Bersih came about because our elections were found to be grossly unfair for years, in favour of the incumbents, and complaints about our electoral system were falling on deaf ears. So far, BN leaders and Election Commission Chairman have insisted the system is working fine, otherwise there would be no states controlled by the opposition. Despite this being illogical and refuted with 'if system has been fair, BN could have been in the opposition!', till today, Ministers and other BN leaders continue to use it to reply to criticisms about it.
What had happened recently has been named 'Mismahgate' by some to reflect on its significance as comparable to Watergate which brought down Nixon in USA. Many are hoping that this could be 'the last straw' that is going to break the camel's back, to the majority of voters in the next GE...
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Our confidence in our national leaders, institutions and their systems is dropping day by day!
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