On Aug 30, Kuala Lumpur had been swarmed in yellow led by an organisation called the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections also known as Bersih 2.0. Their goal was urging clean and transparent governance in Malaysia as well as strengthening the parliamentary democracy system. The government did listen to their voice and sent a reply with a red rally that has been led by the National Silat Federation (Pesaka) on Sept 16.

After all the voices has been sounded, was it worth it? Do they achieve their goals? From my observation Malaysia has become worse than before. Racial issue has become more serious day by day.

On the day of the red rallies Sungai Besar Umno division chief Jamal Md Yunos said, “The Chinese came around Dataran and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman and serang (disrupted) Malay businesses in those areas so we want to do the same in a Chinese area.” Jamal said the objective is to show the people’s solidarity for the country’s leader.

In social media, both Chinese and Malays fought with one another, referring among themselves as “Malay lembu Cina babi”. This issue has been brought up after the red shirt rallies which were a counter-reply to Bersih 4.

Do the rallies really unite us Malaysians? Bersih 2.0 had organised four events but none of them were effective and the government is still the same. Nothing has changed in terms of their favour since Bersih 1. Although Bersih 4 had a peaceful run, they are theoretically the reason red rally occurred. From what we have seen the red rally is meaningless and has raised racism issues in Malaysia.

As a Malaysian, instead of pointing fingers at one another, why don’t we point the finger at ourselves and ask why did this happen? What generation do we plan to harvest? Every action has a reaction whether it is good or vice versa. Politician needs to find an excellent leader while the people have to make their own legitimate research before jumping to conclusions.