, the people choose the flag or the colour of the party, because they believe in that system when they put a cross on the ballot docket.

The MPs are just there as a connection between the people to their leaders. The MPs are the people they choose to voice up their intention.

So the MPs should not choose for the people. It is very undemocratic if the MPs suddenly decide to jump party just to ensure majority, because that type of majority is no longer a democracy.

It’s a mutiny.

And it’s bad, and unethical and barbaric.

If the MPs still want to exert changes to the political ruling, they should choose a more heroic way of doing it. They can however put a motion to vote of non confident inside the system itself or the party.

If not they, the MPs have to wait for the election, thus that strong, intellectual and very influential political figures like everyone else who wanted to become a leader in a democratic country, should wait until the people is confidently enough to choose him as their leader.

Otherwise he just has to wait.


By the way, not being bias, do we have anyone died of starvation is this country???

But, then again, this is only my humble view, so don't sent anyone to shoot me in the face.