Lawan Tetap Lawan

Parliament Seats
In 2003, BN won 198 seats.
In 2008, BN won 140 seats.
In 2013, BN won 133 (+7)
In 2018, ????


State Seats
2008 - BN 344 vs 161
2013 - BN 275 vs 230 (PR +71) 




- We reduced the number of BN�s parliamentary seats by 7

- We have secured an enormous gain in State seats by 71

- We have driven home the point to Barisan that we are the rightful owner of the country


- We proved to MCA, Gerakan & MIC that they are irrelevant


- Perak & Terengganu almost made it 


- There are more people who voted for opposition. BN polled 5.220 million votes to Pakatan Rakyat�s 5.489 million

BN please take note of the kind of mandate you have secured, its not really 50-49. You know 

and I know with the phantom voters allegations, gerrymandering, vote buying  and vote stuffing 

allegations, the real figure should be somewhere in the region of 56-44, take note again of the

 kind of mandate you have secured.


Somebody mentioned that Gandhi took his fight for independence some 32 years while 

Mandela spent 27 years seeking justice and freedom. We are barely in our journey for 10 

years. Our time will come. We will still fight the "dirtiest election tactics" issues head on for now 

but know in our hearts where we are headed - the longer road, the road less travelled, the road

taken by heroes and those who champion the triumph of the human spirit.

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Some of you commented that the nation is not ready to accept Pakatan or rather we have not 

convinced the rural heartlands in East Malaysia and pockets of Johor, Pahang and northern 

Malaysia. That may be true but only to a small extent. Its the Parliamentary seats 

gerrymandering ... it is quite ridiculous ... how can a constituency with 100,000 elect one rep 

and another with just 25,000 elect another??? Do you know how of these seats are there? 

We can call for Bershi 4.0 but we also know we have to work with a slanted playing field. I 

think the people's march towards a people's government is stronger than what most of you 

make it out to be. We are reaching the masses, its the convoluted and lopsided rules that 

make it seem that way.


Its My Backyard

Truth be told, politics does not affect my livelihood, I will still get by. Truth be told, I could have stayed on in Australia and be gone from Malaysia more than 20 years ago. But its my backyard. I could be drawing a good salary with good career prospects somewhere else ... but when I read Sydney Morning Herald, South China Morning Post of Singapore's Straits Times ... I don't feel as if I am reading about things or people that mattered to me. There is a disconnect that I cannot explain.

It is not so grand a sacrifice on my part to be back in Malaysia, its my backyard. Why should I care if the politicians grabbed billions from the country's resources? Why should I care, when the bulk of people do not? 

If you look at the manifestos from both sides, they are pretty similar, its not an economic policy issue, it is something a whole lot bigger than that. 

I cannot just shake my head when I see grave injustice being meted out to others just because they are "in their way". I cannot just shake my head when I sense the judiciary is not truly independent and may just be an extension of the political powers to be. These may not still affect me directly but its affects my fellow neighbours. I think we all deserve something better than that. 

While there is positive discrimination, I cannot understand why the poor are still poor. I wish for a truly caring government and society that represents what each and every Malaysian's heart in all matters. Bring up our poor collectively.

I also do not want to see any one race group being left behind just because we are trying to practice pure meritocracy. We must bring everyone up collectively. 

I do not wish to see my government continuing to divide and conquer, continuing to keep us separate to isolate us, when that is not representative of how we truly feel. 

As for corruption, its endemic, starts from the top and goes all the way down. Corruption happens everywhere, even Singapore and HK, but when the sums are so huge, they obviously robs the people of potential investment - we have been giving the other nations in Asia a 20 years head start, enough is enough.

I had only dared hope that change will happen in my lifetime. Hence what is happening is bigger than you and me. It is bigger than the most optimistic PR politician could have imagined if you asked them 2 years ago. The rakyat has taken over the wheel, PR is just the conduit. It is quite an amazing feeling to walk the streets and malls these few days, knowing almost each and everyone of us are going our own way in our routine but harbouring the same sentiment come 5th May.

You keep doing stuff that makes us hate you more, what kind of mandate are you seeking, you don't care ... all the phantom voters, the hooliganism, the shenanigans with the electoral roll, the intimidation, lies and propaganda ... what kind of mandate are you hoping for? 

Its our backyard, its the only home we have ... let's take control of our destiny.

UBAH ..... INI KALI LAH !!!!!


Ubah, Ini Kalilah .... Ubah, Sudah

We expect them to do "stuff", we will continue to complain, gather evidence of wrongdoing and electioneering offences .... but at the same time we must continue to gather all people we know to vote in order to nullify the "stuff" and "shenanigans".

While crowds at ceramah may not fully transfer into actual votes, I'd rather we have the crowds we had at PR rallies than those at BN rallies.

My prediction, as reflected in the chart below, after consideration for the swings among groupings is 125 for PR, and that is after accounting for shenanigans. The two kingmaker states will be Johor and Sabah.


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Why Ubah ... Why Are Most Malaysians Frustrated ... Vote People

We hear of so many "tricks", hence not much point in complaining now ... we need to drag all people we know who never voted to go and vote so that we can neutralise the "tricks". Listen to Patrick Teoh making full sense of the whys .... this is bigger than you and me, it totally changes the course of history for us.

Dilbert @ Malaysian Elections

Dilbert at the BN strategy room as a guest, or he could be visiting at The Star office....


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