History Created - Political Tsunami in Malaysia
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Loading ...A Big political tsunami has attacked the Barisan National Coalition with 4 states which are Selangor, Penang, Perak and Kedah falling under opposition. This sets history because Barisan has never lost this states before. Meanwhile PAS remain its government in Kelantan with more than 2/3 majority. 5 states are on oppositions ruling now. The people or rakyat has really shown their voices through the ballet boxes to the Barisan National Team since they were not welcomed through demonstrations. The frustration made the people of Malaysia or the rakyat to prove that they have the power to choose who they want. People are the King Maker. HINDRAF has played a very big role to change the mindset of ignorant Indians who were backing up UMNO - MIC ruling government for the past 50 years. The 25th Nov demonstration last year really worked.
Lost of Uncle Sam on his own territory is a shameful fallback for the MIC. It should be a unforgettable birthday for Uncle Sam. The result clearly shows the the Indian minority voted against Barisan because of the bad treatment they’re getting at the moment. The Indians have shown their people power.
There are about 20 Indians from DAP and PKR for Parliament and state assemblies to oppose Barisan team. HINDRAF leader/ISA detainee M. Manoharan is one of them. He won with a 7184 vote majority. These are the people who will really voice our problem. Previously there were only 2 MP’s which is Karpal Singh and M. Kulasegaran. The parliament is going to be livelier from now onwards. Valghe Makkal Sakthi!!! Keep up the Makkal Sakthi Spirit!!!
Out of this 5 states which are in oppositions hand rite now, Kelantan will having a Malay MB, Kedah will be also having a Malay MB and Penang will be having a Chinese CM. The Million Dollar question is….Will an Indian can become MB for Perak or Selangor? Why not? I personally anticipating to see an Indian MB in one of this states. We Malaysian Indians are very curious…
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Congragulations to ythe Malaysian people.A true Malaysian - bangsa Malaysia Spirit has been exhibited.They cut across race and religion and voted for a change.
Now let us work towards a fair Malaysia for all malaysians.Rules like malay partnesers should go, and only used when a foreigner sats up business.Wherever a malaysian Indian /Chinese sats up a ciompnat there should be no need to have malay partners.Malays shoyuld be employed and given an opportunity to learn and stand on their own like the rest.We do not want to begrudeg the malays, but we do not want to deny the others a real equal opportunity to shine for Malaysia.With afair malaysian- it will shine better than the past government and its cronies have claimed.After all Samy Value.. did not have the guts to walk out with dignity ….the MIC is in shambles, but all malaysians - Chinese , malays and Indians are not ..that is the beauty of OUR MALAYSIA>People Power to change the country to a fair nation for ALL malaysians.
Winning the 5 state is not the matter for Indian , we must influence the opposition especially DAP and PKR to appoint 1 Indian as MB or Deputy MB in state of Perak or Selangor. If the opposition sideline the Indian these time , the makkal sakti should know what to do in next election.We must be firm in demanding such change for multiracial politics.
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu had once declared that even an army would not stop him from defending his Sungai Siput parliamentary seat. He had said then: “Even an army can come but I know how to fight it out. I will defend who foong (Cantonese for Sungai Siput).”
Then, on Saturday, a multi-page pullout in the Tamil Nesan for Samy Vellu, who turned 72 on polling day, hailed him as the greatest man ever born.
It didn’t take an army to bring him down in Saturday’s general election. A doctor did it.
Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj of Parti Sosialis Malaysia, contesting on a PKR ticket, ended the colourful saga of Samy Vellu, at the latter’s own turf.
The longest-serving government minister, with almost 30 years in the cabinet, had clung onto Sungai Siput for eight general elections since 1974. The seat had been in the hands of the MIC since the days of Tun V.T. Sambanthan (1959-1974).
He was so confident of a ninth successive term that he repeatedly said: “The people of Sungai Siput are with me. They are my strength. I have strived for them and served them.”
He was so wrong. So off-track, that he has now left the party in shambles.
Not only has his defeat caused a leadership vacuum among the two million ethnic Indians, who form about eight per cent of the population, but the MIC is as good as wiped out.
What’s more, it casts a shadow over MIC-sponsored educational and financial initiatives which have served the Indian community.
The party’s other top leaders - deputy president, Datuk G. Palanivel and vice-presidents Datuk S. Sothinathan and Datuk S. Veerasingham - were also dumped at the polls. For a party that had enjoyed 100 per cent parliamentary performance since 1959, except in 1969 and 1978, it was sheer disaster this time around.
The party won only three of the nine parliamentary seats and seven of the 19 State seats allotted to it by the Barisan Nasional. Its three MPs now are secretary-general Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam (Segamat), Information chief Datuk V. Saravanan (Tapah) and K. Devamany (Cameron Highlands).Political analysts put down this shameful showing to a tsunami of anger when the Indians publicly vented their frustrations at their ‘marginalisation’ as 10,000 of them took to the streets in protest on Nov 25.
The demonstrations gave birth to makkal shakti (people power) and carved a new era in politics for them.
So when Samy Vellu trumpeted that the MIC was ready “anytime, anywhere” and that there would be no swing in Indian voters towards the opposition, his statement became a joke.
He said he was confident because of the 780,000 Indian electorate, 530,000 were members of the MIC and “we have to convince the other 250,000″.
It was reported that Indian voters form significant numbers in at least 67 parliamentary and 141 State assembly seats where they comprise between 9% and 46% of the electorate.
Said another analyst: “There are strong indications that majority of Indians had voted Opposition and this contributed to the current state of politics in the country.
“It appears that where Malay and Chinese votes were split, Indians were the decisive factor.”
Now the big question: Who will replace Samy Vellu, the sole Indian minister for almost 30 years, in the Cabinet?
What about Indian representation in the government? Surely, not by resurrecting the vanquished and making them senators, and then ministers.Clearly, the MIC has been reduced to the likes of the People’s Progressive Party and we all know what that means. It will be interesting to see how the Barisan Nasional power-sharing formula pans out. MIC insiders say Samy Vellu is at a loss over whom to elevate to government positions. The internal power equation is chaotic, it seems.
And to think that until recently, Samy Vellu had aggressively marketed two new faces for parliamentary seats and 12 fresh faces for State to “revitalise and rejuvenate” the 62-year-old party.
The changes, he said, were a manifestation of the innovation that is taking root in the MIC. And that the “new and energetic” candidates would provide the party with “a new hope and a new vision.”
Now, it’s more like going back to the roots to resurrect the party, with MIC sources adding that it would be a lost cause unless Samy Vellu resigns as party chief.
Will he? No, not even in the wake of this fiasco. In his first public reaction after the shocking loss, he said he would continue serving the people in his capacity as MIC chief.
He told Bernama: “Times have changed and every good thing must come to an end but there’s always a new beginning.”
“We accept the people’s verdict because they are the ones who matter. I am not feeling unhappy. I will restructure and rebuild the MIC to continue serving the people.”
He also reminded MIC members that the party was facing a “very challenging period and we have to move to a direction where the wind is moving (sic).
We hope a day will come when the new wave will be with us.”
Till then, where do Indians stand?
Consider this: 22 Indians fought in 18 parliamentary seats and 53 others in 40 State seats. They comprised about 8% of contestants.
The MIC vied for nine parliamentary and 19 State seats, while the DAP had seven Indians (Parliament) and 17 (State) while PKR fielded 19 Indians.
Some 20 Indians from the DAP and PKR will be on the opposition bench in Parliament and State assemblies, and these representatives can be expected to go all out to woo the hearts and minds of the Indian community.