15th General Election is ON, but not GE16

 

        General Election soon?

        I get a lot of phone calls and messages from people who want to know whether the general election will be on soon following an article, "PM will make an important announcement." 

        I choose not to answer a lot of these questions which to me, is just a waste of time. If the general election is on, it is on. If it is next year, let it be. 

        Now, I am no prophet or fortune teller to predict when the general election is on. Let me show you how to read in between the lines.

        (1) PM will make an important announcement? What does this mean, but something very important. Well it can be both ways: (a) Agong has not consented to a general election. The decision is final (b) Agong has consented to a general election which will be held on (DATE). 

        (2) Agong lifted the state of emergency in a few constituencies. What does that mean? It means he is also prepared for any eventuality, or maybe, he just did it after being reminded of it. No big deal. 

        (3) You do not hear that much rumbling from Umno's court cluster in the past one or two weeks. What does that tell you?

        (4) But the budget was tabled. So what? That's only laid out as a sweetener to those whom they are pandering to in the coming general election. Listen again to what finance minister, Tengku Zafrul said: "This budget can be tabled again." Meaning? It's a bait for those who think that the budget it good. It is unlikely that they will want the parliament to debate further because the budget is weak towards the majority of Malaysians. Period.

        I leave it at that, as ANYTHING can happen in this country. Decisions are not cast in stones. But, I can say GE15 is ON any moment from now to July next year. GE16 will not be on so soon. 

Who to Vote?

        The next question I get from a lot of people since I expressed my disgust with Pakatan Harapan in Selangor. 

        Well, my answer is: Vote according to your conscience.

        What do you see in the country? What is happening to the welfare of the people? Who are to be blamed if things continue to be rotten the way it has been? 

        It's you. It's me. We voted for the wrong people. Blame no one else.

        Would I vote for PH or BN? I think my answer is obvious with me saying even a word. But, what about the 'bad' politicians in the coalition? My answer is SNUB THEM. Don't even waste time attending their ceramah, but continue to vote based on your own observations for the past 5 years. 

        What about Selangor State Government? Would I vote for them? Well, it depends. As I said, if the PH council continues to recycle the non-performers in the state exco and all the rejected elected representatives, I would cast a spoilt vote for Selangor. 

        I think 2+1 terms for PH in Selangor is good enough, but if one more term is what they are looking for, I would like to see who they have on the Selangor state candidature. Are these people still in, whether in Selangor or elsewhere?

        Amirudin Shari 

        Ng Sze Han

        Elizabeth Wong

        Izham Hashim 

        Hee Loy Sean

        Any of the two councillors in my Zone: Ng Wei Keong and Calvin Cheong

        And on the parliamentarian level, are they still standing for election? 

        Tony Pua

        R. Sivarasa

        P. Waythamoorthy

        Please help to forward this blogpost to your friends in their respective constituencies. Come back to this link as I update more names. I don't need to mention BN, PN, PAS, as most of them hardly make the mark, except for a few good ones whom I choose to maintain contact. 

        I would vote for PH if DAP fields someone like Ronnie Liu, which goes to show that the DAP is willing to accept even amongst themselves people with dissenting views. That, after all, is what DAP's name suggest, not Dictatorial Action Party! Or, "I say, you listen," "Please tell me your complaint, but you will not hear back from me again." (NATO)

        And, would I vote for the Independents? No, at the moment, Independents are just going to be as "jumpy" as the frogs. These are worse - they are "toads." Today, they are here, tomorrow, they jump elsewhere. Where exactly they stand, no one knows! Maybe, the toad culture will attract those who go for sweets, especially when they are already asking for crowdfunding. 

        Until we have two strong coalitions, toads are not going to make an impact. They will just split votes.