My dear friends,
Malaysians have
finally made their statement and it is clear: their determination towards a
change was real, sincere, and indeed had a stroke of devotion in it.
The 14th
General elections has been a fight, a struggle between the people and the
mighty Barisan Nasional (BN), which, unleashed manifold obstacles against peace
loving voters, and voters who had wanted to exercise their democratic rights.
BN had actually gone on a spree to devise various methods to cause
inconvenience, pain and frustration to voters, hoping these irritating elements
will prevent them from exercising their constitutional rights. That was a very
wicked devise on the part of BN.
In fact, BN itself
was the author for its own downfall as it miscalculated the people’s mind. It
thought by being harsh, rude, and aggressive it could frighten the voters; nay,
the people were ready to face the ordeal and inflict a knock-out blow, which is
what had happened. In the fight between the people and BN, the people won. In a
democracy the oppressors must eventually lose. That is the norm.
The results of 9th
May 2018 is a lesson that every leader needs to remember. Abuse of power and
oppressive measures to secure victory including bribing the voters will not
work in this age of science and technology. BN had dreamt that it could succeed
as it had in previous elections by falsities, threats, and inducing fear. They
failed to read the people’s mind which was akin to a volcano waiting to erupt,
which it did on 9th May.
BN believed, the fear
culture it had created and nurtured were enough to keep it in power; UMNO on
its own thought it could retain power by encouraging and being part of
corruption. Malaysians, in general had put paid to these cultures and had
opened a way for a NEW MALAYSIA.
My dear friends, you
have been the cause for this meaningful and wonderful change. You have
demonstrated that race, religion and language cannot; and are not, barriers to
unite the people when freedom is at stake, and when it is threatened. The
courage you have shown, the agony you had gone through over so far had been
properly rewarded. You valued freedom and showed you are determined to protect
it at any cost.
Thank you for your
support. MERDEKA.
11.5.2018
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