run up to GE13....Saying no to dirty corrupt polls ...

Extracted from Malaysiakini ..edited

It is arguably not an exaggeration to say today in Malaysia, politics and crime is one and the same thing. The difference is in the amount thieved.

Criminals are routinely arrested and convicted of their crimes. Some beaten to death while in custody and killed in shootouts with the police. There is yet a  politician from Barisan Nasional killed in a shoot out, beaten or tortured to death while in custody trying to escape to parts unknown with the proceeds of their crime.

Infact, most times or all times they're well protected and rooted for. Banks will facilitate the transfer of their ill gotten gains to a destination of their choice and the immigration will close one eye and shut the other when they're leaving Malaysia for exile comfort living. They take our money in Malaysia and spend it elsewhere! That’s why the illegal outflow of money out of Malaysia totalled RM200 billion in 2010.

Najib deludes himself and has delivered a number of economic and government transformation programmers. Phrases like  “Malaysia is bucking the trend”, “no country in the world”, “solid track record”, “and the best is yet to come” flows off his tongue glibly unconstrained by any thought he's telling a lie, at best a half truth or more likely he's just being delusional. He has an answer to every question asked – be it why he lied when he first denied having met Saiful and to giving excuses over how over 200-armed insurgents could have ‘invaded’ Sabah.

Why has he not done anything about Global Witness’ exposure of Taib Mahmud’s corrupt ways? He tells due process must take its course and leave it to MACC to investigate. Huh! Like they're investigating Altantuya’s murder? But politics is perception, so Najib thinks!

If he can link Anwar with sodomy, make the people believe DAP is a threat to Islam and the Malays, and brand PAS as being a traitor to Islam because of their coalition with DAP, then he thinks he'll have the people on his side to win the 13th general election.

“I scratch your back and you scratch mine” remember that!

• He is seen as a coward who did not front up at the Altantuya murder trial to clear himself.He's seen as a traitor to  Ahmad Badawi when he conspired with Dr Mahathir to oust Pak Lah before Pak Lah’s term was over.

• He's seen by many as to not have the guts to debate Anwar so the rakyat can see for themselves if Najib could stand for himself against a worthy opponent.

• He's seen as a liar who promised to repeal the ISA and PPPA only to replace them with equally draconian legislation with the same effect. 

• He's seen as a weak Premier responding to a situation rather than lead. 

• He is seen as a dithering prime minister not able to decide on when the 13th general election should be called.

• He acted against Shahrizat only after NFC had been under public domain for ages. Against Deepak (carpet man), the late P.Balasubramaniam and now Taib, he pulls the blanket over his head and runs screaming to Rosmah as if he's in a nightmare.

After all that, I dare you to like Najib!

This half-past-six BN Government must understand we'll no longer tolerate a general election not open, fair and untainted by money politics. And if they intend to test the people’s ability to tolerate any more of their abuses in order to stay in power, ask how far are our people from the tipping point!

The tipping point is when the rakyat takes it upon themselves to confront BN and all the powers that be, and make their point clear to the UMNO led BN by any means at their disposal and that enough is enough. Corrupt politicians, arrogant and totally without remorse and shame at what they've done to enrich themselves should be buried. Never revive vermin.

This time the people know if they do not succeed in ridding themselves of this corrupt government, Umno will take the opportunity to unleash upon our people and our country another 50 years of what we have endured so far.

And if BN is equally adamant in holding on to their tainted political power, then we know we're in a battle for ourselves and the outcome of that battle will be decided by the ferocity of how this BN regime is prepared to hold on to their grasp of power however undeserved it may be and the ferocity of our people to prevent it.

I hope it will not come to that. People who no longer feel they're are no other means of making their point across to powerful forces they perceived to be against them, are prone to resort to any means available to them to make that point. I hope BN will stop to think the possible consequences of what they do in these last few days before the 13 general election, and ditto for Pakatan Rakyat too.

Some say anything and everything should be done to rid ourselves of this repressive and the corrupt BN government and they'll be some who'll say anything and everything should be done to prevent Pakatan Rakyat from taking government.

You be the judge. We'll have our thoughts on this, but what I think we'll not tolerate is for any political entity to claim any undeserved victory, use any unfair and insidious tactics to win election and do anything to undermine the honesty of the electoral process.

They test our resolve at their own peril.