Yes it will. But hold your horses for that depends on which
side of the fence you are camping yeah. Here is the perspective: It truly amazes anyone where is BN getting all the money to
spend and seemingly donate. From free blue helmets to tons of rice bags to its
now widely sniggered RM1.39 per day relief allowance; from sponsored shows to
mega-dinners and out-of-the-blue mega-proportions of cash donations.
And of course do not miss out the inventory on the
overwhelming draping of streets and alleyways with the blue party-flags of
reasonable quality material; the mega-size billboards; the air-time; the overdose
of news and advertisements in print. My, my, where is all this money coming from? Who is paying
for these?
Indeed there must some great Santa out there helping BN. And if BN
says it is not using the rakyat’s money, then indeed we have some great philanthropist
out there not knowing how to reach and relief the suffering human souls across
mother-earth. Any accountant out there who can safely tabulate the
millions if not trillions that have been spent to secure a political party
coalition’s political strategy?
And please do not forget to factor in the time
cost too as well as the labor cost because each time a VVIP appears, there is
the police, the outriders, the vehicles, the protocol officers and bodyguards,
and what have you to be paid too mate. Now the question that begs for that illusive answer is: will
BN sweep into victory with overwhelming votes, come GE-13?
The BN campers and drivers will say ‘Yes’ and add in quick
succession add, ‘we know best lah. We have been in this business for over five
decades and practiced very hard all these past thirty years, you know’. Meanwhile, the rakyat keep turning up in droves
for PR
events. The most recent was over the weekend where all the roads to
AU/Keramat was chocked with traffic as people converged by the thousands
to meet, greet and hear out Anwar Ibrahim.
They come even when it is raining dogs and cats and know that they have
to squat on soggy fields and muddy tracks just to hear out and show interest in
what the opposition PR has to offer – and knowing too well too that there is no Santa
there to give them air sirap, teh panas and nasi briyaani. They not only give resounding responses to the speeches but
they also go back home a little empty in their wallets as they would have
dropped some cash into the begging-bags passed around to fund the political
needs of the coalition. So will BN's money-train deliver the results? Yes, it will. And the results are:
If BN wins, it means that
all the freebies work well with voters. They are happy with a fish a day. But if
PR bags the Putrajaya, it simply means that Malaysians are not so easily swayed
by carrots but have remained resolved to build a nation that returns to society
what rightly belongs to humanity. That is, Malaysians have arrived at a new
height of believing in learning to fish rather than live with a free-fish-a-day. In
summary, the GE-13 therefore will reveal whether Malaysians are suckers
for aid or die-hard for determined efforts. Therein is the the
end-result of the maoney-train of BN.
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