Crisscrossing the country almost at a feverish pace day after day, Najib must has sensed the changing mood of the people. The odds are more and more fence-sitters may be opting for the opposition PR if there is no sign of fair play from the BN.
I am but a student of political science. But to apologise now at the 13th hour may not be perceived as strength particularly when current issues continue to hog the headlines without any resolution in sight.
The NFC imbroglio is hanging heavier around the neck of BN, not just UMNO. The education system is again brought to the fore with DPM desiring a back to the people review. That he had soften from the hard-nosed stance of not wanting to review the teaching of Mathematics and Science at one time to a more open and flexible new approach is now seen as being more amenable, as he has unrolled back the teaching of these 2 subjects back to English at every level of education at the school level except for Std 1 and Standard 2. I expect even this will give way when the window of election appears on the horizon and that is very near by the way the goodies are being dished out in quick succession from Budget 2012 till now.
To my amateurish mind, concrete action must be initiated if BN is to hard-sell the notion that the new BN is one that can change and will change.
Right now, it is definitely very difficult to do so as those seen as being corrupted continue to rule the roost. So far, no action has been taken for many outstanding cases.
The sensitive word for 'God' issue continues to be placed on the back-burner, the LYNAS issue of disposal is yet to be decided and the games played between the institutions of the MACC, PDRM and the Courts leaves very much to be desired. Then, what about the botched up civil service salary revision, the Felda Global Venture listing and all those custodial deaths at the hands of PDRM and MACC?
With the Anwar case under appeal, the Karpal Singh and Bersih 1.0 getting a fresh start,the people may be just fedup and vote for the opposition.
My contention is whichever side wins the election is not because they are strong but more because their opponents are weak.
Right now, I see both sides as being weak. It is sad that MCA and Gerakan remains impotent until now and will possibly be buried forever after the 13th GE.
Political hooliganism that is being allowed to prevail in the last 2 months or so at PR or even civil society outings is surely very bad for the nation. It is offensive as the rule of law is being ignored by the protector of law itself which is the PDRM, particularly in Penang recently. This has certainly left a bad taste in the mouths of law abiding citizens and may sadly distance the new voters of Generation Y further and further away from the BN.
As the PM continues to throw out goodies from outright cash, book vouchers and reducing toll charges to the people,let us see what more is in his goody bag.
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