Koon Yew Yin: Vote wisely in support of change

A role model's advice to vote wisely... in support of change. In fact, we need more like Dr. Kumar who could take on the present arrogant ministers in the next general election. Each time they appear on television with their grin and spin, I wish for an early election so that the voters could spare us of having to put up with such nonsense. Excerpt of Mr. Koon's recent speech in Jelapang on August 13:

"To Dr Kumar, I would like to say that you are the people’s hero and the action of the authorities in detaining you has angered all fair minded people in the country. I would also like to point out that when the Barisan Nasional was riding high and its leaders appeared to be invincible, it was Dr. Kumar who stood up to challenge Dato Seri Samy Vellu.

At that time too, I provided a modest donation in support of his campaign to dethrone Samy and I am happy to note that the unthinkable did happen. The Sungei Siput voters saw the light and gave Samy the boot.

Today, I am here also because I want to remind you of the following concerns which are uppermost in my mind when I go to the polling booth. These concerns are not mine alone. I believe they are shared by the majority of Malaysians who love the country as much as I do.

1. I want the best people to govern us.

2. I want a good education system so that our children do not have to emigrate.

3. I want a good and fair civil service to manage our country well.

4. I want a good and fair police force.

5. I want a good and fair judiciary.

6. I want an effective MACC that does its job in going after the really big fish (such as the dentist who lives in a RM6 million house) without concern for the political position or affiliation of the suspects.

7. I want the new government to stop giving out large concessions and contracts without open tenders so that we can get cheaper rates for essential services such as water, electricity, highway tolls etc

8. I want the new government to investigate the purchase of the two Scorpene submarines that was made a joke of for allegedly failing to submerge, the RM500 million in commissions paid for the purchase, and the related murder of Altantuya, the Mongolian translator.

9. I want all Malaysians to vote wisely so that changes can take place in our government to ensure that all these concerns are taken care of..."

Rest of his article in CPI:
http://english.cpiasia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2231:vote-wisely-in-support-of-change&catid=211:koon-yew-yin&Itemid=193

The people's wishes are simple, yet our present electoral system does not ensure those wishes to come true. We need overwhelming support for change in order to counter built-in unfair practices. Perhaps, Samy lost because he was out of favour then and did not have the advantages. Postal votes were perceived to have been used to help key ministers maintain their mandate.

Incidentally, Hussein Hamid in his post, 'The arrogance of power' almost two years ago and just posted again today, had this to say at the end of his article:

"This is what I try to do. If by my writing I can turn one person against UMNO – just one – then we are one person ahead towards our ‘brand new beginning’. Do as I do. Go talk to one person and bring him or her into our fold – then one by one we will slowly but surely build up our strength and strike down UMNO and Barisan. Go do it now!"

Rest of his article:
http://steadyaku-steadyaku-husseinhamid.blogspot.com/2011/08/arrogance-of-power.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Steadyaku47+%28steadyaku47%29