NO SEASON FOR POLITICS

I just cannot help but give my two cents again on Malaysian politics particularly in Sabah. An active mind wants to get it out of the system and share to the world (even though none may want to hear) and that would somehow make my blog viable and relevant.

I would want to consider myself as thinking from outside the box and talking from a distance. I do not want to align myself with any political party in Malaysia (even though I admire one or two or three parties) but if I were in the USA I would proudly say that I am a Republican (that said because I think I am 80% traditionalist and 20% rebellious ~ in short, I am not really a full-fledged enterprising person or an adventurer just for the sake of being one in the sense that he goes to uncharted territories knowing the danger and finding it too late to make a U turn. I am a person who desires to know his available resources and bloom with them).

In US they have a season to "play" politics and time to sit down and work so that the country can move forward. There's the presidential elections and there's the mid-term elections. Simply put, why can't Malaysian politicians do the same?

Sadly, we are still in communalism politics ("still" I say, but looks like the way things go, communalism politics is here to stay in Malaysia for good!). But recently we heard someone said "ketuanan" could be replaced with "keterasan"; roughly, "ketuanan" means "supremacy" and "keterasan" is "vanguard" or "leadership". With that, there it seems to be some glitter of hope that I could be wrong when I say communalism politics is here to stay in Malaysia for good.

We saw how Nazi Germany crumbled and Apartheid South Africa no longer exist. Let's just hope that race-based politics or race-based anything, will see its demise not too long from now.

Today we heard in Sabah that the state PKR is fast dismantling itself. From my personal point of view Jeffrey Kitingan, Christina Liew and John Ghani should all join SAPP and form a new state government that practice autonomy from the central administration and also practice meritocracy. If SAPP can't then it would at least be a formidable opposition which is vital. And it should keep trying and trying. DAP in Penang and PAS in Kelantan are excellent examples where central influence has been kept at bay. We will try to do that in Sabah.

Then only we see a stable state which is able to preserve its cultural & socio-economic characteristics. No more Roman-type of empire trying to impose its will on far-ranging provinces, or neo-colonialism of British-style divide and conquer methodology attempting to subjugate certain communities.

When things stabilize, and strong political parties with impeccable leadership prevails (sans graft, cronyism and arrogance), then we can hope for seasonal politics where there will be time to fight and time to sit down together and move the country forward.