Let The Show Begins

The candidates from the both political sides for the by-election are now officially known to be the candidates for the Hulu Selangor constituency. What comes next? The battle of the wits and dirty linens hanging to dry in the moonlight will be the excitements in the “ceramahs”.

Campaigning against corruption and the erosion of civil liberties are the worthy pursuit in the Hulu Selangor by-election. The 7-2 victory in favour of Pakatan Rakyat could see the 8-2 score easily even with a thin majority. This is perceived by most hopefuls around the country, but it is yet to be a tested theory if it is applicable in Hulu Selangor.

Pakatan Rakyat is armed to the teeth and will definitely use the spotlight of this by-election to show their seriousness they take the problems to heart of this constituency.

Can PR machinery deliver the message to BN hardcore what is meant by corruption? Why should they think in the same line when they literally could hardly understand how corruption comes about?

The word corruption is too academic to them, not because they are illiterates but because they could not feel the impact it can create. Corruption can be easily interpreted as the rising cost of living without an iota to the knowledge how it derives.

Anyone can scream corruption till the cows come home in the nightly “ceramah” but the effect will remain lukewarm. Take for example, the DPM dares to openly declare that he is “Malay First” despite the grand promulgation of 1Malaysia, yet we see Indians and Chinese around him could accept with an open-heart!

When any community feels they have been neglected, money will fall from the sky for a total whitewash! This is the vivid display of corruption where people will submissively accept without any further ado. I will not say anything negative about these people because we have to understand their lifestyle and the way they think is unlike the urbanites.

Pakatan Rakyat does not have the privilege to make money falls from the sky, but has the personalities with quintessence to deliver the message why there should be a change. Instead of rhetoric in the nightly “ceramahs” which is a norm in the political sense, the educating process is equally imperative to deliver the message about what is really happening in the country.

It is not easy to gauge the people’s choice but it is with a positive sign that a narrow margin for victory is there for Pakatan Rakyat.

If the electorates fail to take this opportunity to be awaken from the Barisan Government for its greed and tribal devotion in enriching itself and its cronies, then Hulu Selangorians should blame themselves for their own folly.