by J. D. Lovrenciear
Indeed the PM’s not so long ago war cry that UMNO will fight
at all cost – even over crushed bodies and broken bones - to remain in power,
is increasingly being observed to the letter. Today, Malaysians are being
inundated with all kinds of threats, intimidation and strong-arm tactics to a
point where we cannot anymore differentiate truth from lies.
And when truth and lies become clouded with political party
priorities and ambitions, a society collapses into the trenches of
socio-political and economic failures.
The beneficiaries will of course be only
those who wield control over the masses.
Murkier
by the day
Malaysians are lost as to who to believe. Malaysians are
tormented with unrelenting main stream showcased news while the alternate media
spews breaking news coming from both extremes of the divide – the opposition
party forts and the pro-BN blogs mushrooming around us.
Then to add to the clouding, you have ex-military servicemen
and ex-cops telling their versions of political manipulations that betray the
very fundamentals of democracy, while the leaders of these supposedly impartial
organizations brazenly tell whistle-blowers to shut up or face the
consequences.
Till today we do not know who gave the marching orders to
blow to smitten the Mongolian national, using C4. Till today we do not know how
come the immigration entry and egress records could vanish from the systems of
the victim.
Till today we still cannot see justice dawning upon the souls
of the two citizens who met their deaths at the MACC premises.
Till today we cannot ripe ourselves off clean from the sordid
sodomy trial that is being propped up at great cost of the tax payers’ hard
earned money.
Till today we do not know much about the weapons deals
running into billions of ringgit.
Till today we know so little about the BMF scandal. Till
today we do not see light at the end of the tunnel of the Lingam-gate saga or
the MAS –Tajuddin saga.
The missing jigsaw puzzles are just far too many to list
here.
Till today we do not know so many things that affect the
working rakyat. But increasingly, if you ask it is a crime. If you persist, it
is punishable. If you become adamant, you are a traitor of sorts.
Truth
and lies not longer any different
Yet so much is being spewed out from the main stream media to
pro-UMNO blogs to opposition aligned news sources where we cannot anymore know
the truth from the lies. That is a defining danger that nations with good
governance attempt to avoid at all cost.
Looks like, we are certainly and fast reaching a point where
truth and lies do not matter. What matters is that the rakyat throw their total
support for the UMNO / BN political survival and victory without questioning
and all hell will not break loose.
That in itself is a sure measure that will sink this nation
into a pit that will paralyze us while our neighbors rise to ride the waves of
the next socio-politic and economic decade given their fortitude and solidarity
for true democracy and civil liberties.
Indeed the days ahead of us are gloomy; unless if we still
want to kid ourselves with more smokescreens that hide truth from lies and vice
versa.
Source : MC
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