When the results of the ballot box are unaccepted and blatantly manipulated by a ruling coalition, and numerous definitive personal incidences of countless dubious deals are rebutted with bare-faced denials, even with the evidence at hand, what and who do we depend on to resolve this impasse?

Unlike a football match, there is no referee who gets to call a victor or loser in the polls, only the ballot box.

What happened to the brave Aung San Suu Kyi who made her parliamentary debut not too long ago? Similar political inaugurations in Thailand and other South-East Asian countries all ran similar “biggest gun speaks loudest” episodes. Well, newsflash: bukit tak akan runtuh disalak anjing (a barking dog won’t take down the hill).

I believe these public postings, uploading of black avatars, and spewing of verbal vitriol on the net are a waste of time and breath, as nothing good will come from them.

Taking a step back to March 8, 2008, it was Barisan Nasional’s overconfidence and smugness that cost them a two-thirds majority in votes. Did you not once think that come this 13th general election, they’d muster and deploy their entire arsenal of resources, be it legal or underhanded schemes, acquired, bought or even coerced, then polished to perfection, to coax a convincing conquest?

It is, indeed, sobering to see the lengths and depths the regime would stoop, if only to cling onto the vestiges of power!

The dawn of May 6 was a sad day for us all, and what is even more distressing is that nothing good may come of all this.

The mention of the “Chinese tsunami” by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak might be a revival of the foreboding prescience of the keris-kissing agenda, Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s campaign advertisement in response to MCA’s “A vote for DAP is a vote for PAS” poster.

Despite obvious widespread unity between the various races in Malaysia, the simplest way to govern is through both cash handouts and unlimited jail-time.

With complete compliancy of the police force and the judiciary, as well as countless hordes of hoodwinked firebrands ever willing to do the dirty deeds, it looks like GE14 might be pre-configured to ensure the status quo.