by Indepedant Daily
I have spoken to many people these few days and many have asked me what is my view of the new political situation. I have said the same thing to many people: Bad for the next 12 months and brilliant for the future!
Indicatively, just indicatively, the KLSI fell 130 points today. By mid-day, it had already breach the 100 points limit. Yes, its quite bad indeed. The faint-hearted ones are already, saying, "shit! should have voted the BN instead. Now i am losing money!" This is called the Malaysian way la. Not long sighted enough...
Like i always, whatever bad things that happens, there are always some positive that you can pick out of it. In this case, try looking it at a different perspective where the nosedive in sharemarket prices is a just an appetizer to what a huge feast that may come after.
The basic rule of business is, buy low, sell high. In the next couple of months, it could reach the lowest in many years. But is it going to go high? I have no doubt.
If BN can maintain our country's economy with a part-time Finance Minister that has a Islamic Studies Degree, these new state governments with candidate that has degree in Economics, Politics and Philosophy, Law, Medicine and/or Political Science can certainly do more. I am not saying Abdullah Badawi has done a bad job as a Finance Minister, I am saying he has NEVER been a Finance Minister albeit carrying the title.
BN have run the country for 50 years with Petronas making tens of billions annually. By 2012, when we run out of oil, we will certainly need to worry. If we cannot compete with neighbouring countries that does not produce oil, we certainly won't be able to compete with them when we are out of it.
The BN coalition has lost more than 30% of votes compare to the last election this term. I sincerely hope that these new breed of technology savvy, young, hungry, aggressive politicians can do what they promised, achieve what they intended and escalate the country to greater heights, well at least they have 5 states to start off with. If they can achieve this in the next 5 years running their states, i'll be more than happy to hand them the country 5 years from now.
Barisan Rakyat, the people have given you an opportunity handed to you on a silver platter. Take it and cherish this moment for this could be the only chance that could happen in another 50 years if you fail to deliver what you promised. I have hope that one day, I will be able to walk the streets of Malaysia without worrying about my handbag, let my children play without worrying about seeing them next dead in a sports bag and seeing my deputy prime minister's mistress blown up in pieces. hehe.. just joking la....
We certainly did what we intended and what we got is something called Hope....
