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COMMENT | People often make assumptions based on my social media postings and the articles I write that I am anti-government and pro-opposition.

This is untrue.

Just because I dislike steamed fish, it doesn’t mean I hate everything with fish, does it? To tell you the truth, my knees still go weak at the sight of cencaru masak belacan and fried ikan bilis with tempe. Likewise, just because I have a soft spot for fried chicken, steamed chicken, and grilled chicken, doesn’t mean I fancy every other kind of bird – I do gag at the sight of turkeys and ducks. Just saying.

You see, as much as I detest the politicians in the government who make headlines for all the wrong reasons, I do appreciate the government representatives in Parliament who stand for the people – I just can’t seem to recall any of their names right now (I am sure if I think hard enough, I might be able to think of one).

At the same time, although I am fond of the opposition representatives claiming to be pro-people, I do question their level of commitment from time to time. I don’t know about you, but I can’t seem to forget the time when the Prevention of Terrorism Act made its way through Parliament in 2015 thanks to the 26 absent opposition MPs during its tabling.

Being a fence-sitter leaves me with the difficult question of who to vote for in the next general election.

To simplify things, I told myself that I have two options – the current government or the opposition (obviously).

To tell you the truth, like many friends of mine, I do not want to be governed by the same prime minister – there are way too many scandals smearing his name which have not been cleared or which have been attempted to be cleared, which is still not good enough to restore my faith.

That being said, I also cannot possibly support any candidates who are products of the same party. After all, although some of them have now joined the opposition, none of them left in the first place to champion the rights of the people – instead, they were flushed out. In my honest opinion, if they weren’t, they’d probably still be holding “I love PM” placards...

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