Every Malaysian General Elections once in 4 years will see “old faces” and “new faces” being elected to positions as Members of Parliament (MPs) and Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri(ADUN) or State Representatives.
The “old faces” are basically those incumbants and have been in office for many cycles and maybe have felt that they have their rightly places in the govt and their own political parties concerned.Many of these “old faces” are also Senior Ministers and Ministers and Deputy Ministers in the Federal Govt and State Govts.They are Top Party officials like President,Deputy President,Vice Presidents,Secretary Generals and Top Exco members.Due to this high profile posts,the “old faces” are elected again and again as candidates in their preferred constituencies both Parliament and State seats.Normally these are considered “safe seats” and many will win and continue their political existence and presence.Is this a good thing or bad practice?
In USA,Ramli think each US President can be in power for only 2 terms ie.8 years in maximum.After the mandatory 2 terms,although their popularity is still good and important,they MUST relinquish their position as President of USA to the new Presidential candidates concerned normally coming from the Republican or Democrat Candidates!
So,does it mean giving or imposing a 2 terms maximum for Top Govt Officials is good or bad?Maybe there are pros and cons?Tun Dr.Mahathir rule Malaysia as PM for almost 21 years and same like Mr.Lee Kuan Yew,the ex-PM of Singapore who have built their respective countries to World Class achievements and bring great prosperity to the economy,culture and people generally in terms of per capita income and job opportunities etc…
This coming 13MGE which indications showed can be held anytime sooner than 2012 will be a very important one for all Malaysians alike.However are all Malaysians “smart enough” or “knowledgable enough” to know who are the RIGHT Candidate and which is the RIGHT Party to vote to power?The political happenings and strong tactics of political parties plus many long years of party “moves” and party sentiments and “politik wang” matters can “make results happen they way they want” or can be results that are not the best for the country-nobody knows these facts or “autar” except those die hard politicians and experts political analysts!
For the Gen Y(16 to 30 years old) voters who maybe voting for the 1st time like Ramli’s 3 grown up children already above 21 years of age will now have to learn to cast their votes and select the candidate of their choice and also political party.Do you think all new voters know what to do with their votes and will they select the RIGHT Candidate and Right Political Party concerned?
Ramli just hoped as always Allah SWT will guide all Malaysians to the straight path and bring greater Peace,Prosperity and Harmony to all Malaysians and more so for the coming generations who need to be assured of a Better Malaysia all the time.Inshallah.