Finally, Raja Petra Kamaruddin was released on bail from the Sungai Buloh prison.
By looking at the reception given to him upon his release, the kind of applause won, hot pursuit from the journalists as well as many shutters happily clicking away with their cameras, it’s apparent that RPK is now being seen as leading the game, celebrated as the people’s champion, if not winning the initial phase of this David vs Goliath battle.
The more the Government looks into every angle to suppress the rakyat’s voice, the more the rakyat want to be heard and the more they’re going to revolt.
I guess, finally, one is safe to assume that the rakyat has been awaken. It’s such a significant social-political awakening in us that many of us no longer fear the intimidation from the Government, given the examples that we’ve witnessed so far.
It’s also worthy for the Government to note that, it has been proven throughout the years that if you can’t fight them, it’s imperative to join them.
Here in Malaysia, after 50 years of monotonic ruling, eventually it’s proven to work equally well too.
However, let’s this be an effortless initiative.
Instead of putting in the little act of intimidation here and there, the Government should assert more focus in looking for ways to win back the rakyat’s heart, especially since the Government via the Information Ministry has voiced out the intention to setup blogs and to promote mutual interaction between the Government and the rakyat, let’s do it with utmost sincerity, pride and dignity.
For a starter like them, to be fair, it might be impossible to be flawless while wanted to be seen as taking active participation into blogosphere and promoting freedom of speech, afterall, it has been totally an alien matter for the Government all this while before the heavy defeat in the last political tsunami on March 8.
However, I can’t help but to ponder, if the Indonesia Government can do it well in such a delicate manner, why not here in Malaysia? What’s the stumbling block?
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I believe the answer lies in how sincere they are about listening to the people’s voice. If they continue to think like they did before 8-3-2008, and continue to BULLSHIT, they’ll continue to fail miserably.
Almost 50 years of unremitting repression and self-servingness say that the governance is impossible to change and umno/bn must go. The more they talk about change, the more they’ll remain the same.
WANTED posters at http://scottthong.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/raja-petra-kamaruddin-chooses-jail-rather-than-pay-rm-5000-bail/