I refer to the letters by Voter and Ramu Rathkum in response to my views o­n Keadilan.

Having to go against the odds placed by Barisan Nasional (BN) is no excuse for opposition parties to slack off. My letter aimed to highlight that Keadilan is not putting enough effort in using the avenues available to spread its agenda and tackle issues pertaining to the everyday lives of Malaysians.

Reality is ruthless. That means Keadilan should use ALL possible avenues to get its message across. However, this doesn't seem to be happening.

Keadilan lost my vote because they are a single issue party. Defining your economic policy agenda as well as your plans for the future is just as important as fighting the New Economic Policy or freeing Anwar.

The opposition budget was the biggest joke in Malaysian history. Keadilan, which pledges to uphold justice for all, has failed to clarify their stand o­n these very issues, including NEP which is discriminating against non-Malays.

How is an alignment with PAS, which intends to implement hudud law, going to ensure justice for all when the court testimony of a non-Muslim will hold less water than a Muslim?

I could go o­n and o­n but the summary of it all is that Keadilan has a lot of explaining to do. 'Voter' may want to give Keadilan the benefit of doubt, but the man o­n the street may not necessarily agree.

Even BN has a game plan for dealing with the future revocation of the NEP. It might be flawed, but it's a plan nevertheless. The truth is that many Malaysians feel that Keadilan is afraid to deal with the issue of NEP and PAS because deep down, they believe it will affect the support they get from the Malay community. Keadilan is indirectly pandering to the race card.

There are many issues that o­ne considers in coming to a decision when electing the governing body. Keadilan needs to realise that being a single issue party does not appeal to many Malaysians, especially when their issue becoming stale news.

To the man o­n the street, feeding his family and knocking off the threat of PAS infringing o­n civil rights is a bigger deal than Anwar's release from prison. Harsh you say? Too bad, life is unfair.