By J. D. Lovrenciear
Nominations are done. The battle has begun with BN’s future
hanging precariously on the dacing. This is the ground reality that needs no Wall
Street analyst to interpret. Even migrant workers are no more fighting shy to express
their opinions on the way BN has been behaving lately. You do not believe? Well
take a walk down town and speak to the Indon or Bangla at the marketplace or
take note of your maid’s expression while she watches TV news.
The latest fracas and assault on DAP was a heaven sent sign
even for fence sitters. It is a shame that BN has to stoop so low – that is the
tone of opinions being swiftly shared via the new media by the rakyat. Gone are
the days where the citizens kept their viewpoints close to their locked bosoms. The frustration, disappointment and disapproval towards BN’s
and especially UMNO’s election tactics and strategies are being openly
questioned – not just by the educated and professional circles, but even by
petty traders and maids.
The very fact that the masses are willing to come out in
droves in support of the opposition leaders is not to be dismissed as ‘curious
crowds’. The sense of bonding and bridging between the three coalition parties –
DAP, PKR and PAS, is not a convergence of conveniences anymore. Nor is it a
strategy of sorts. The harsh reality is it is, by all measures, an inevitable
maturation speeded up by BN’s doing and the rakyat’s increasing determination to see through
a transforming change.
Today, the rakyat are on that final countdown, determined to
give that final push for transforming change. Not just change for the sake of
change as the BN supremoes want to believe. But change to transform the nation
from the strangle-holds of gutter politics. In fact, the very thought in the minds of growing millions
of voters is much like the Nike slogan, “Just do it”. BN leaders and especially UMNO gangs must stop blaming the
opposition party and its leaders for this election tornado that is heading
their way. You actually know it. Surely your snoop squads have already kept you
in the loop. The rakyat are no more singing “It’s now or never” but “It’s NOW!”.
That tornado which is expected to clean the
nation and give
a reason for the rakyat to build all over again a free, fair and clean
nation of their choice will emerge as the sun sets on the 5th of May, 2013.
UMNO’s unforgetable threats of “over our dead
bodies and crushed bones” and its keris weilding is not going to hold
back the rakyat’s tidal sweep for transforming change; the
warnings of “chaos” is not conssidered anymore as a price that must be
paid to see through this transforming
change through the gates of Putrajaya; the intimidations showered on the
populace through
the high-handed law enforcers is also not anymore a barricade against
this tide and
quest for new hope that is increasingly being shared by millions of
rakyat.
Even if some chaotic situation was induced and
forced onto the
streets, the rakyat who have a long history and tradition for peaceful
behavior
will not fall victim to such instigation. Why? Because it not just
change that they
desire most; it is not just transformation that they want to protect;
but
transforming change thorough the ballot box is what is driving the
election fever riggered by BN's dubious strategies and telling intent to
win by any means .
BN please note. When your own leaders are
threatening to jump
ship and openly telling the rakyat that they are disappointed and do not
subscribe to your thinking – given their last minute being discarded by
your
leaders, the climate has already set in for the historic moment of a new
spring
that will ignite hope and joy for the 28 million people. And not just
for the citizens alone. Even amongst the millions of migrant workers
they are saying the same: harap ada peruabahan kali ini ya. If you do not believe this nor know not, then all the more reasons BN deserves to be put into cold storage.
Oh by the way if the description 'new spring' is distasteful, please replace it with 'the autumn of BN'.
The rakyat are not only going to vote wisely. They certainly
seem very set to vote decisively armored with courage and a will for
transforming change. What more can you
say; God bless all caring, honest and determined Malaysians on polling day.
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