Wind of Change

Wind of Change

Wind of Change

Swept and humbled

Mighty National Front

(Barisan Nasional)

Election machinery

Malaysia's Opposition

People Alliance

(Pakatan Rakyat)

Won Kuala Trengganu

Parliamentary seat

In crucial by-election

Saturday evening

(January 17,2009)

The well-orchestrated

Opposition three-party combine

Of PKR,DAP and PAS

Captured the state capital

Seat ~ Crown jewel

Of oil-rich Trengganu ~

Scenic state in northeast

Malay peninsula

Off South China Sea

Its PAS candidate

Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut(32,883 votes)

Wrestled the prized seat

In hard fought

Three-cornered contest

In Malay heartland

Defeating

Barisan's UMNO candidate

Datuk Wan Farid Wan Salleh(30,252 votes)

by 2,631 votes margin

Independent candidate

Azharuddin Mamat,

Spoiler put in to split votes,

Drew only 193 votes

Losing his deposit

There were 665 spoilt votes

Voters' turnout

Was almost 80 per cent

(79.76 per cent)

The loss of the seat

Is big blow to Barisan's effort

To win back the people's confidence

PKR de facto leader

Former Deputy Prime Minister

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim,

Earlier beaten up

With "Black Eye" injury

By disgraced former

Inspector-General of Police

And sacked,jailed and maligned  

By ruthless former Prime Minister

Tun Dr Mahathir

Mohamed for

So-called sodomy charges,

Read the victory

As people's drive for change

Malaysia's Parliament

Now seats 

137 Barisan MPs,

82 Opposition MPs

And three independent MPs

The death of Barisan MP

Datuk Razali Ismail

Last month triggered

The by-election

Malaysian Chinese Association

(MCA) President

Datuk Seri Ong Tee Kiat,

Thanking Chinese voters' support

For ruling coalition,

Stressed 63 per cent to 65 per cent

Of  8,735 Chinese voters

In Kuala Trengganu

Voted for Barisan Nasional,

An increase,as against 58 per cent

To 63 per cent in March 8,2008

General Election

Ong attributed BN defeat

To swing of Malay votes

To opposition

His immediate analysis

Suggests secret ballot

Is NO LONGER SECRET!

Boxes of ballot papers

Were all labelled

To show where voters

Cast their votes

And systematically counted

Enabling instant analysis

Of each area's community support!

However,PAS President

Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang

Was magnanimous

Against such failed divide and rule

Racial play strategy,

Stressing Malaysians

Are ready for PARADIGM SHIFT

IN MALAYSIA'S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

He reasoned

PAS WON BECAUSE LEADERS

OF DAP,PKR AND PAS

UNDER PAKATAN RAKYAT UMBRELLA

STEPPED UP CO-OPERATION

And worked hard side by side

The fall of Kuala Trengganu

Seat to the Opposition

Highlights 

Wind of Change

Blowing strong 

In Malaysian politics

On March 8,2008

National Front coalition government

Lost two-third majority

Control of Parliament

After Malaysia's 50 years of independence

And parliamentary democracy

History

Opposition People Alliance

For the first time

Won control of five state assemblies

In Penang,Perak,Selangor,Kedah and Kelantan

The Political Tsunami

Precipitated public demand

For Prime Minister

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

To resign 

By his own party UMNO stalwarts

The unprecedented losses

Of seats in Parliament and State Assemblies

Were a sharp contrast 

To the massive mandate

Given by Malaysian voters

In the 2004 Election

"Feel Good" Euphoria

Abdullah has bowed

To pressure to relinquish

His post to his deputy

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

At coming UMNO general assembly

And election

In March 2009

After barely five years in office

Today he left

For first offical visit

To Gulf states ~ Bahrain

Qatar and United Arab Emirates

Yesterday's Opposition victory

Is another stinging snub

By voters

Despite the largesse

Of special funds for schools

Fishermen's aid,etc...

The trend to remove

Corruption-tainted UMNO

From power is gathering steam

It bespeaks Malaysian

Political maturity

And unity to reject

Political bribery

It signifies increasing awareness

Understanding and mass appreciation

Of good governance

Healthy accountable competitive

Two-party system 

Of democracy

Where people 

Have the courage

To speak up

And the choice

To change the government

Remembering the arrogance

And abuses of power

In amendments after amendments

To the Federal Constitution

Via overwhelming two-third majority

Bulldoze in Parliment and the destruction

Of the independence of the judiciary,

Decline in educational quality and standard

And cancerous corruption in civil service,

Police,Immigration,etc. 

During Mahathir's rule;

One and All

Must welcome 

POSITIVE CHANGE

In Malaysia's politics!