Some low-risk methods to reclaim Malaysia Baru

COMMENT | The only powerful people that we should trust in this country are… ourselves. We the rakyat, not the politicians, are the only real guarantee that a Better Malaysia can emerge.

Change is about power. We subcontract our power out to the politicians once every five years (during elections), and then surrender our fates to them… hoping they will do the right thing. But in my previous column, I wrote about how politicians may be “influenced” by rich tycoons’ “donations”, which then “distracts” them from their original promises.

It’s only during by-elections that suddenly, people power becomes important again, with sudden outpourings of goodies from the political heavens above. It’s almost a black joke that the best way for an elected MP to get things done real quick for his area is to, well, pass away. Ah… if only there were a by-election (or should it be called “buy election”?) every month!

But there are other, less macabre, ways to keep up the pressure on the politicians...