Myanmar on track to progress, not ‘Bohongland’

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YOURSAY | ‘We have to revive the bold spirit of 2008 and push on till we reach Putrajaya.’

Suu Kyi's victory heralds winds of change in SEA

Headhunter: If we want a clean break, it has to be through an election. Getting rid of PM Najib Abdul Razak now is only a band-aid solution. The cancer will still there.

The BN has no credible candidate to helm the government. The whole jingbang has to be removed entirely and let a new government take over. This is what every responsible Malaysian has to promote.

Fair&Just: Indeed, Myanmar is on the road to progress, while Bohongland shall continue to regress.

The Myanmar people and Indonesians are very different from the majority here. Here they have been dependent on handouts for decades and are very unwilling to lose the crutches thus shall continue to vote for the status quo.

The corrupt leaders here know that. Corruption shall destroy this country and this is its just desserts.

Haveagreatday: Yes, writer Stephen Ng, by all accounts the rakyat must wait for the 14th general election (GE14) to have any hope of voting out Najib and his coterie of corrupt leaders.

I can only hope Pakatan Harapan have strategies in place to prevent the Election Commission from stealing GE14 for the Umnoputras.

Civil society elements must also be vigilant to ensure the democratic wishes of the rakyat are reflected come GE14.

The Analyser: Dream on, Ng. Myanmar will not become the catalyst for an Asian Spring. What goes on in Myanmar will not absolve Malaysians of doing something for themselves.

Your comparison between Aung San Suu Kyi and Anwar Ibrahim is quite appropriate. On reading the Wikipedia write-up on Anwar, my initial thoughts were that the man who was once lauded by the Western world is not the same man who was equally praised by disillusioned Malaysians.

Anwar and Suu Kyi are both figments of western democratisation, i.e. they are better than the alternative, which is not saying much.

Questions about Suu Kyi's relationship with Buddhist nationalists and the status of Rohingya will mar her electoral success.

Then there is the Asian concept of democracy which in reality doesn't exist either if you look around you. More particularly, if you look at democratic Penang and its idol democratic Singapore.

"Whatever a man sows, that he shall also reap. What goes around comes around." You are damn right there.

Through their neglect, Malaysians have sown nothing for 58 years so there is nothing to reap other than the weeds of Umno, and bitter weeds they are, too. But then, you only have yourselves to blame for that.

Unafraid: All things said and done, the fate of our country hangs in the East. The winds of change must sweep across Sabah and Sarawak. Without them being convinced of the need for change and a better governance, change will not occur.

The East Malaysians must emerge from their poor man's mentality and complacency and play their role in changing for the better. They must be kicked out of their comfort zone.

Drngsc: We have to revive the bold spirit of 2008 and push on till we reach Putrajaya.

We have to convince, cajole, persuade, illuminate our fellow Malaysians in East Malaysia and those in rural areas of the peninsula, that we have enough of this corrupt and dictatorial regime. It is time for change.

Legit: The Umno government has mastered the art of political cheating, connivance and thievery. They will cheat and play all the tricks in the books to win.

I for one have given up on the idea that change will happen through democratic means. Forget it, it will not happen in the next 50 years.

Malaysia is not Myanmar where there is at least some semblance of independence of institutions like their election commission.

In Malaysia, everything is under the control of Umno and the level of corruption is beyond anybody's comprehension.

Furthermore, unlike Myanmar, the Philippines or Indonesia, Malaysia is a highly polarised society and Umno will play the race card the moment they see any sign of losing power.

Short of a massive people’s uprising, the only way for Malaysia to come out of this quagmire is for the country to go down the tubes completely and a new generation of leaders with a different political make-up emerging. Obviously this will take decades.

Suu Kyi set for sweeping power as election wins mount

Haveagreatday: Suu Kyi, I can only wish you well and hope the fruits of victory will not be snatched again from you and your party.

Yes, the hard part of the democratic process in Burma is yet to be surmounted and I can only pray you folks will remember the oppression you all experienced under the military dictatorship and thus make sure all citizens in Burma are given their democratic rights and privileges.

Gunnerrun: God Bless the people of Myanmar. The future is here now, it is yours to shape and build, a new era has dawned. Congrats, Suu Kyi.

Kaamaapo: In spite of big electoral victory by the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar, they can't be so sure of running a trouble-free, effective government, if at all they form one.

The stranglehold the army would wield over three very important ministries - defense, home affairs and border affairs - notwithstanding their unceremonious electoral wipe-out, and with another constitutional clause empowering army takeover of the government if it feels it 'necessary', the dark clouds of political uncertainty would not go away so soon and so easily from the skies of Myanmar.

Army ‘vampires’ that have tasted ‘blood’ (excessive corruption, hoarding, illegal trades of natural resources, etc) for so long would not be quiet if their access to the ‘blood bank’ is curtailed.

Daw Suu Kyi has to tread very diplomatically without haughtiness. Slow and steady may win the race. Hopefully, the suffering poor of Myanmar would have a better future soon.


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