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Gerakan - How To Become A Louder Conscience?

October 13, 2008

Hi! How are you? I hope you’re doing fine. Monday blues? Tough luck, cari makan susah.

So, I would like to start off by saying I wrote this post last night. I spent about an hour writing it, but upon rereading, I went way off tangent too many times. And most of you don’t like reading long posts anyway, so I’ve condensed my post to a point format, to pay homage to the blogging royalty, Che Det.

1. Gerakan elections have just been completed. Confirmed party president Koh Tsu Koon has stated that Gerakan wants to reform the BN from within, which is why they are staying put in the coalition.

2. Among the reforms that Gerakan will seek to implement is the repeal or at the very least, revision of the ISA.

3. To a layman like me, for a law to be revised, it has to first come from the cabinet and tabled in Parliament. Gerakan has 2 MPs in Parliament. If I am not wrong, there are no Gerakan leaders in the cabinet. Even if it has 2 people in the cabinet, they are most likely junior members, and will have zero clout in the cabinet.

4. With that in mind, how does Gerakan plan to be “a louder conscience” within BN, as stated in Malaysiakini? Does the party wield such power to make decisions? Does complaining loudly to the press serve any purpose, except to blow hot air? Speaking about hot air, I used to read the new Youth Chief’s blog (used being the keyword here). Hot air lah.

5. Even PM AAB has publicly stated that reforming the ISA is not within his 5 point reform agenda before he steps down. So how long will Gerakan be fighting for this reform?

6. In a few month’s time, the ISA detainees will be forgotten, and Gerakan will cease to say or do anything about it. Why do I say so? Gerakan forgets really easily, to the point that their members who endorse their president’s decision to stay in the BN have forgotten that the racist little prick has not apologized yet (as pointed out by Uncle Kit), and none of the police reports on him have been acted on. 3 year suspension by UMNO, all ‘kau dim’ already.

7. If the ISA is abolished before PM Abdullah steps down, then pigs will fly. My lack in confidence in Gerakan’s refusal to recognize their impotence within BN will ensure that my porcine friends will have their feet firmly set on the ground.

And that’s all I have to say about the Gerakan elections, which honestly shouldn’t even get such saturated media coverage.

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