IT is generally known that majority of the voters are not inspired by the coalitions of Pakatan Harapan, Perikatan Nasional and Barisan Nasional. 

Those who voted for PH in 2018 are disgusted that their decision was trampled on by the politicians’ shifting allegiances.

But this doesn’t mean we should abdicate our responsibility to vote.

We are equally responsible if we turn a blind eye to their shenanigans. 

Year after year, the report from the auditor-general reveals financial shenanigans in various ministries. 

The implicated politician do not need to explain themselves.

Do the rakyat believe that there is an honest politician or an honest coalition?

Except for Muda candidates, politicians in every one of the coalitions learned their trade under the aegis of warlords of their parties.

To survive and rise up the ranks in each of their parties, they would have learnt and perfected the  same tactics and governance that brought the country to its present position.

One coalition had ruled this country uninterrupted except for two years. Its appeal for votes is merely centre on political stability, with zero acknowledgement that it is the cause and source of the majority of the ills in the country.

Another coalition flaunts its record of managing the country for the 17 months of pandemic. Again, even the blind, deaf and dumb is aware of how they plundered and steered the country like a runaway train during those 17 months. A partner in the coalition has declared that it will legislate the bill which they have been salivating to pass for the last few years, the RUU355 that imposes harsher penalties on Muslims convicted of religious offences. 

Another coalition did not expect to win the 2018 election and was booted out, not by the people, but by its own while they were still celebrating their good fortune.

In summary, if the rakyat decides to vote for a coalition that has been plundering the country of its resources be prepared for a further deterioration in the quality of life. F

If the voters decide to give the coalition that usurped the people’s mandate and took the country for a wild ride during the pandemic, be prepared for an aimless long roller coaster ride for the next five years.

How about the coalition who obtained the voters’ mandate but was robbed of its role due to its own incompetence?

Should they be judged for their two years in power?

A vote for Muda to not an experiment. Why not? 

Except for its president, who is facing a corruption charge, the rest of the candidates in Muda have yet to learn the corrupt ways of the seasoned politicians. – November 4, 2022.

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