A Blatant Lie!

It was reported in government media (e.g. TV 1 ) that Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim made a 'slip of the tongue' wherein he asked Ijok voters to support Barisan Nasional (Undilah Barisan Nasional). The newscaster then concluded that, deep in his heart, TS Khalid Ibrahim still supports Barisan Nasional.

I would like to say the following:

Please don't believe what the BN Government dished out on State-run TV channels. A friend of mine who attended TS Khalid's speech that night told me that Khalid's speech was taken out of context; it was edited so that what viewers saw and heard was what was aired, i.e. Khalid 'telling' people to vote for BN. It is fairly easy to doctor a speech, by cutting the preceding words and those following "Undilah BN".

Anyway, I am not impressed by the margin obtained by the BN considering the PKR was actually contesting against the BN Government and its machinery. How can a small political party win an election against a government?

Even before the by-election, it could be predicted that the Government will do everything possible to win this contest. No political party stands a chance against the BN Government in a mixed constituency like Ijok.

All the BN big guns were there. Even the PM himself! He's not known to go down to the field in by-elections. But this time he did.

Najib Razak and Samy Value were in Ijok every day. Why did BN party supporters who were not voters come to Ijok on election day? The campaign was over and those who had no business should not come to Ijok. They created a suspicious situation.

With millions of RM's pledged, miles or roads resurfaced, hundreds of potholes covered, and hundreds of faulty lamps repaired, how can BN lose?

PKR's loss does not mean Anwar is written off. Remember, 4000 plus voters still supported PKR compared to 5800 voters supporting BN. That's a very respectable percentage. If Khalid lost his deposit then I would say Anwar has lost the people's support. So, Anwar should not give up. Please continue the struggle, even though it is an uphill task. Why?

Because the BN Government will forever control the TV channels (public or private) and all main stream papers in this country. Opposition parties do not have even one TV channel or a newspaper. The BN Government will never grant a publishing license to an opposition party. It would be suicidal to allow your opponent to possess a lethal weapon like a newspaper or TV channel.

Did anybody watch TV yesterday? It was reporting and analyzing the Ijok election results. Any critical viewer watching the program would think that the channel was a Barisan Nasional channel instead of a public channel supported by the tax-payers. Today I saw a slogan in the LHDN (IRB) office that says "I am proud to be a tax-payer". I would like to add this: "But I am disgusted with what the government does with my tax money!"

(Taken from Raja's Petra Kamaluddin Blog "Malaysia Today".)