and times they are a changing.........................not
I might be digressing here but i will begrudgingly admit that Bersih has had an effect upon our political situation. NOTE this is not due to to the strength of Bersih but rather the weakness of the leader of BN Najib. His performance while dealing with this crisis has been much like Joe cole's football this season ; appalling. He turned a potentially harmless street protest into his own kryptonite.Had he the wisdom of much greater statesmen he would have let Bersih pass without a mention and let the mob walk peacefully through the streets. Bersih my friends is no Arab spring movement. Najib made the grave mistake of over-estimating the threats to his rule and he tried to rule through fear. Although it is at times an effective tool the crackdown upon the Bersih rally did more harm to his administration than the rally itself ever would. When Najib opposes Bersih which stands for free and fair elections he automatically implies that he himself is opposed to such a concept thus driving a nail in his political coffin further than any dead model or missing 500 million ever will. Would it not be wise to merely allow Bersih to show that he is different from hardliners past as a progressive liberal minded prime minister that malaysians have been craving? Would that not infact help him gain political favour from the public which will eventually lead to more votes in the coming elections? By cracking down upon Bersih he has inadvertently caused the opposition to gain more symphathy votes as people are likely to do so to show their disgust at his weak attempt at tyranny. It is true then that BN is no longer the roman empire it once was under the leadership of Mahathir and Najib's failure to correctly asses the situation is a glaring example of his shortcomings. The crackdown shows that Najib is a coward ,a fool and unforgivably careless as he lets those that would oppose him gain power. Bersih is supposeed to be non- partisan but I am sure it is closely associated with the opposition parties. And when Najib cracked down on them he could in my theory just walked in to a trap.
However that being said the power gained by the opposition is likely minimal as many other factors contribute to ones success in the game of thrones which i will perhaps expand upon later. Mark my words no good will come of this rally. And whatever minimal sucess it had was due to Najibs impotence rather that people power.Najib you fool you could have just let it happen while keeping the peace and nothing would have come of it.
"children can afford to be careless. Women can afford to be careless.But men cannot"
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