Remember, The People Are Watching

Remember, The People Are Watching
Sin Chew - 18 March 2008

The political situation in Malaysia has changed after the 8 March general elections. The fact is the people showed politicians a power that should not be ignored.

It should not be overlooked that the people will keep watching over performances of political parties. It they are unable to perform well, there might be another political tsunami five years later. Remember, the people, instead of political parties, controls the power of tsunami.

Of course every party claims it understand the people most, but the people would evaluate themselves. It should not be denied that some politicians do really serve the people well and voters would definitely remember those who were defeated in the elections but keep serving the people modestly after they admitted their defeats and stepped down. Probably, they will make a comeback in the next elections.

The recent election results showed voters no are longer concerned about racial issues and it would be a disaster for the party that did not learn a lesson from it but reinforce the ideology of racism.

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