I was reading Farouk Peru's suggestion to RPK: "you can lead the Malays to form their own democratic party or to join with the DAP" since Farouk believes that PAS and DAP cannot form a stable coalition since they have irreconcilable differences. I agree with the suggestion but for different reasons.
RPK as everyone knows, commands great respect from all and sundry, except of course those in power who feel threatened by him. The Man has great charisma, credibility, intelligence and humility. With these type of credentials, who wouldn't want to sign up and join a party led by him? I have never been a member of any political party but I would join RPK's party if ever he forms one.
I bet if RPK's party fields candidates in the next GE, they will win. Sure it will lead to 3-cornered fights but remember, there are quite a number of state and Parliament seats which have questionable candidates from the PR side so they do not deserve to keep such seats. Hence if PR does not get its act together and continue to field such weak or questionable candidates, then RPK's party should offer a better alternative. Remember Lunas and Kapar, to name a few, and of course the 3 traitors from Perak. You may notice I don't mention BN candidates as I feel BN is beyond salvation.
The way I see it, RPK is fighting from the outside of both BN and PR. And as he has rightly put it " Politicians do not think much of you if you do not hold any party positions. They only respect those who hold positions in political parties and government, not those outside mainstream politics", what better way to put them in their place by having political representation in the state assemblies and Parliament through your party. Then you can be the kingmakers, without any political affiliation or obligation to either BN or PR. Your representatives will do the right thing and vote with their conscience.
Through his vast networking, RPK has come into contact will people from all walks of life, and I am sure he can come up with a list of credible and promising candidates. Even existing elected candidates from BN or PR may also jump even if they have to go through a by-election. I am sure RPK will see to it that every single one of his candidates will be screened and pass very high standards set by the Man himself.
To kick it off, a fund-raising campaign from the public, ala Obama's, will certainly bring it contributions from everyone who is fed up with the current state of politics or fed up with either BN or PR, and who will now have a third alternative. People will volunteer to help the party set up, and campaign and of course vote for RPK's party. It will be a breath of fresh air. This can be the mental revolution that RPK has talked about in the past.
So what say you, RPK?
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Too many parties in my opinion is not really good.
ReplyDeleteI believe RPK may not agree to it. However we will see what RPK gonna say.
Well, the best way is to revamp the whole damn thing. As per your suggestion, it is good but the current parties are already capable of doing such things so it is entirely up to the "current leaders"
Build more party also no use and you won't know even high-standard people also may fall to the same trap over and over again.
I have much respect for RPK but honestly he's not cut out to be a politician for many reasons.
ReplyDeleteTo list a few:
1. A politician is NOT to speak the whole truth and nothing but the truth all the time. He does.
2. You cannot always speak your mind all the time no matter how right you are. He does.
3. He doesn't have much Malay support. Most of his supporters are non-Malaly. His style is just too wild and open for the the Malays. There are hardly any Malay as fair/open minded as RPK, not even Anwar. I wonder if you can even find 100 Malays in the whole of Malaysia who think like him.
4. If he leads a party he cannot afford to write what he writes in MT.
5. He smokes and curses. He's too foul mouthed. ;) (no offense RPK)
But who am I to say anymore. Like he said if you have no position nobody listens to you. This is just for fun!
McLar3n,
ReplyDeleteAgree that too many parties are not healthy but I feel there is no party (not coalition) that reaches out to the liberal Malays, Chinese, Indians and East Malaysians. Hence this party should only concentrate on the urban areas where you would tend to find more liberal and open-minded Malaysians. If the coalitions were strong, this proposal would be meaningless. Just suggesting a choice for the urbanites who find PAS too Islamic, DAP too chauvinistic and PKR too unreliable.
Zagery,
ReplyDeleteYour description of politicians and politics reflects the current state in Malaysia. I agree RPK will not survive in PR, let alone BN. But if he has his own party, with liberal-minded party members, he can do his own thing because the ultimate judge will be the Rakyat, and as I have mentioned in my above comment, the Rakyat in the urban areas. He doesn't have to pander to coalition members who share a different philosophy or vision. And you will also be surprised by the Malay support he has esp. in the urban areas, amongst the more liberal ones. Even in KT, you could see the adulation shown to him by the Malay residents there.
Of course, chances of him taking this one is quite remote as it is an enormous task and will require a bigger sacrifice from him. But we can't go on with business as usual anymore. Some drastic measures need to be made before we see another Perak happening again.