Epic fiasco in Malaysian politics

LETTER | “In politics, there are no friends” – this quote perfectly described the political dramas that most Malaysians witnessed in the past weeks. 

All kinds of feelings were experienced by Malaysians; anger, frustration, sad, agitated, gloomy, hatred, joy, basically all sorts of emotions. 

Last week was like a roller-coaster ride for most of us. It definitely felt like we travelled through time when many of us were glued to the television on the historic day of May 9 2018, anxiously waiting for the results of the 14th Malaysian general election. 

This time around, the atmosphere was absolutely different then. In May 2018, we demanded for a change. We wanted a breath of fresh air and we got it. 

Now, 22 months later, who would have expected that the euphoria felt by the people in May 2018 would end.

The boiling point was on February 21 at the Pakatan Harapan presidential council meeting. 

Behind closed doors, the political turmoil has started amongst the members. From that night, it led to another movement which resulted in the first pandemonium that shocked the whole country. 

The crusade was made known to some of the political members, but to normal people that you called ‘rakyat’, that was not expected or anticipated at all. 

What supposed to be a normal Sunday turned out to be the most ridiculous and crazy Sunday for everyone.

With the rise of social media, people went frantic by mouthing off unnecessary words and judgements to one another. 

Political people were busy orchestrating their next move without having the decency to calm down the rakyat who voted for them to be where they are now. 

The incident on Sunday prolonged for a week. People were restless. That one-week drama had many stages that were, frankly, quite hard for the people to keep up or follow. 

Each act of drama never failed to give a heart attack. Truthfully, unnecessary drama I would say if their objective was clearly and genuinely to serve the people. 

But of course, we are talking about politics and politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even when there is no river. 

At the end of the day, it is only for their own interest and their political advancement not for what they believe is right for the country or its people.

Fast forward today, everything has definitely changed. The political turmoil of the past weeks has taken its toll on Malaysians. 

The so-called new Malaysia and the sacrifices that people have made for May 9, 2018 have all gone down the drain. 

Sure, we can come back stronger, but if one does not take this as a lesson learned, it is not impossible for another plot, storyline and antagonist to emerge in the future. 

Let’s pray for a better Malaysia. 

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