EMPTY OFFICES

After the General Elections in 2008, there were many funny and ridiculous scenarios happened in the process of adapting the new Malaysian politics. This is because both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat parties have to handle many problems after exchanging their roles, especially the five new state governments.

Among these problems, one of the incidents that drew our attention was the missing of documents in the state government offices, and most of these files are important and confidential records and projects done by the previous government. Many people think that there must be some unknown reasons behind this. But who knows ? Firstly, this had caused a lot of serious problems to the new government in carrying out their works smoothly. Secondly, what is the plot behind this ? Some of us may assume that some people were trying to eliminate evidence that against 'them'. Superstitious groups of people might claim that the state government offices became haunted after the political tsunami. Who are they? The 'Ghostbuster' (PR government and the public) should not give up to catch them.　

That is the voice of the people.

PR's CHALLENGE

When the Perak Sultan used his power to manage the religious matter, it is clearly shown that this affair was directly against decision of the Menteri Besar of Perak, Nizar and this led to the dissatisfaction of the DAP chairman, Karpal Singh. After that, he made a statement which caused him into trouble. He claimed that in his opinion as a lawyer, the Perak Sultan should not carried out his duty in that improper way. Until today, more than 20 police reports were made to put him under investigation. No doubt, in our constitution, the Sultan of each state has the right to manage any of the religious matter. However, as a prominent lawyer, there must be reasons for him to say something which would affect the cooperation of the People's Alliance (Pakatan Rakyat). This is because a majority of people misunderstood his intention to voice out his personal view.

As many can see, many Malays were not contented with him and parties like Keadilan and PAS would have to be extremely careful in handling this problem so that their cooperation with DAP would not cause them to lose support from Malays. In this critical period, we can see many BN leaders took this opportunity to accuse Pakatan leaders for not respecting Sultan and his authority. Obviously, we know why they did this. Therefore, Pakatan Rakyat would have to get ready to face any possible challenge in future by strengthening its coalition of different parties.　

That is the voice of the people.