~*Election Fever*~

I have never intended to write anything about the election fever currently in Malaysia but i couldn't help it...i have to express what i felt at this moment. I am not someone who is interested in politics because of all the corruptions revolving around politicians especially under the reign of Barisan Nasional. No doubt that Barisan is still going to win this election and the election to come, but this time, they have suffered a tremendous setback. They no longer have the two-third majority in the government compared to the previous election in 2004. The opposition parties has managed to captured 5 states in Malaysia and that's including the beloved Penang, of course. Although to many people's delight, Barisan Nasional has finally been deprived of its virtually absolute power of such a long time in Malaysian election history but i seriously doubt whether we should really celebrate the victory of the opposition. Is it supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing considering that the combined opposition party DAP-PKR-PAS has won over the state of Penang? Clearly, the winner of the opposition party is DAP who has won all 19 state seats it contested in Penang with PKR winning six and Pas two. Since the combined opposition has won at least 24 seats out of the 40 seats in the election, they will now be able to form their own state government. DAP's secretary-general Lim Guan Eng is believed to be the next chief minister of Penang.

The opposition has promised us all sorts of things including a brighter future and more development in Penang but whether they will keep up to their words or not depends on time. Only time can tell whether they have kept their promises. For the 1st time in history, the opposition has taken over Penang, the last being when Gerakan (back then an opposition party) won Penang almost 40 years ago. The Barisan Nasional party of course was shocked by the news that they have lost Penang to the opposition parties. I kept asking myself...are the oppositions really more calibre and effective to lead the country forward and promise all Malaysians a better future??? I'm doubtful whether our celebration of opposition's victory is a little too premature...i see many people celebrating the victory of the opposition without knowing whether they will transform their state for the better or worse. Fingers crossed, surely everyone hope that the opposition will bring us to greater heights and make Penang more well-known around the world but honestly, who knows what the future holds for our state and also our country. Comparing our situation with the UK's election in 1997 when the labour party won over the conservative party...i can see that British people actually trusted there to be a better future with the labour party as the manifesto given by the labour were certainly more appealing than those given by the conservative...People wanted the entrenchment of human rights and better transparency in the judiciary. That is the reason why they had voted for a government that promised them that and not surprisingly fulfilled all the promises made. However, we Malaysians are left with a changing to a government which we don't even know whether will they achieve the goals we want such as equal opportunity and more freedom of speech and human rights. Once again, only time will tell...we gotta wait for quite some time before eventually knowing the end results. If they have kept their promises, then of course, all the citizens will vote for them again in the next election and vice-versa.

Ahhh, enough about the election thingy, as for now i better concentrate on other better stuffs to do such as revising for my finals exam. This few days has been pretty hectic for me...so much things to do and so little time to complete it. Winter has finally come to an end and spring is here...woohoo!!! Although it's already spring, it's still so damn cold here in UK...the temperature outside right now is 6 degrees Celsius...though it feels much more colder than stated. That's all for now, will update my blog again soon. Ta-ta...;);)