The New Dawn for Malaysia

One big lesson those in politics must learn is not to take the people for granted. Malaysia is now seeing a new dawn on the horizon where the BN Coalition is being supplanted by the BA Coalition in the States of Penang,Perak, Kedah and Selangor. If the politics of patronage and arrogance is not discarded, then people will soon realise that all politicians are the same by whatever hue and colour they belong to. One of the bane of democracy is that popular votes must have a price to it. Thus a candidate who had been elected to office must be prepared to bend according to the demands of the supporters. To me this should not be allowed to continue. A candidate who won the election first responsibility is to the constituency where the people's basic needs are attended to, especially housing, education, health and welfare. There must be a reasonable house for every family with all the amenities such as running water and electricity. Unemployment must be addressed because it's one of the causes which contributed to crime. Unfortunately the constituents expectations are one of the causes that turned politicians to be corrupt. They think the wakil rakyat is the source of endless funds to fill their crave. So the thinking of our electorate must be changed so as not to subject their representatives to unfair demands. I sincerely hope to see a real new dawn emerging on the political landscape, whereby people does not expect their wakil rakyat to be replacing banks and public transport companies in meeting their wants rather than real needs.